Raine Visiting Professor Lecture – 13 July 2018
Professor Mary Wlodek
The University of Melbourne, Australia
will present a Raine Lecture entitled:
Programming developmental disease risk: Effects of lifestyle and transgenerational influences
on Friday 13 July 2018 from 12 – 1 pm
at G33 Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Building, UWA School of Molecular Sciences
All welcome
Mary Wlodek is a Professor in the Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne. She graduated with a BSc(Hons) and MSc from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and subsequently was awarded her PhD in Physiology from Monash University in Australia. Mary is a global leader in developmental origins physiological research and Head of the Fetal, Postnatal & Adult Physiology & Disease Laboratory. She is renowned for her successful experimental model that mimics human growth profiles, organ deficits and phenotypes observed in babies born small who are susceptible to adult diseases. Her laboratory is recognised as performing complex whole animal physiological studies exploring of the adult, pregnancy and transgenerational consequences of being born small. Critical to the translational outcomes, Professor Wlodek has also experimentally incorporated various innovative treatments and interventions including nutritional (cross-fostering, diet), exercise, pregnancy, transgenerational and impact of stress as well as alcohol during pregnancy.
Professor Wlodek has demonstrated her strong commitment to the vitality of ongoing research and the criticality of inspiration for all students and researchers through her many senior leadership roles at University and Faculty levels. These include Deputy Dean of the Melbourne School of Graduate Research, Coordinator Research Development with Melbourne Research and Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Professor Wlodek’s strong commitment to mentoring has also been recognised through prestigious awards, including the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Excellence Award for Equity and Staff Development (2012), the University’s James Angus Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision and subsequently the Australian Government, Office for Learning & Teaching, Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2013).
University Host:
A/Prof Donna Geddes
School of Molecular Sciences
University of Western Australia
Telephone: 6488 7006
Email: donna.geddes@uwa.edu.au
