SEMINAR SERIES 2015
When:
Where:
Monday, 25 May @ 12:00 pm
Followed by light lunch
Rand Theatre, Level 8, Medical Building The University of Melbourne
Traumatic brain injury to the paediatric brain
Doctor Bridgette Semple
Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), The University of Melbourne
After completed her undergraduate degree at Monash University, Bridgette Semple conducted her graduate research at
the National Trauma Research Institute (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne) and was awarded her PhD in 2010. Her postdoctoral
work took her to the US, where she has spent the past four years at the University of California San Francisco. Working
with Prof. Linda Noble in the Department of Neurological Surgery, and with the support of fellowships from both the
American Australian Association and the NHMRC, her research has focused on understanding the mechanisms and consequences of
traumatic brain injuries during early childhood using a mouse model. Building upon an emerging appreciation for the unique vulnerability of
the immature brain to insult, Dr. Semple's work has identified key neutrophil-derived proteases which mediate acute tissue damage after
paediatric brain injury. Dr. Semple has recently returned to Melbourne and joined the O'Brien laboratory in the Department of Medicine
(Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne Brain Centre), and is continuing to explore the hypothesis that modulation of the post-injury
inflammatory response influences long-term outcomes.
Convenors:
Dr Juliet Taylor Email: [email protected]
Dr Tony Frugier Email: [email protected]
Tel: 9035 7662