Let's talk about health: lecture series 2019/20

The series resumes on 23 October 2019.

Let's Talk About Health and Disease is a series of public lectures which run annually from October through to March.

It is aimed at senior school pupils interested in studying medicine, veterinary medicine or the life sciences at university as well as interested members of the general public and health professionals.

The series allows scientists pioneering new research at the University of Edinburgh to share their latest ideas and discoveries with the public and provides attendees with the opportunity to advance their knowledge of health and what happens in disease.

Here's this year's programme:

 

DateSpeakersTitle/booking linkVenue
Wed 23 October 2019Schools workshop -  pre-booked participants only DNA detectives: dog health and diseaseEaster Bush Science Outreach Centre
    
Wed 23 October 2019Richard Mellanby and Jeff SchoenebeckHeads and tales: stories of dogs and  their breathing disordersThe Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
    
Wed 27 November 2019John Keen and Ruth Morgan

Podgy ponies and corpulent cobs:

insights into the growing problem of equine obesity

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
    
Wed 11 December 2019Norah Spears and Evelyn TelferThe future of female of fertilityQMRI, Wellcome Auditorium
    
Wed 22 January 2020Colin Smith and Tara Spires-JonesLet’s talk about dementia - what happens to the  brain and how can we fix it?QMRI, Wellcome Auditorium
    
Wed 19 February 2020Gwo-Tzer Ho, Emily Thompson and Kris McGuire

Healing the damaged gut in inflammatory bowel diseases –

from the scientist, the patient and the doctor

QMRI, Wellcome Auditorium
    
Wed 18 March 2020David Fitzpatrick and Stuart CobbWhat defines a genetic disease and when might gene therapy be used?QMRI, Wellcome Auditorium
    

 

Admission free. All welcome.

Public lectures take place at 5.30 p.m. in the Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ or at  the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush campus, EH26 8BE.

Both venues are accessible with assistance and accessible parking can be arranged.  

Please email Karen.Chapman@ed.ac.uk  if you have any queries. 

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