Health, Medicine and the Body

How a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick
Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 16:06

Free Public Lecture - Thursday 15 October 2009

This address introduces the ideas in Professor Greg Gibson’s new book It Takes a Genome. The last two years have seen a revolution in genome scientists’ ability to find the genes that influence whether a person is likely to suffer from any one of the major common chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, depression, or dementia.

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Obesity as a Complex Problem
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 16:11

Free Public Lecture Thursday 24 September 2009

Obesity has increased dramatically across the world, and there is currently no solution to its control. While obesity is easily understood as the positive imbalance of energy intake and expenditure, this does not explain why it is easy to overeat and underexercise...

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Well-being Conference 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 16:13

‘The Social Dynamics of Well-being and Human Rights’ and ‘Health, Medicine and the Body’ themes have developed a proposal for a conference to bring together academics and experts from a number of disciplines who would recognise ‘well-being’ as one way to name their research and teaching interest. From philosophy to public health, from demography to cultural studies, from social psychology to epidemiology, from primary health care to anthropology we believe that within the ANU, a diverse array of people are thinking about ‘wellbeing’ in innovative ways. The conference is in the early stages of planning but is proposed take place in late September 2008. At present the working group is Tim Rowse, Robert Attenborough and Helen Keane.

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Health, Medicine and the Body Network meeting
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 16:15

27 August 2007, 3.30 pm
Humanities Conference Room, AD Hope Building

An informal event to enable those with an interest in the theme to meet face to face, introduce their work and discuss possible initiatives and collaborations. The aim is to develop a mutually beneficial research network. A wide range of disciplines and interests will be represented, with staff and students attending from CASS, CAP, CHAM and the Department of Health and Ageing. All welcome.

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