Podcasts about professor mackay

Joining us today is Professor Fabienne Mackay, the Director and CEO of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Queensland.Professor Mackay studied Medicine and Biomedical Engineering before obtaining her PhD in Molecular Biology and Immunology from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, and commencing her international research career.Among her awards is a trophy from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris for outstanding contribution in education and research as an expatriate.

Lupus isn't well known, but the currently incurable autoimmune disease often marked by a ‘butterfly' rash on the face, is highly prevalent, affecting five million people globally. Treatments are few and far between and few researchers are focused on it. But award winning medical researcher Professor Fabienne Mackay has concentrated much of her career on tackling lupus, and in 2011 her genetic research work led to the approval of the first new treatment for the disease in more than 50 years. And while that is good news for some patients, the treatment isn't effective for all patients, and she says more research work and breakthroughs are needed. “I would love the public to realise that lupus is actually very prevalent; that the therapies we have at the moment, even though I worked towards one, are not serving everybody. It helps some patients but not all of them,” says Professor Mackay who in October 2019 received a Distinguished Innovator Award from the US-based Lupus Research Alliance. The good news is that we are still unravelling the secrets of the human body, which means there continues to be research leads to follow, including for instance the potential role of diet and the gut microbiome – the bacteria in our digestive system. “There is a whole story we didn't realise was there and now it's excitement all over again finding out how these layers are working on top of the layers we've already unravelled,” says Professor Mackay. “That is what fascinates me – you think you know it all and then there's always something that comes and surprises you.” And her advice to her medical research students is to think big. “Always be bold. Think blue sky. It is a bit of risk and I know it's never something that students are comfortable to do, but I think that where you find the most valuable discoveries.” Episode recorded: November 11, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer and editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-producers: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Image: Getty Images.

Lupus isn’t well known, but the currently incurable autoimmune disease often marked by a ‘butterfly’ rash on the face, is highly prevalent, affecting five million people globally. Treatments are few and far between and few researchers are focused on it. But award winning medical researcher Professor Fabienne Mackay has concentrated much of her career on tackling lupus, and in 2011 her genetic research work led to the approval of the first new treatment for the disease in more than 50 years. And while that is good news for some patients, the treatment isn’t effective for all patients, and she says more research work and breakthroughs are needed. “I would love the public to realise that lupus is actually very prevalent; that the therapies we have at the moment, even though I worked towards one, are not serving everybody. It helps some patients but not all of them,” says Professor Mackay who in October 2019 received a Distinguished Innovator Award from the US-based Lupus Research Alliance. The good news is that we are still unravelling the secrets of the human body, which means there continues to be research leads to follow, including for instance the potential role of diet and the gut microbiome – the bacteria in our digestive system. “There is a whole story we didn’t realise was there and now it’s excitement all over again finding out how these layers are working on top of the layers we’ve already unravelled,” says Professor Mackay. “That is what fascinates me – you think you know it all and then there’s always something that comes and surprises you.” And her advice to her medical research students is to think big. “Always be bold. Think blue sky. It is a bit of risk and I know it’s never something that students are comfortable to do, but I think that where you find the most valuable discoveries.” Episode recorded: November 11, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer and editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-producers: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Image: Getty Images.

While progress has been made, men still hold 60 per cent of senior positions within the Australian Medical Research Institute’s 49-member organisations, according to 2018 data.For International Women’s Day, six female leaders in medical research come together to discuss the professional challenges they’ve overcome, to help encourage more women in science to build successful, enduring careers.Professor Fabienne Mackay, head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, joins Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute with Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO and others to dispel some myths about women working at the cutting-edge of medical research.“Role models will not ask aspiring young women what would help them, but rather what stops them,” says Professor Mackay.“At a point in your life something will drive your passion, it will come early or later depending on the person, but once you have that passion nothing should stop you.”Recorded: March 7, 2019.Reporters: Dr Andi Horvath and Buffy Gorrilla.Producers: Dr Andi Horvath, Buffy Gorrilla and Arch Cuthbertson.Audio engineer: Arch Cuthbertson.Banner: Getty Images.

While progress has been made, men still hold 60 per cent of senior positions within the Australian Medical Research Institute's 49-member organisations, according to 2018 data. For International Women's Day, six female leaders in medical research come together to discuss the professional challenges they've overcome, to help encourage more women in science to build successful, enduring careers. Professor Fabienne Mackay, head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, joins Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute with Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO and others to dispel some myths about women working at the cutting-edge of medical research. “Role models will not ask aspiring young women what would help them, but rather what stops them,” says Professor Mackay. “At a point in your life something will drive your passion, it will come early or later depending on the person, but once you have that passion nothing should stop you.” Recorded: March 7, 2019. Reporters: Dr Andi Horvath and Buffy Gorrilla. Producers: Dr Andi Horvath, Buffy Gorrilla and Arch Cuthbertson. Audio engineer: Arch Cuthbertson. Banner: Getty Images.

While progress has been made, men still hold 60 per cent of senior positions within the Australian Medical Research Institute's 49-member organisations, according to 2018 data. For International Women's Day, six female leaders in medical research come together to discuss the professional challenges they've overcome, to help encourage more women in science to build successful, enduring careers. Professor Fabienne Mackay, head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, joins Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute with Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO and others to dispel some myths about women working at the cutting-edge of medical research. “Role models will not ask aspiring young women what would help them, but rather what stops them,” says Professor Mackay. “At a point in your life something will drive your passion, it will come early or later depending on the person, but once you have that passion nothing should stop you.” Recorded: March 7, 2019. Reporters: Dr Andi Horvath and Buffy Gorrilla. Producers: Dr Andi Horvath, Buffy Gorrilla and Arch Cuthbertson. Audio engineer: Arch Cuthbertson. Banner: Getty Images.

While progress has been made, men still hold 60 per cent of senior positions within the Australian Medical Research Institute’s 49-member organisations, according to 2018 data. For International Women’s Day, six female leaders in medical research come together to discuss the professional challenges they’ve overcome, to help encourage more women in science to build successful, enduring careers. Professor Fabienne Mackay, head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, joins Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute with Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO and others to dispel some myths about women working at the cutting-edge of medical research. “Role models will not ask aspiring young women what would help them, but rather what stops them,” says Professor Mackay. “At a point in your life something will drive your passion, it will come early or later depending on the person, but once you have that passion nothing should stop you.” Recorded: March 7, 2019. Reporters: Dr Andi Horvath and Buffy Gorrilla. Producers: Dr Andi Horvath, Buffy Gorrilla and Arch Cuthbertson. Audio engineer: Arch Cuthbertson. Banner: Getty Images.

Recently Professor David MacKay passed away. We’ll spend this episode talking about his extensive body of work and its impacts. We’ll also talk with Philipp Hennig, a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, who trained in Professor MacKay’s group (with Ryan).

Hermeneutics is concerned with how we read and understand the Bible. In the last lecture of the series, Professor Mackay challenges us to be objective in our interpretation of scripture.

Professor Mackay talks about how and why the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament are in our Bible today. Including why certain books, such as those in the Apocrypha, should not be regarded as the Word of God.