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Dean's lecture series: health & environmental sciences
A series of public lectures that were last done in 2009 on topical issues in health and environmental sciences. All speakers have made a large contribution to AUT University's Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences or its fields of research.
Feedback on the 2009 lecture series can be sent to Alisia Lawrie
Some of the Topics for the 2009 lecture series were:
- Organ transplantation in New Zealand: a panacea? (September 3)
- The marine environment: economic compromises in conservation (September 24)
- The government’s health agenda (October 15)
- Drugs and sport: the ongoing struggle (November 12)
Organ transplantation in New Zealand: a panacea?
Dr Johan Rosman, Chief Medical Officer and Renal Physician, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland
Honorary Adjunct Professor AUT University and Honorary Associate Professor University of Auckland
Dr Rosman will give an overview of the current status of organ transplantation in New Zealand and compare us with the rest of the world. Johan will discuss how organ transplantation came to where it is today and where it is likely to go by 2020. Johan will deliver a critical note on the almost magical expectation the public has of organ transplantation. By no means is this treatment a panacea, or a solution to the problems of all people with end-stage organ failure.
The marine environment: economic compromises in conservation
Dr Steve O'Shea, Director, Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, AUT University
New Zealand is renowned for being clean and green, but is this reputation deserved given current standards in environmental consulting? Dr O’Shea will present case studies that highlight differences in the approaches of academics, postgraduates and environmental consultants. Are informed decisions being made based on current, comprehensive and appropriate data, or are they being made on the basis of client expectations? You be the judge.
The government’s health agenda
Hon. Tony Ryall, Minister of Health
Drugs and sport: the ongoing struggle
David Howman, Director General, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
The fight against doping in sport is one of the defining challenges of our time. While the number of doping cases may indicate progress towards rooting out those who cheat, it also demonstrates that much still is needed to protect the health of athletes and the integrity of sport. The fight against doping is an ongoing struggle requiring Sport and Government of the world to follow-through on their commitments to coordinate anti-doping activities and level the playing field for clean athletes worldwide.
David Howman is the Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the international independent organization created in 1999 to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms.
Dean's lecture series: general information
Order of events
lectures will be 40-50 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of question time.
There will be 30-40 minutes for you to socialise. Cocktails will be served then.
Open to the public and AUT University staff
The aims of the series are to:
- Enhance the faculty’s research links between academics in other universities, other research institutions, applied health services agencies and local and central government authorities
- Encourage involvement and participation in university matters by members of our local communities and wider public.
- Provide an opportunity for AUT postgraduate students to widen their horizons by understanding the nature of the many fields of scholarship in which we are engaged and the connections to the wider worlds of health, community services, government and business.
- Provide a forum for faculty and wider university staff, and members of the public to listen to and discuss issues in which they’re interested.