Health Sciences Lectures

Carl Smith Medal Lecture: Diet, digestion and disease – learning more about the effect of food on gut health

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2016 66:53

Professor Richard Gearry, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, presents the Carl Smith Medal Lecture. Monday, 31 October 2016.

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McKinlay Oration: Towards the global elimination of rabies: evidence, interventions, and impact

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2016 57:01

Professor Sarah Cleaveland OBE FRS FRSE presents the 2016 McKinlay Oration at the Otago Global Health Institute Annual Conference. Thursday, 3 November 2016.

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IPL: Oxytocin neurons: Keys to unlocking brain function

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 54:57

Professor Colin Brown's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 4 October 2016.

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IPL: All I want for Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2016 51:06

Professor Karl Lyons' Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 6 September 2016.

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IPL: New connections between old lipids

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2016 59:06

Professor Sally McCormick's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 28 June 2016.

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IPL: Faces of War and Peace

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2016 51:44

Professor Darryl Tong's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 17 May 2016.

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McAuley Oration: Antimicrobial resistance in the genomic era: combating a major threat to global health

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 56:38

Professor Sharon Peacock presents the McAuley Oration at the 2015 Otago International Health Research Network Annual Conference.

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IPL: It's all about the Patients

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 43:05

Professor Paul Brunton's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 12 April 2016.

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IPL: Taking a count of mental disorders: epidemiology and impact

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2015 48:01

Professor Kate Scott's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 3 November 2015.

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IPL: Physiotherapy: Enabling healthy and engaging lives through movement and support

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2015 56:58

Professor Leigh Hale's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 19 May 2015.

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IPL: A career in toxicology: Environmental pollutants and drug metabolism and cancer drug development! Oh my!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2015 68:21

Professor Rhonda Rosengren's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 6 October 2015.

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IPL: Gut Instincts - the gastrointestinal tract in health and disease

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2015 48:07

Professor Richard Gearry's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 25 February 2015.

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Targeting bacterial energetics to fight drug-resistant pathogens: the next golden age of antimicrobial discovery?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2014 62:03

Professor Gregory Cook presents the 2014 Distinguished Medal Lecture. Thursday, 16 October 2014.

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IPL: Prevention and cure: the fight against cardiovascular disease

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2014 50:55

Professor Michael Williams' Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 24 June 2014.

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IPL: Beyond malaria: fever in the tropics

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2014 43:05

Professor John Crump's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 27 May 2014.

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IPL: Sex Matters to the Heart

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014 51:00

Professor Alison Heather's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 20 May 2014.

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IPL: The Perennial Challenge of Infectious Diseases

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2014 3505:29

Professor David Murdoch's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 26 February 2014.

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IPL: In the footsteps of Galen: bringing medicine to modern gladiators

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2014 3318:57

Professor David Gerrard's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 1 April 2014.

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IPL: Life and death under the microscope

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2014 2923:26

Professor Mark Hampton's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 26 March 2014.

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IPL: Heart Hormones in Health and Disease: A Hearty Professor's Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2014 3568:13

Professor Chris Charles' Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 12 February 2014.

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IPL: Dem Bones Dem Bones... Dem Achin' Bones: Arthritis, Joint Replacement and the future

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2014 2719:12

Professor Gary Hooper's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 19 February 2014.

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IPL: Unravelling life's secrets: Immunity, cancer and Vitamin C

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2014 62:53

Professor Margreet Vissers' Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 5 March 2014.

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IPL: Photosystem II: how plants use sunlight to give us oxygen, food and fuel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2013 61:55

Professor Julian Eaton-Rye's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 10 December 2013.

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IPL: Cancer: the problem and the promise

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2013 58:43

Professor Parry Guilford's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 29 October 2013.

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IPL: The 3 P'S of QUEEN MARY - a celebration of 75 years

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2013 54:38

Professor Wayne Gillett's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 8 October 2013.

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IPL: To dream is to cure phantoms

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 51:10

Professor Dirk De Ridder's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 24 September 2013.

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IPL: Prognosis from Patterns

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2013 54:59

Professor Alison Rich's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 27 August 2013.

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IPL: Free radicals spark the fires of inflammation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2013 47:28

"Free radicals spark the fires of inflammation", Professor Tony Kettle's IPL, Wednesday 13 March 2013

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IPL: Cuckoo Explores the Nest

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2013 59:41

Professor Susan Dovey's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 11 June 2013.

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IPL: Tales of genes, gender and genealogy

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2013 53:26

"Tales of genes, gender and genealogy" Professor Vicky Cameron's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Department of Medicine University of Otago, Christchurch.

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IPL: "At best a neutralitie" - how might we measure well-being?

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2013 55:00

Professor Rob McGee's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 21 May 2013.

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IPL: A Bro-fessor in the Whare

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2013 71:33

Professor John Broughton's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Tuesday, 30 April 2013.

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IPL: Stress, earthquakes and the brain

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2013 48:33

"Stress, earthquakes and the brain" Professor Richard Porter's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Department of Psychological Medicine,University of Otago, Christchurch.

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IPL: DNA and disease - following a common thread

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2013 55:33

"DNA and disease - following a common thread", Professor Martin Kennedy's IPL

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IPL: Molecular assemblies and cell suicide - avenues for new anti-cancer compounds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2013 63:12

"Molecular assemblies and cell suicide - avenues for new anti-cancer compounds" Professor Catherine Day's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Professor Mercer: Robert and Marjorie Webster Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

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IPL: Gout - a disease of New Zealand

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2013 49:54

Professor Lisa Stamp's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Wednesday, 10 April 2013.

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IPL: From why to how well: Questions about New Zealand's health system

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2013 59:07

"From why to how well: Questions about New Zealand's health system" Professor Robin Gauld's Inaugural Professorial Lecture. Professor Gauld: Director of the Centre for Health Systems, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine

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IPL: The battle in the gut

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2013 52:49

"The battle in the gut", Professor Andrew Day's IPL, Wednesday 27 March 2013

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IPL: Surgical waiting lists: are patients getting a fair go?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2013 63:57

"Surgical waiting lists: are patients getting a fair go?" Professor Jean-Claude Theis' Inaugural Professorial Lecture, 27 November 2012. Professor Theis:, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine

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Oh My Soul Interviews: Freud

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2012 42:04

Professor Grant Gillett presents his play, "I think and therefore I am but what lies beneath this "I"?" Dorothea is a neurosurgeon trying to understand the relation between the soul and the human brain. She asks various philosophers about the soul: its origin, whether divine or natural, consciousness, the unconscious mind, free will, the moral life, art and creativity, and spirituality.

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