Presentations

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Day 1 - Tuesday 31 May 2005
Session 1 - Welcome and Introduction	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
*Welcome to Forum* Prof Kerin O'Dea AO, Director, Menzies School of Health Research
*Welcome to Country* Ms Donna Odegaard, Larrakia Nation
*Welcome to the University* Professor Helen Garnett, Vice Chancellor, Charles Darwin University
Welcome by your Host Dr Norman Swan, Producer, Journalist and Broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Session 1 - 20th Anniversary Celebration of Menzies School of Health Research	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
*Menzies: This is Your Life* Speakers Prof John Matthews, Founding Director, MSHR Prof Kerin O'Dea AO, Director, MSHR		Download presentation (.ppt)
*The Evolution of Indigenous Health Research* Speaker Geoffrey 'Jacko' Angeles, MSHR		Download presentation (.ppt)
*How Menzies Made Me* Speakers
Dr Chris Burns MLA, NT Minister for Transport and Infrastructure		Download presentation (.ppt)
Prof Ian Gardner, Diagnostics Cooperative Research Centre		Download presentation (.ppt)
Dr Tarun Weeramanthri, Principal Medical Advisor, NT Department of Health and Community Services
Dr Andrew Laming MP, Federal Member for Bowman
Session 2 - Engaging with the Region: Responding to the public health challenges of our northern neighbours - 11.00am	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Chair - Assoc Prof Paul Kelly, MSHR		Download presentation (.ppt)
*The Indonesian/Northern Territory* Partnerships in Public Health** Speaker His Excellency Mr Imron Cotan, Indonesia's Ambassador to Australia			Download speech (.pdf)
Health and Development Challenges in the World's Newest Nation Speaker Dr Joao Martins, Faculty of Public Health, Universidade de Paz, Dili		Download presentation (.ppt)
*The Challenge of Non-Communicable Disease in our Near Neighbours* Speaker Prof Alan Lopez, School of Population Health, University of Queensland		Download presentation (.ppt)
Panel Discussion facilitated by Dr Norman Swan Speakers joined by Prof Nicholas Anstey, MSHR
Session 3 - Looming horizons: Emergence, reintroduction and escalation of Infectious Diseases	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
*Air Travel as a Very Efficient Vector* Speaker Prof Tony McMichael, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU		Download presentation (.ppt)
*What's on the Horizon for* *Northern Australia* *and the Region?* Speaker Prof Bart Currie, MSHR
*What's on the Horizon for the Pacific?* Speaker Dr Malcolm McDonald, MSHR		Download presentation (.ppt)
*Treating the Untreatable: the threat of escalating drug resistance* Speaker Prof Nicholas Anstey, MSHR		Download presentation (.ppt)
Session 4 - Panel Discussion : Future Challenges in Infectious Disease	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Facilitator Dr Norman Swan with speakers from sessions two and three
MSHR Annual General Meeting	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Hosted by Chair of MSHR Board, Prof Simon Maddocks (MSHR Patrons, The Hon Ted Egan, Administrator, and Ms Nerys Evans)
Day 2 - Wednesday 1 June 2005
Session 5 - Impact of Urbanisation: the obesity and chronic disease epidemic	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
*Obesity and Diabetes: the escalating epidemic in Australia and the world?* Speaker Prof Paul Zimmet AO, International Diabetes Institute	Download presentation (.wma)
*How Bill Gates Makes us Fat* Speaker Prof Garry Egger, Centre for Health Promotion & Research, Sydney
*What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? Challenging chronic disease disparity among Indigenous Australians* . Speaker Dr Alex Brown, MSHR (pre-recorded video presentation)
*Super Size Me* Speaker Prof Kerin O'Dea AO, MSHR	Download presentation (.wma)
Panel Discussion facilitated by Dr Norman Swan Speakers joined by Dr Alan Lopez, School of Population Health, UQ	Download presentation (.wma)
Session 6 - A Healthy Start to Life	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Causal Pathways: describing and intervening to improve infant and child health Speaker Dr Sandra Eades, Institute for Health Research	Download presentation (.wma)
*From the Cradle to the Grave?* Speaker Dr Sue Sayers, MSHR	Download presentation (.wma)
*Indigenous Birthing Stories:* *illuminating risk and extending evidence* Speaker Dr Lesley Barclay, Charles Darwin University	Download presentation (.wma)
Panel Discussion facilitated by Dr Norman Swan Speakers joined by Dr Dorothy Mackerras, MSHR	Download presentation (.wma)
Session 7 - Future Challenges in Indigenous Health in the Current Political Environment	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Speakers
Mr Mick Gooda, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Dr Ngiare Brown, MSHR
Mrs Pat Anderson, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT
Dr Cindy Shannon, Shannon Consulting
Prof Ian Anderson, University of Melbourne
Session 8 - Panel Discussion: future challenges in Aboriginal health	Audio	Powerpoint	Paper
Facilitator: Dr Norman Swan with speakers from session seven
Closing Remarks - Dr Norman Swan

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