Photo/filming opportunities – Thursday 30 August
29 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
A Visiting Professor, whose current work is focused strongly on rural healthcare redesign, will present a seminar at the University of Wollongong tomorrow (Thursday 30 August).
Professor Jane Farmer is UHI Millennium Institute Chair of Rural Health Policy and Management at the Centre for Rural Health in Inverness, Scotland. She has a background in information science, management and health services research. Professor Farmer has written extensively on the social and managerial aspects of rural healthcare provision and specialises in rural/urban and international comparative work using mixed research methods. Her work has considered rural/urban differences in public expectations of health services, patient demand and approaches to health care and the work of healthcare teams. This work has led to a strong interest around the role of health and other services in rural communities in an era of changing demography, globalisation and environmental concerns. Professor Farmer’s current work is focused strongly on rural healthcare redesign -- with a concern to increase, rather than deplete, rural community capacity -- and bringing together healthcare stakeholders (public, patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers) in redesign decisions.
Seminar time and venue: 12.30pm to 1.30pm in Building 40, Room 131. Further information contact Priscilla Kendall on 4221 3707.
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The annual public Bert Halpern Lecture, delivered by a distinguished visiting scientist on a subject in chemistry or biochemistry, will be held tomorrow (Thursday 30 August).
The lecture honours the memory of Bert Halpern, the Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wollongong from 1970-80. His pioneering studies in amino acid, peptide and protein chemistry had a major impact across the fields of medicine, biochemistry, chemistry and geochemistry. The 2007 Bert Halpern Lecture is to be delivered by Dr Greg Ayers who is Chief of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. His talk is entitled “Chemistry in the Climate System” and will examine the effects of various activities on the climate system.
Lecture time and venue: The lecture will begin at 6.20pm following a 6.15pm introduction from the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer. The venue is the UniCentre Function Rooms 2 and 3. School of Chemistry student prize presentations will be held ahead of the lecture. Further information from the Acting Head of the School of Chemistry, Associate Professor Stephen Wilson, on 4221 3505.
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