DIABETES across the LIFECOURSE – Northern Australia Partnership

Improving systems of care and services for people with diabetes and their families in rural and remote Australia (NT, FNQ & Kimberley)

Annual Educational Symposiums

Zoom Recording Session 1:

Key Speakers:

A/Prof Treena Delormier, McGill University, Canada – “The Kahnawake School Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) – an enduring community-university partnership enhancing capacity for Indigenous Health research”
Dr Karla Canuto, South Australian Health & Medical Research, Adelaide – “Designing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Physical Activity Programs”
Dr Renae Kirkham, Menzies School of Health Research – “Communities informing and guiding diabetes prevention”
Ms. Eyvette Hawthorne, Top End Regional Health Service & Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group Member – “Lived experiences of being an Aboriginal Health Practitioner”

Zoom Recording Session 2:

Key Speakers:

Dr Anna Wood, Menzies School of Health Research – “DIABETES across the LIFECOURSE: Northern Australia Partnership Recent Key Findings”
Ms. Sian Graham, Menzies School of Health Research – “Communities informing and guiding diabetes in pregnancy”
Ms. Denella Hampton, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress & Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group Member- “A Clinical Perspective of supporting Women with their Mental Health”
Prof Alex Brown, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Adelaide – “Diabetes, Hearts and Minds”

Zoom Recording Session 1:

Key Speakers:

Prof Louise Maple-Brown, Menzies School of Health Research – “Opening on behalf of the Diabetes Lifecourse Partnership and Key Recent Findings”
Prof Dana Dabelea, Colorado School of Public Health, USA- “Developmental Origins of Pediatric Obesity and type 2 Diabetes”
Dr Renae Kirkham, Menzies School of Health Research – “Lived Experiences of Youth with Type 2 Diabetes”

Zoom Recording Session 2:

Key Speakers:

Prof Louise Maple-Brown, Menzies School of Health Research – “The PANDORA Study – Focus on maternal weight and breastfeeding”
Ms Sian Graham, Menzies School of Health Research – “Lived Experiences of Diabetes in Pregnancy: Community & Indigenous Reference Group Memebers”
Prof Sue Kildea & Assoc Prof Yvette Roe, Molly Waradaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University – “A strategic approach to Birthing on Country using the RISE Framework as a protective factor for preterm birth”

Webex Recording Session 1:

Key Speakers:

Prof Alex Brown, SAHMRI – “Aboriginal Health in the Genomics Era: Beyond the Hype”
Ms Melinda Hammond, Apunipima Cape York Health Council – “Creating Healthy Places through Council & Community led action – experiences from Cape York”
Dr Renae Kirkham, Menzies School of Health Research – “Lived Experiences of Youth with Type 2 Diabetes”
Prof Louise Maple-Brown, Menzies School of Health Research – “Improving Preconception Health”

Webex Recording Session 2:

Key Speakers:

Prof Elizabeth Davis, Telethon Kids Institute – “Re-thinking Our Approach to Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Children & Adolescents”
Prof Jerry Greenflied, St Vincent’s Hospital – “Precision Diabetes Management – From Young to Old”
Prof Jonathan Shaw, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute – “Latest Medication for Type 2 Diabetes & their Role in Aboriginal Populations”

Webex Recording:

A/Prof Louise Maple-Brown, Menzies School of Health Research – “NT & FNQ Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership: Updated and What’s ahead
Prof Louise Baur, University of Sydney – “Preventing and managing child & adolescent obesity”
Dr Leisa McCarthy, Menzies School of Health Research – “Household Food Security Experiences among indigenous Ausralian families in an urban setting”
Dr Angela Titmuss, Royal Darwin Hospital – “Understanding type 2 diabetes in young people”
Prof David McIntyre, University of Queensland – “Improving maternal health after GDM pregnancy”
Prof Anthony Hanley, University of Toronto – “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Indigenous Communities in Canada: Epidemiology and Prevention Across the Life Course”