A lecture for health professionals

Louis Waller Lecture - Investing in the earliest start to life

Presented by Professor Rob Norman,
Director of the Robinson Institute at the University of Adelaide

The Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) announces this year’s annual Louis Waller Lecture, ‘Investing in the earliest start to life’, to be presented by Professor Rob Norman, Director of the Robinson Institute at the University of Adelaide.

Professor Norman’s lecture, on Thursday 1 September, will focus on health and other factors that affect conception and the development of embryos. Dangers to the embryo in its early stages of development and the risk factors of obesity, smoking, environmental agents, age and occupation will be addressed.

The lecture will also encompass personal and community interventions to maximize the chances of a healthy pregnancy, and the role of assisted reproductive treatment units in lifestyle education for ART patients.

Louis Waller Lecture details

Date:          Thursday 1 September 2011
Time:          6pm – 7.30pm
Location:   Russell Kennedy, Level 12, 469 La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Cost:           $22.00 (inc. GST)

Registration forms can be downloaded from the VARTA website at: www.varta.org.au