June 1st to 5th 1998 is Medical Research Week in Australia; an event
coordinated by the Australian Society for Medical Research. This year
Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, is our guest of honour and is
visiting each State capital. He was here on the Tuesday and gave a
very interesting view on the role and potential of Medical Research
as an activity that has direct therapeutic and economic feedbacks
onto those communities that actively participate.
A major feature of the programme in Tasmania is a poster display open
to health professionals, health scientists, clinicians, students,
nurses ... essentially all groups involved in healthcare. This year
we attracted 68 posters with titles ranging from Alzheimer's disease,
spider phobia, complementary therapies in ICU, metabolic bone
disease, paediatric blood banking, molecular biology in thyroid
disease etc etc. The full text of the abstracts along with other
information about the events is viewable at
www.southcom.com.au/~hartley/mrw98/index.htm
Regards
Tom Hartley
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