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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 meeting is our Annual General Meeting on Friday 22 March 2013 at 4 pm (see below).
Membership is open to all people either involved in or simply interested in health research. The annual fee is $10 (payable to the Treasurer).
For more information on the Society, its activities, and how to be involved, go to the Contact page.
Next Meeting
Event: HRSC 2013 Grand Round Series
Dates: Friday, 3 May AND 10 May, 12:30-13:30.
Closing date for abstracts: Monday, 15th April
Venue: Rolleston Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, University of Otago, Christchurch
The oral presentations at the 3 May session are:
- "Use of the DISST model to predict insulin pharmaco-kinetics during the oral glucose tolerance test and reduce the cost of deriving the Matsuda index." – Shaun Davidson, Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "Calcium role in oxLDL mediated cell death in human monocytes: Possible mechanism in the progression of atherosclerotic plaque." – Izani Othman, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "Are you managing your mechanical ventilator correctly? A model-based answer to an on-going question." – Daniel Redmond, Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "Simultaneous discrimination of multiple intrinsic bio-markers in excised atheroma with spectral molecular imaging." – Raj Panta, Department of Radiology, University of Otago, Christchurch
The oral presentations at the 10 May session are:
- "Can this cool new glycaemia metric tell me if my critical care patients are going to live or die?" – Felicity Thomas, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "The impact of physiological levels of vitamin C on tumour growth and HIF-1 activation in the Gulo-/- mouse." – Elizabeth Campbell, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch
- "Cost-effective hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patients via model-based analysis of aortic pressure measurements." – Shun Kamoi, Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "Redirection of steroid biosynthetic flux from testosterone to cortisol in cultured Leydig cells exposed to dibutylphthalate." – A Ridden, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
- "Evaluating BRCA1 and BRCA2 sequence variants that modulate isoform expression." – Vanessa Lattimore, Mackenzie Cancer Group, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch
To Join
Membership is open to all people either involved in or simply interested in health research. The annual fee of NZ$10 is payable by one of the methods below:
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 (you don't need to have a PayPal account to use this method). Please notify the Treasurer of your name and receipt number by email. Cash/cheque: Please make cheques payable to the Health Research Society of Canterbury, and mail them to the Treasurer. |
For more information on the Society, its activities, and how to be involved, go to the Contact page.