next ANZAAS Science Talk, Melbourne
Wednesday 20th March 2024, 6:30 pm
All welcome, free, tell your friends!
Free pizza and drink after the talk
At GTAC, in the grounds of University High School, corner Royal Parade and Story Street, Parkville (enter off Story Street or Royal Parade)
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder AO FAHMS
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
“Hippocrasy, how doctors are betraying their oath”
While many medical students take the Hippocratic Oath or a similar pledge before graduating (reciting lines like first, do no harm) we’ve ended up with a healthcare system that’s one of the greatest threats to human health. Modern medical care is designed to maximise the number of encounters with the system rather than what it’s supposed to do, that is, to improve health. This talk will use examples from Rachelle’s 2021 book, ‘Hippocrasy, how doctors are betraying their oath’, written with orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris, to highlight society’s over-reliance on medicine.
Professor Buchbinder graduated in medicine at Monash University, obtained specialist qualifications as a rheumatologist (FRACP), and also and earned a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from Toronto University, and a PhD at Monash. She was President of the Australian Rheumatology Association from 2016 to 2018. She is a rheumatologist and clinical epidemiologist who combines clinical practice with research in a wide range of multidisciplinary projects relating to arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. She promotes improvement of communication with patients and health literacy in the community.
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Following talk: Wednesday 24th April Dr Greg Moore
Former Principal of Burnley College, Melbourne University
“Urban trees are vital for sustainable, liveable cities”
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We are pleased to acknowledge the support by CSL and GTAC for the ANZAAS Melbourne science talks series
Further Info: David Vaux davidlaurencevaux@gmail.com
http://www.anzaas.org.au/victoria/
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Click HERE to see past ANZAAS Science Talks
Daniel Mathews November 2023
Topology and the shape of space
Beth Ebert October 2023
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David Komander September 2023
Playing Tag with Ubiquitin
David Vaux August 2023
A short history of cancer genes
Chris Greening May 2023
The atmosphere as a hidden energy source for life
Jim Goding March 2023
Transistors, the Microchip & the Second Industrial Revolution
Paul Lasky November 2022
A new window on the Universe
Peter Currie October 2022
Regeneration: Myths and monsters and modern medicine
Heather Mack September 2022
Injecting eyes with antibodies to treat problems of the retina
Helen Green August 2022
Dating Australia’s rock art
Mahdi Jalali July 2022
Transport electrification and integration of EVs within the electricity grid
Grant McArthur June 2022
Science led inroads into melanoma – Australia and New Zealand’s disease
Alan Duffy May 2022
Darkness visible down-under
Timothy Clark April 2022
The importance of reproducibility and integrity in science: a fishy perspective
Tilman Ruff March 2022
Ending the nuclear weapons era evidence, challenges and pathways
Brian Abbey November 2021
The colour of cancer: could ‘smart’ microscope slides transform tissue diagnostics?
Cameron Simmons October 2021
Creating stop signs in mosquitoes; is this the end-game for Dengue?
Madhu Bhaskaran September 2021
Unbreakable sensors the future is here
Anne Marie Tosolini August 2021
Fossil Leaves from Cretaceous and Paleogene Polar Environments
Geoff Brooks July 2021
Green Steel: Can we decarburise steel production?
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