14
Oct
MHIQ Statistics Workshop: Introduction to Biostatistics with Professor Robert Ware
MHIQ Statisticas WorkshopProfessor Robert Ware will provide an introduction to biostatistics. Topics included covered will be sampling, common families of distributions, sampling variability, and statistical inference including estimation, confidence-intervals, and hypothesis testing. The session is aimed at HDR students and early career researchers.
11
Oct
MHIQ Program Seminar Series EPIC Health Systems CAHE - Income Inequality, Community Infrastructure and Individual Stressors
MHIQ Program Seminar Series EPIC Health Systems (CAHE)In this presentation Assoc Professor Mahadevan considers the impact of variables at three different levels - city, community and individual - on the older adults' mental health in China. Evidence shows that community factors such as infrastructure and elderly centres are critical to improve mental health. However the effect of city-level factors is different for the segments of poor and non-poor.
10
Oct
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - New ways to look at muscle mechanics
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCOREAssoc Professor Justin Fernandez will discuss efforts to encapsulate traditional continuum muscle mechanics models with machine learning for rapid prediction and translation to the clinic. Secondly, I will discuss an alternative mechanics-based method to estimate muscle fibre directions compared to diffusion tensor imaging. Both studies will be presented with a focus on the gastrocnemius.
03
Oct
2019 MHIQ Lecture Series - Health system stewardship - a critical attribute of the contemporary health professional
2019 MHIQ Lecture SeriesProfessor McColl draws our attention to the fact that with an increasingly complex health care system the contemporary health professional has an additional responsibility to contribute beyond the individual patient and actively support a safe and effective health system. In this presentation the concept of health system stewardship will be explored in the context of the continuum of health professional education and training.
26
Sep
World Environmental Health Day - special address from guest, Prof Anthony Capon - Planetary Heath: Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch
Come join us on World Envionmental Health Day with a special address from guest, Prof Anthony Capon, on "Planetary Heath: Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch' followed by light refreshments.
26
Sep
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - Host Professor David Lloyd
MHIQ Program Seminar Series - Disability & Rehabilitation GCOREThe presentation by Prof Juha Töyräs focuses on development of quantitative techniques for arthroscopy, delayed CT arthrography and modelling of joint function. Dr Antônio Padilha L Bó will discuss how neuroengineering, robotics, VR, smart sensing, and improved control interfaces may be used to create new rehabilitation devices