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Tony Rosner is coming to Australia and participating in our Research Symposium!

Anthony Rosner was Director of Research and Education at FCER for the past 15 years, blending a large variety of tasks distilled from a multifaceted background in basic research in biochemistry, clinical chemistry laboratory direction at a major teaching hospital of Harvard, grants administration, teaching, journalism, and minority research program development. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at Harvard in 1972 and conducting postdoctoral research at the NIH in Bethesda and at the CNRS in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, in 1973 and 1974, he directed research and clinical chemistry laboratories at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, then taught chemistry and served as Department Administrator in Chemistry at Brandeis University and managed research operations in neonatology at Children's Hospital in Boston until he joined FCER in1992, He chaired one of six charter committees at the inception of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 1992 and has served on the editorial board of three peer-reviewed journals, authoring papers reviewing chiropractic research, critiquing recent publications of questionable research design, and exploring the role of homocysteine in provoking spontaneous vertebral artery dissection. He is the recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Chiropractic Association in 2000 as well as of an honorary degree from theNational University of Health Sciences in 2002. He has recently become Director of Research Initiatives at the Parker College of Chiropractic, maintaining his office in Brookline , MA .

Dr Rosner will be in Sydney from August 17th - August 19th. On behalf of CAA NSW, The Advisory Board, The Chiropractic Alummi Association and The Department of Health and Chiropractic at Macquarie University he will be presenting the following seminars;

Seminars held at Sydney Mercure Hotel

Topic: Physiological responses to spinal manipulation, including hormonal responses and the suppression of inflammation

Topic: Chronic Pain Management and care of older populations with chiropractic care

Venue for Sunday 17th August Seminar The Mercure Sydney Hotel, 820 George Street, Sydney Time: 1.00p.m. to 4.30p.m

Registration forms are available from the CAA NSW office, Phone 02 47 226811.

Seminars held at Macquarie University North Ryde, Sydney

Topic: New perspectives on Subluxation -18th of August (Monday) at 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Macquarie University -U@MQ Lvl 3 Mckenzie, Lindsay Conference Halls

Research Symposium Tuesday 19th August

Healthcare Research and its impact on Practice. Sponsored by the Advisory Board, The Alumni Association, CAA-NSW and the Department of Health and Chiropractic, Macquarie University

Venue: Macquarie University -U@MQ Lvl 3 Mckenzie, Lindsay, Drysdale Conference Halls

Times: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Light Dinner will be served

Registration is optional; A point of registration will be open at the venue for any Chiropractor wanting to obtain CPD points for these Seminars.

Speakers:

6:30pm- Dr. Chris Maher from the School of Physiotherapy at Sydney University– relevent research

7:15pm -Dr. David Cahill President of ASRF (The Australian Spinal Research Foundation)

8:00pm Keynote address Dr. Anthony Rosner.

Tony Rosner Topic

Topic: Chiropractic Research: Its History, Strengths, Weaknesses and Implications for Integration in Healthcare Delivery

These three talks will be followed by a Q&A session.

We are not charging attendance fees for these Seminars at Macquarie University. Registration will not be required. If an attendee desires to obtain CPD points for these seminars at Macquarie, registration forms should be obtained from CAA NSW or at the venue.