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22nd November 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Defence Lecture: Lions led by donkeys
General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS)

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

1st November 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Institute of Transplantation Lecture Theatre, Freeman Hospital
Developments in the management of pancreatic cancer
Professor Dirk Gouma, Department of Surgery. Erasmus University, Amsterdam

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Rutherford-Morrison Lecture



 
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23rd October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
The importance of medical professionalism, leadership and advocacy in improving the nation’s health
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore MD FRCP, University of Liverpool

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Jacobson Lecture



 
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16th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Molecules that changed the world
KC Nicolaou, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Wynne-Jones Memorial Lecture



 

11th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Will Electricity Market Reform work, and why does it have to be so complicated?
Dr Robert Gross, Director, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology, Imperial College London

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Swan Memorial Lecture



 
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9th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
What is the way towards a better understanding of depression?
Professor Joe Herbert, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge

Free admission, no pre-booking required

Lecture to mark World Mental Health Day



 
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4th October 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Standing on the shoulders of giants: the search for Darwin’s predecessors
Rebecca Stott, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

16th June 2012

11:00 - 12:00 RB Green Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University
Preventing alcohol related violence: effective alternatives to 'a tooth for a tooth'?
Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Director, Cardiff University

Founders and Benefactor's Lecture

Please note: this lecture is free and open to all, however you are asked to pre-register for spaces by contacting Joy Chambers by e-mail: joy.chambers@ncl.ac.uk or telephone 0191 222 8245



 

17th May 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Common metabolic disease – lessons from the extreme
Stephen O’Rahilly FRS, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge

Albert Latner Memorial Lecture in Clinical Biochemistry

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

10th May 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Communicating risk and uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge

Free admission, no pre-booking required



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