A Glimpse of the Deakin MDRF Partnership
Join us online for our eleventh session of the Faculty of Health’s International Research Partnerships Colloquium Series 2024.
Each month we will feature one of our major international partners, with presentations from a Deakin and partner researcher on their latest collaborative work. These 50-minute Zoom sessions (20-minute presentation plus 30-minute Q&A) will highlight the great research being progressed within our strategic partnerships. They provide an opportunity for all staff, HDR and other research students to learn more about our major international partners, the key researchers involved and the opportunities that exist to engage.
Following the success of our event in November, this month’s session features our collaboration with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF).
Session details
Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024
Session time: 3pm–4pm AEDT, 9.30am–10.30am IST
Keynote speakers
Dr R.M. Anjana
Dr R.M. Anjana is the Managing Director of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President of the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation. Her main research areas are prevention of diabetes, epidemiology, physical activity and translational research and metagenomics. She has been conferred with the Fellowship of the American College of Physicians (FACP) from the American College of Physicians and Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, Fellowship of the Indian College Physicians (FICP) and Fellowship of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). Dr R.M. Anjana has published 396 articles in national and international peer reviewed journals and delivered lectures in several national and international conferences.
Professor Vincent Versace
Professor Versace is the Director of Deakin Rural Health (DRH) and Founding CoDirector of the Centre for Australian Research into Access (CARA). He specialises in biostatistics, population health and health geography. Being geographically tied to an area with limited research possibilities has resulted in an early publication record that spans many disciplines. This changed in 2012 when he joined the local University Department of Rural Health. By 2017, he transitioned to the role of Director of DRH where he is responsible for delivering on the parameters of the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Health Training (RHMT) program. The overarching purpose of this program is to reduce workforce maldistribution of health professionals in rural and regional Australia. This role also involves developing the capacity and capability of health services researchers.