Public lectures
Date and title of next public lecture: TBC
At our public lectures the latest information and trends in medical research are delivered by leading scientists and clinicians at a level aimed at the general public.
Each lecture is usually followed by a panel discussion and an opportunity for questions from the floor.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Public Lecture Series has been designed with the objectives:
- to raise the awareness of medical research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- to provide an opportunity for education on prevention, treatment and cure of specific diseases.
2010 lectures
Malaria: a global disease - control and eradication (14 April 2010)
Professor Alan Cowman, Dr James Beeson and Professor Sir Gustav Nossal discussed the global impact malaria has on public health, the new treatments and vaccines that are being developed for this infectious disease and the likelihood of it being eradicated. Watch this lecture online
Blood cancers: advances in research, advances in therapy (20 July 2010)
Professor Andrew Roberts gave an overview of the major questions researchers are asking about leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other blood cancers and presented examples of promising new areas of research that are likely to improve outcomes for patients. Watch this lecture online
2009 lectures
Progress towards the prevention and cure of type 1 diabetes (25 February 2009)
Professor Len Harrison, head of the Autoimmunity and Transplantation division, outlined the probable causes of diabetes and the scientific directions being taken by researchers to tackle this expanding problem. Watch this lecture online
Improving cancer treatments (26 March 2009)
Professor Don Metcalf, whose discovery of colony stimulating factors has improved the lives of thousands of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, outlined the ongoing hunt for blood cell regulators. Watch this lecture online
Discovery of a new drug for coeliac disease ... but maybe more (26 August 2009)
Dr Bob Anderson, head of the institute’s coeliac disease laboratory, outlined his research which has led to the world’s first trials of a vaccine for the disease. Watch this lecture online
How will breast stem cells help find new treatments for breast cancer? (28 October 2009)
Associate Professor Geoff Lindeman, joint head of the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, discussed the common forms of breast cancer, new treatments for the disease and whether breast cancer is hereditary. Watch this lecture online