Faculty of Medicine

Health Matters Lecture Series

Launched in 2017, Health Matters is a series of dynamic public lectures featuring renowned researchers and clinicians. Attendees enjoy hearing directly from subject matter experts in an environment that encourages discussion about matters that impact the health of you and your loved ones.

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Passion and Purpose: An exclusive conversation with leading women's cancer experts

16 October 2024 7:30am–9:00am
 
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Bottles of different pills

Are we overprescribing antidepressants?

17 July 2024 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Is chronic disease prevention only a step away?

10 August 2023 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Join our expert panel as they investigate Australia’s biggest healthcare burden; chronic disease, and the role that wearables could have in a healthcare setting to prevent and treat people with heart disease, obesity, cancer, or diabetes.
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Changing the lives of people with spinal cord injury

8 November 2022 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Growing the rural health workforce: Are we on track?

18 October 2022 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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How climate change and pandemics are shaping our children’s future

The next generation: How climate change and pandemics are shaping our children’s future

28 July 2022 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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The Inaugural Aunty Pamela Mam Oration

The Inaugural Aunty Pamela Mam Oration

8 December 2021 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Health Matters - Surviving cancer: Can exercise and lifestyle interventions improve survival?

26 October 2021 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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The Invisible Burden: Measuring the mental health impact of pandemics

The Invisible Burden: Measuring the mental health impact of pandemics

3 December 2020 5:30pm–6:30pm
 
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Panel: Professor Harvey Whiteford and Dr Alize Ferrari

Indigenous health: who is it really for and who benefits?

13 July 2020 5:30pm–6:30pm
 
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Event Postponed - A fork in the road: climate change, food and health

30 March 2020 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Virtual Health: Changing the way we deliver healthcare

19 November 2019 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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Breast Cancer - why we must act now

14 March 2019 5:30pm–8:30pm
 
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A novel approach to neurodegenerative disorders

A novel approach to neurodegenerative disorders

6 December 2018 5:30pm–9:00pm
 
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Back to bacteria

Back to bacteria: the good, the bad and the superbugs

1 August 2018 5:30pm–9:00pm
 
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Nature vs. Nurture – How the first 1000 Days affect lifelong health

Nature vs. Nurture – How the first 1000 Days affect lifelong health

11 April 2018 5:30pm–8:00pm
 
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Skin deep: advancing skin cancer diagnosis and treatment

30 November 2017 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
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Shifting breast cancer realities: Screening, treatment and quality of life

7 September 2017 7:00am–9:00am
 
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The truth behind our mental health epidemic

23 May 2017 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
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From broken to bionic: How medical breakthroughs are repairing hearts

2 March 2017 7:00am–9:00am
 
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