Abstract

This talk with highlight aspects of research supporting ageing well based on studies in Aotearoa NZ including the LiLACs NZ longitudinal studies, falls prevention, and cognition research. It will conclude with a demonstration of the Ronnie Gardiner cognitively challenging exercise programme.  

Biography 

Professor  Ngaire Kerse, MNZM, holds the Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well,

Ngaire is a GP and professor at the university of Auckland and Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well. She is also Co-director of the Co-Created Ageing Research Centre. Her interests are wellbeing and function in ageing, those in advanced age, longitudinal and intervention studies and falls prevention in all settings where older people thrive

Abstract

This presentation is an examination of the threads that were interwoven to generate the Māori Health Authority, from a tauiwi position.

Biography 

Ted is a third year Medical student, with an undergraduate degree in population health and health promotion from Victoria, University of Wellington. He is interested in the potential juggling of careers in Rural Hospital medicine, Otolaryngology, General Practice and house husbandry.

Abstract

This presentation gives a historical overview of the Malaria parasite, from its earliest identification in fossil records to the present day.

Biography 

Megan is a third-year medical student interested in a career in Primary Care. Prior to starting medical school they worked 12 years in Humanitarian Aid, mostly in Africa. Megan is still involved in the aid sector on a part-time basis.

Abstract

The United States is currently in the midst of a major opioid addiction epidemic with severe implications for public health. In this presentation I will be exploring the historical context in which the opioid epidemic emerged and describing some of the key factors responsible, with a focus on changing attitudes towards pain management in the 1980s-2000s and the irresponsible marketing of prescription opioid drugs by pharmaceutical companies for the management of chronic pain.

Biography 

Karan previously completed a BSc in Biomedical Science and a PhD in Neuroscience at The University of Auckland, after which they held a postdoctoral research position at The University of Sheffield. As a third year medical student, Karan is interested in potentially pursuing a career in neurology, with particular interest in the management and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and stroke