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7th September BioBreakfast - A State of Depression
7th September BioBreakfast features Prof Jayashri Kulkarni (The Alfred) & Dr Roger Edwards (Neural Diagnostics) discussing new treatment and diagnostic options in depression.Event Description
| When: |
Tuesday 7th September 2010 Registration 7.15am Buffet Breakfast 7.20 - 7.55am Presentation 8am sharp Concludes at 9:15am |
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| Where: |
Milton House Ground Floor 25 Flinders Lane Melbourne Vic |
| Speakers: |
Prof Jayashri Kulkarni Director, Monash Alfred Psychiatric Research Centre MAPRC Dr Roger Edwards CEO, Neural Diagnostics |
| Price: |
$55.00 members $95.00 non-members |
| RSVP: | RSVP by Thursday, 2nd Sept @ 9am |
About This Event
According to Australia’s national mental illness website BeyondBlue, 6.2% of Australians aged 16 or over have suffered from a depressive disorder in the last 12 months with 15% of all Australians having suffered from a depressive disorder at one time in their lives.
With the increase in environmental triggers, like the GFC and changes in lifestyle and our communities, are we getting more depressed? What developments have there been in diagnosis and treatment of this disease? Are all the possible drug candidates involved in the biochemistry of this disease already on the market?
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni (Director, Monash Alfred Psychiatric Research Centre MAPRC) has extensive experience in clinical research and treating patients with mental illness. At the September BioBreakfast she will discuss the state of Australia’s mental health specifically depression and what are some of the recent advances in her research for new treatments.
Dr Roger Edwards (CEO, Neural Diagnostics) will discuss developments in devices used to diagnose depression, whether this is a growing market and who the players are.
About the Speakers
Prof Jayashri Kulkarni
Director, Monash Alfred Psychiatric Research Centre MAPRC
Jayashri Kulkarni commenced her appointment as Professor of Psychiatry, The Alfred and Monash University in 2002. She directs a large psychiatric research group, the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), which has a team of over 100 staff and post-graduate students from medicine, nursing, psychology, allied health, science, and health information services. Funding for this group comes from a number of national and international project grants plus industry collaboration.
Jayashri Kulkarni is a Monash University Medical School graduate and was an Alfred Hospital medical student. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1989.
Jayashri Kulkarni was appointed as the first Associate Professor/Director of Psychiatry to Dandenong Hospital, Department of Psychiatry in 1994. She founded and directed the Dandenong Psychiatry Research Centre (DPRC) and the Monash University Research Centre for Women's Mental Health.
Jayashri Kulkarni was the Director of Psychiatry of Dandenong Area Mental Health Service (DAMHS) for 8 years.
Dr Roger Edwards
CEO, Neural Diagnostics
Roger is a Bio-Medical Engineer and has worked in therapeutic device regulation, R&D and in manufacturing of medical devices.
Roger's career has been spent developing and commercializing new technologies through start-up companies associated with food, packaging, ICT and biotechnology.
Roger was the Executive Director of the Food and Packaging Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and was actively involved in the creation of four spin-offs, licensing two technologies internationally and raising investment capital and other grants.
Event Location
The Supper Room
Melbourne Town Hall
Cnr Swanston Street & Collins Street
Melbourne
