The 2021 Vernon Collins Oration was delivered by Zoom on Wednesday October 6th by Professor Lyn Gillam AM, Academic Director of the Children’s Bioethics Centre at The Royal Children’s Hospital The title that she spoke to was “The Ethical Life of the Hospital”. Prof Gillam was introduced by Prof Matt Sabin, Chief Medical Officer … Continued
The president and executive of the Alumni Association were much saddened to learn of the death of Dr Jim Keipert last week, at the age of 98. Dr James A Keipert. MB BS, DCH, FRCP(Ed) 31/12/1922 – 08/10/2021 His Alumni profile may be read at the link shown below: https://www.rch.org.au/alumni/alumni_profiles/Keipert,_James_Ashton/ Jim was … Continued
Jane Tanner was introduced bt Dr Garry Warne and gave an outstanding talk to a group of members and guests (registrations for the meeting numbering around thirty). Her talk focussed on how illustrations in a book may be seen by children of different ages. She spoke about the books for children that she had illustrated … Continued
The disruptive advances in genetics – how has practice changed? The third meeting in 2021 was conducted remotely using Zoom on Thursday July 1st. The President Ms Ruth Wraith OAM welcomed members and guests and the Vice President, Prof James Wilkinson AM, then introduced Prof Martin Delatycki, the Medical Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services … Continued
Engineering Tissues: Biomaterial Strategies to Prevent Infection and Promote Repair Professor Andrea O’Connor Thursday May 6th Approximately 20 members and guests joined the Zoom gathering for an excellent talk by Engineer Prof Andrea O’Connor. The meeting was opened by the President of the Alumni Ms Ruth Wraith OAM who introduced the speaker. Professor O’Connor, who … Continued
Alumni reflections on life in hospital before and after the arrival of computers
Prof Elliott’s lecture focussed on disadvantaged children
