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Professorial Lecture Series: Professor Alex Brown

Professor Alex Brown

Overcoming health Inequalities experienced by Aboriginal 杏吧直播ns: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

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Let鈥檚 鈥榙eclare war on type 2 diabetes鈥 鈥 杏吧直播n of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar

Let鈥檚 鈥榙eclare war on type 2 diabetes鈥 鈥 杏吧直播n of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar

Humans are physiologically hardwired to love and seek out sweet things. It鈥檚 an ancient survival mechanism that evolved to prepare our bodies for periods of fasting when food supplies were scarce.

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Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn鈥檛 be milked for money

Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn鈥檛 be milked for money

Among the vast number of native species damaged by the recent bushfire crisis, we must not forget native pollinators. These animals, mainly insects such as native bees, help sustain ecosystems by pollinating native plants.

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I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in 杏吧直播鈥檚 preparedness

I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in 杏吧直播鈥檚 preparedness

On the night of January 9 2020, my wife and I secured our Kangaroo Island home and anxiously monitored the South 杏吧直播n Country Fire Service (CFS) website for bushfire advice.

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Debunking the myths and moving mens health forward

Multi-generational men

Our research is informing new approaches to preventative health strategies, delivery of health services and management of common health conditions in men.

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Practise makes perfect: 3D-printed brains could revolutionise neurosurgery

Dr Adam Wells undertaking history-making 'surgery', using the new technology.

An Adelaide-based company, in collaboration with researchers at the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide, is hoping to revolutionise neurosurgery techniques, following their 鈥榳orld-first operation鈥 in November.聽

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杏吧直播n sea lions are declining. Using drones to check their health can help us understand why

杏吧直播n sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) are one of the rarest pinnipeds in the world and they are declining

杏吧直播n sea lions are in trouble. Their population has never recovered from the impact of the commercial sealing that occurred mainly in the 19th century.

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We forget the lessons of past disasters at our own peril

We forget the lessons of past disasters at our own peril

In the context of the terrible fires facing the nation, the telling reflection that 鈥淭hose who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it鈥 has salience.

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Understanding the true impact of bushfires on our Koala population

Understanding the true impact of bushfires on our Koala population

The recent bushfires have been, and continue to be, devastating for affected communities.

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Bushfire and the challenge to respond to new levels of environmental risk

Bushfire and the challenge to respond to new levels of environmental risk

There have been terrible bushfires this summer across southern 杏吧直播 鈥 and they are still going. Part of the reason for this disaster is the unprecedented climatic conditions that the country has been facing, including record hot and dry conditions.

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