The Vernon Collins Oration, entitled “From Paternalism to Partnership – the Opportunity for Indigenous Health Research” was delivered on November 2nd by Prof Jonathan Carapetis AM, Executive Director of the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Western Australia. With passion and humility he outlined the problems and the successes of working with Australia’s First Peoples when … Continued
The third Aluminar of 2022. On September 16th we had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by A/Prof Jim Tibballs entitled “Lemons, Limes and bitter outcomes for the French Navy”. This was based on his recent PhD thesis, in French, on the subject, which explored the differing rates of acceptance of a new anti-scurvy … Continued
This, the second Alumni meeting of 2022, took place on 23 June 2022 in the RCH Foundation Fund Raising space at 48 Flemington Rd. The meeting started at 12.10 pm. Psychiatry – Is the glass half full or half empty? Prof Sidney Bloch spoke to an audience of 21 Alumni members and guests … Continued
Jim Wilkinson was introduced by Ruth Wraith, past President and gave an outstanding presentation via zoom to about 25 participants. As Ruth summarised Jim took us on an amazing journey talking about the history of cardiology and intervention right through to the current day. With lots of images he talked about the social context, the … Continued
