Seminars
SEMINARS 2013
- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
- Does the South Asian ‘thin-fat’ phenotype develop in utero?
- Speakers:
Professor Debbie Lawlor (Professor of Epidemiology, University of Bristol)
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Rd, Newtown, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Monday, 9 December 2013
- Neurotoxic effects of occupational exposures to hazardous agents: Part 1 – Neurotoxic effects of solvent exposures in the New Zealand collision repair industry.
- Speakers:
Professor Don Matheson (Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University)
- Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Thursday, 5 December 2013
- "The AMAZES study – Using macrolide antibiotics to reduce asthma exacerbations" & "Developing an asthma gene signature"
- Speakers:
Associate Professor Jodie Simpson (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, University of Newcastle.)
,
Dr Katherine Baines (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, University of Newcastle)
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Rd, Newtown, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Wednesday, 30 October 2013
- Public Health: From Foundations to the Future
- Speakers:
Professor Paul McDonald (Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Health, Massey University)
- Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Wednesday, 23 October 2013
- Life course epidemiology of growth, obesity and cardiovascular disease
- Speakers:
Dr Laura Howe (Statistical Epidemiologist, University of Bristol)
- Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Rd, Newtown, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Thursday, 18 July 2013
- "Recent findings from ecologic, cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies on arsenic in drinking water in several counties"
- Speakers:
Professor Allan Smith (Professor of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley)
- Time: 3.30pm - 5.00pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Tuesday, 26 March 2013
- What will the next MDGs say about health?
- Speakers:
Professor Don Matheson (Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University)
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Tuesday, 12 March 2013
- "Fit work to people - Improving work conditions in deboning - an interactive research programme to fit work to people while taking profitability into account"
- Speakers:
Kjerstin Vogel
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Tuesday, 5 March 2013
- "Fit work to people - What policy instruments work in occupational health and safety?"
- Speakers:
Professor Peter Hasle
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Friday, 22 February 2013
- "DHB decision making in times of scarcity and its impact on services"
- Speakers:
Professor Don Matheson (Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University)
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Tuesday, 19 February 2013
- "Risk factors of Asthma and Allergy Related to Indoor Envrioment"
- Speakers:
Gitte Juel Holst
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations


- Tuesday, 12 February 2013
- “Fit work to people - Designing and evaluating public health intervention programmes focusing on occupational health and safety”
- Speakers:
Laura K. V. Kvorning (Danish National Research Centre for Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
- Venue: Seminar Room, Level 1, 102 Adelaide Road, Wellington
- Presentations: Opening Presentations

