Early Career Research Showcase
Program
The showcase will be held on Wednesday 29th of September, in the Wooley Lecture Theatre.
Welcome | 2:00 pm | Professor Jill Trewhella | |
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Introduction | 2:05 pm | Sam Solomon | |
Session 1 | 2:10 - 2:45 pm | Chair: Renae Ryan | |
Kate Flaherty | Faculty of Arts | Bellwether Shakespeare: Researching Theatre and Learning | abstract |
Michael Tchan | Sydney Medical School | Clinical Research in Rare Genetic Diseases | abstract |
Tamara Church | School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Sorbents and Catalysts to Improve Hydrogen Synthesis from Biomass | abstract |
Julie Redfern | The George Institute | Achieving coordinated care for people with Heart Disease | abstract |
Rita Shackel | Sydney Law School | Reforming processes of justice - interdisciplinary analysis | abstract |
Break | 2:45 - 2:50 pm | ||
Session 2 | 2:50 - 3:30 pm | Chair: Sam Solomon | |
Wojciech Chrzanowski | Faculty of Pharmacy | Biointerface - where biology meets material | abstract |
Tim Capon and Stephen Cheung | Agricultural and Resource Economics | Understanding markets using laboratory experiments | abstract |
Spring Cooper Robbins | Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health | You can’t get cancer from sex... can you? Helping adolescents understand sexual health | abstract |
David Larkin | Sydney Conservatorium of Music | The unpopular muse: how classical music lost its audience | abstract |
Sheridan Kennedy | Sydney College of the Arts | Circumnavigating the heart | abstract |
Break | 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Afternoon tea/coffee - Woolley Room N401 | |
Session 3 | 4:00 - 4:35 pm | Chair: Jin Huang | |
Daniel Brown | Sydney Medical School | Uncovering the Cause of Ménière’s Disease | abstract |
Laura Corbit | Psychology | Actions and Habits in Health and Disease | abstract |
Sheila Harper | Faculty of Health Sciences | The emerging field of Death Studies | abstract |
Sebastian Pfautsch | Faculty of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources | Water requirements of Eucalyptus trees in semi-arid Australia | abstract |
Valentina Naumovski | Faculty of Pharmacy | A novel fingerprint model for assessing herbal medicines | abstract |
Break | 4:35 - 4:40 pm | ||
Session 4 | 4:40 - 5:25 pm | Chair: Sarah Gleeson-White | |
Olivia Hibbitt | Sydney Medical School | Heme oxygenase 1 - a new target for cardiovascular disease | abstract |
Kirsten Harley | Faculty of Health Sciences | Negotiating Health Care | abstract |
Anne Tiedemann | The George Institute | Screening for risk of falls in older ED attendees | abstract |
Louisa Peralta | Education and Social Work | Are schools responsible for producing healthy, active and informed citizens? | abstract |
Kym Sheehan | Sydney Law School | Regulating executive remuneration: greed, accountability and say on pay | abstract |
Christina I. Anthony | Faculty of Economics and Business | Chasing the Pot of Gold: Using Downward Counterfactual Thinking to Motivate Better Outcomes | abstract |
Concluding remarks | 5:25 pm | Followed by drinks and canapes - Woolley Room N401 |
Previous Programs
The 2009 ECR Showcase program is available here.
The 2008 ECR Showcase program is available here.