News and coming events

Lectures of Interest at University

• 23rd September - Christopher Finlayson - The Importance of Dissent (Archibald Baxter Memorial)
• 6th October - Tony Binns - Experiences in Sierra Leone (Ron Lister Memorial)

Some Articles sent by Prof Yoram Barak

• Alzheimer's and Higher Doses of DHA
• Personalised Playlists - Music for Dementia.pdf
• Centenarians - slides from Prof Barak's lecture 2nd September 2020
• Ten key risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
• Pipeline report: Alzheimer’s disease, from amyloid and tau to gene therapies and beyond
• Covid-19 and Mental Health
• Definition of Pain updated for the first time in 40 years
• Community Experiment in Frome England
• Use of statins in older people
• Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019—A Perfect Storm?
• Suicide prevention in times of stress
• How to Read More Books
• Lancet Dementia Commission Update

Medical Help

• Red Cross - Psychological First Aid team - Four Part Video
• Red Cross - Psychological First Aid during COVID-19 guide
• Doing What Matters in a Time of Stress - An Illustrated Guide from WHO
• Comprehensive online resources on Mesothelioma - a cancer caused by asbestos exposure
• The Pleural Mesothelioma Centre
• Help for Mesotheloma victims to recover money etc
• Free Independent Hearing Advice - Paid for by Ministry of Health

Volunteers Wanted for Research Projects at the Medical School

Please click the links to read the participant information sheet

• Automatic movements and Parkinson’s disease
• Automatic movements and RBD (sleep behaviour disorder)
• Detecting changes in habits in rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD): a pilot study
• Effect of Brain Stimulation on Cognitive Functioning
• People who have had a stroke
• Earthquakes and Mental Health
• Request from Auckland University for personal observations of the lockdown

Friends of the Medical School

U3A Members are exactly the right group to help the trainee doctors in their studies. “Friends” help students with interviewing and sharing experiences about coping with situations - of which we all have much know-how by this time in our lives. If you are not already a “Friend” (my wife and I have been “Friends” (of the Med School!)) for several years, please collect a brochure from the registration desk at U3A courses and see what you can do to keep Otago’s reputation at the top of the country’s rankings.

University of Otago

• University of Otago Magazine
• 2018 Foundation Report
• Continuing Education
• The Foundation Trust
• Open Lectures
• Otago Bulletin Board
• Pūtea Tautoko hardship fund for students
• Botany Seminars Semester 2
• The Luck of the Irish - RESTARTS - First Sunday in the month at Toitu Settlers' Museum 2pm
• First Irish Lecture - Rev Rutherford Waddell by Assoc Prof John Stenhouse Sunday 2nd August 2pm
• The Tartan Noir Show - special guest Val McDermid
• History worth repeating - with Barbara Brookes and Sonja Tiernan
• Speaking volumes - presented by Liam McIlvanney

Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century

New Zealand Centre for Public Law + New Zealand Centre for Global; Studies

Zoom lecture Noon-1pm Wednesday 5th August - Free

Please Click here for the link to Register

Otago Community Events and Places

• Urban Access in Dunedin - Ensuring Access Works for All
• Dunedin Public Art Gallery
• Dunedin Art Society
• Otago Museum
• Toitu Otago Settlers Museum
• Otago Decorative & Fine Arts Society
• Orokonui Ecosanctuary
• University Bookshop
• Wild Dunedin

Articles and Places of Likely Interest

• High-level synthesis report of latest climate science information
• 3-D Maps of New Zealand - showing distribution and ages (lots of data - slow to load)
• Aviation & Global Sustainability, Part I
• Aviation & Global Sustainability, Pt II
• Virtual Tours of World's Best Art Galleries
• Virtual Tours of World's Best Museums
• The New Zealand Centre for Global Studies
• Free Audio Books, Lectures, Movies, Textbooks
• Acceptance Speeches by Nobel Laureates
• Love & Drugs in Victorian London - Elizabeth Siddal - The Beauty in the Bathtub
• BBC Reith Lectures
• Trial by Media - the Queen Caroline Affair - Includes a paper by Jocelyn Harris
• Stephen Fry - Oxford Union - recorded on the site "Intelligence Squared"
• BBC Podcasts - BBC Radio 4 In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg
• BBC Podcasts - Inside Science
• Minute Physics - Presented by Harry Reich
• Sodoku
• United in Music: A virtual charity concert to aid UNHCR’S coronavirus response
• Global Community Orchestra Project
• Massive Open Online Courses - six chosen by The Guardian
• The British Library - Courses and Exhibitions
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Featuring works from Prokofiev, Haydn, Handel, as well as tenor Simon O’Neill

Auckland Libraries' HeritageTalks highlights

• Black Flu 1918