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The Health Research Society of Canterbury
The Health Research Society of Canterbury (HRSC) was formed in 1971 (originally named the Christchurch Medical Research Society, CMRS). Its role is to provide a forum for the presentation of health research and to promote such research generally.
The next two meetings are HRSC Scientific Presentations in the Christchurch Hospital Grand Rounds Series, from 12:30 - 13:30 on Friday 4 May and Friday 11 May at the Oncology Lecture Theatre, Christchurch Hospital.
Membership is open to all people either involved in or simply interested in health research. The usual annual fee of $10 (payable to the Treasurer) has been postponed for 2011.
For more information on the Society, its activities, and how to be involved, go to the Contact page.
Next Meetings
Event: HRSC Scientific Presentations in the Christchurch Hospital Grand Rounds Series
Date: Friday 4 May and Friday 11 May 2012, 12:30 - 13:30 pm.
Venue: Oncology Lecture Theatre, Christchurch Hospital
The oral presentations at the 4 May session will be:
- Simon Feng – “ASL derived perfusion network shows correlation with saccadic eye movement measures in Parkinson's disease.”
- Rachel Cotter – “The trace amine-associated receptor 1 partial agonist, RO5203648, prevents methamphetamine-induced stimulation and methamphetamine self-administration.”
- James Revie – “Aortic flow energetics in a porcine study of septic shock.”
- Nicole Coufal – “Identification of novel genetic variants as candidate risk factors in BRCAx hereditary breast cancer.”
The oral presentations at the 11 May session will be:
- Liam Fisk – “Glycaemic control through stochastic forecasting: Implementing STAR as the standard of care in Christchurch Hospital ICU.”
- Hannah Burrowes– “Neopterin synthesis in macrophage derived multinucleated giant cells.”
- Argene Montgomery-Honger– “Parental experiences in the neonatal intensive care unit.”
- Gemma Moir-Meyer– “Identification of rare DNA copy number variants overlapping mismatch repair pathway genes in endometrial cancer patients and their potential contribution to disease risk.”
To Join
Membership is open to all people either involved in or simply interested in health research. The annual fee of NZ$10 has been suspended for 2011, but in normal years is payable by one of the methods below:
Cash/cheque: Please make cheques payable to the Health Research Society of Canterbury, and mail them to the Treasurer.
Direct deposit: If you wish to deposit the membership fee directly into our account, please notify the Treasurer of your details by email, and use your name as the payment reference.
Account name: Health Research Society of Canterbury
Account number: 03-0802-0048655-00
Branch address: Canterbury Centre Sub-Branch, 166 Cashel St, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, New Zealand.
SWIFT code: WPACNZ2W
| Credit card: Payments from all major credit card are now accepted via PayPal. Please notify the Treasurer of your name and receipt number by email. |
For more information on the Society, its activities, and how to be involved, go to the Contact page.