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BHI Research Seminar – invited external speakers

March 30, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: The role of patient neuroimmune activation pathway genetics in pain and opioid response

Speaker: Dr Daniel Barratt, Clinical Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Laboratories, Discipline of Pharmacology, University of Adelaide

Biography: Dr Barratt completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide in 2010. Together with Prof Andrew Somogyi and Dr Janet Coller, he is a leader of the Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Laboratories of the Discipline of Pharmacology, and is a member of the Centre for Personalised Cancer Medicine, of the University of Adelaide. He is currently a NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Officer investigating personalised medicine for Aboriginal people with Prof Somogyi. He collaborates on international projects investigating the clinical pharmacogenetics of opioid pharmacokinetics, and the neuroimmune genetics of cancer pain, acute postoperative pain, and analgesia. In addition, he is leading research aimed at integrating clinical and experimental pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics and drug resistance markers, for the personalised dosing of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to fight cancer.

Chair: Dr John Licari, Clinical Pharmacology Unit TQEH, Level 2, BHI

 

Details

Date:
March 30, 2016
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Website:
https://basilhetzelinstitute.com.au/

Organiser

Basil Hetzel Institute
Phone
+61 8 8222 7427
Email
imogen.ball@sa.gov.au
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Venue

BHI Ground Floor Seminar Rooms
37a Woodville Rd
Woodville South, SA 5011 Australia
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Phone
+61 8 8222 7427
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