Invited Speakers
Plenary Lecturers
- William Banks, University of Washington, USA
The blood-brain barrier: An interface in the neuroimmune & neuroendocrine systems
- Mostafa Fatemi, Mayo Clinic, USA
Medical ultrasound technology: Evolution from pulse-echo to acoustic radiation force
New Trends in Respiratory Therapies
- Raphaël Heinzer, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland
New directions in the treatment of sleep apnea
- Richard Beasley, Medical Research Institute, New Zealand
Oxygen – a new look at an old therapy
- Stanislav Tatkov, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, New Zealand
Mucociliary clearance or mechanisms of Nasal High Flow as one of the new emerging respiratory therapies
- Andrew Veale, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand
Application of applied physiology to patients with emphysema by use of lung volume reduction techniques
Cardiovascular Bioengineering
- Speakers to be confirmed
Mechanisms of Signalling across the Blood/Brain Barrier
- William Banks, University of Washington, USA
Role of the blood-brain barrier in the evolution of feeding and cognition
- Alistair Ferguson, Queen's University, Canada
Hormone and metabolite signalling in the circumventricular organs
- Rosemary Brown, University of Otago, New Zealand
Role of the prolactin receptor in the transport of prolactin into the brain
- Ian Tucker, University of Otago, New Zealand
Delivery of drugs via the blood-brain barrier
Cardiovascular Disease
- Jeff Erikson, University of Otago, New Zealand
Activation of CaMKII connects hyperglycemia to calcium mishandling and arrhythmogenesis in the heart
- Kim Mellor, University of Auckland, New Zealand
CaMKII in the diabetic heart
- Daryl Schwenke, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ghrelin: a novel therapeutic strategy for the early treatment of acute myocardial infarction
- Shieak Tzeng, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
Brain under pressure: challenges to cerebral blood flow regulation
The Immune-Neuroendocrine Interface
- Lee Eiden, NIH, USA
Cytokine modulation of the stress response
- Sarah Spencer, RMIT University, Australia
Early life programming of neuroimmune function; the role of the HPA axis
- Christine Jasoni, University of Otago, New Zealand
Mum's the word: Understanding the role of maternal inflammation in elevating the risk of offspring neuroendocrine disorders
- Stephen Bunn, University of Otago, New Zealand
Cytokine interaction with the adrenal medullary function
Dietary Trace Elements
- Samir Samman, University of Sydney, Australia
Zinc and cardiovascular disease
- Lynne Ferguson, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Selenium and prostate disease
- Sheila Skeaff, University of Otago, New Zealand
Iodine and cognition
- Anne-Louise Heath, University of Otago, New Zealand