In an age where pharmacy is a global industry, stigma and medicine are now in the position where they are the co-constructors of illness on one hand and mutually exclusive players on the other. Professor Sonia Ryang (Anthropology and International Studies, University of Iowa) extends beyond the area of medicine to an analysis of historical values, political values and global capitalism. A keynote lecture from the State, Society, Stigma: Rethinking Disease in a Global Age symposium. Copyright 2014 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Pharmacology

The Medicalisation of Depression

Dr Christopher Bradley (Pharmacy, La Trobe University) highlights the positive outcomes that are being achieved in the fight to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer due to a collaborative approach being adopted by specialists from different scientific and medical fields. The 2013 Worner lecture, held on 11th September at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Collaboration Key to Cancer Fight

Sarah Carminati has become the fifth La Trobe University Bendigo student in eight years to win the prestigious Victorian Student Pharmacist of the Year Award. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Victorian Student Pharmacist of the year

Vitamins and Supplements

Developing Vaccines for the World's Poorest Professor Michael Good The 2009 Nancy Millis Lecture 19th October, 2009 Dr Michael Good is Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Director of the Griffith Medical and Head of the Molecular Immunology Laboratory at QIMR. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Developing Vaccines for the World's Poorest

Professor Michael Good, Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, discusses the challenges of making affordable vaccines for the world's poorest people. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Vaccines for the World's Poorest

Snails have a unique coping mechanism of dealing with serotonin, which causes heart disease amongst humans. The hope is that by experimenting on them, an effective treatment can be found. You can view a transcript of this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/snail-heart-research-with-michelle-gibson/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Using Snail Hearts in Serotonin Research

Snails Take Serotonin to Heart

Ken Harvey discusses medicine control and regulation You can read a transcript of this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/complementary-medicines-with-ken-harvey/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Complementary Medicines

Podcasts on the discussions of drugs, medicines and vaccinations.