2020 Alan Cooper Epiderm Lecture
2020 Alan Cooper Epiderm Lecture
Keynote address by Professor Adele Green, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Each year through the Faculty of Medicine, the Dermatology Research Centre hosts the Alan Cooper Epiderm Lecture, in recognition of their generous support. This lecture brings together the Centre's clinical, research, philanthropic, and consumer communities to hear from an eminent Professor in our field.
This year, we are proud to have the keynote address to be delivered by Professor Adele Green. Professor Green,former Queensland Australian of the year, and both a Queensland and UQ “Great”.
Date: Friday 31 July, 2020
Time: 5.00pm for 6.00pm start
Venue: Translational Research Institute (TRI) Auditorium, Brisbane
We are delighted to host this event again in 2020, and hope to welcome you to TRI in July.
About the Alan Cooper Epiderm Lecture
The Alan Cooper Epiderm Lecture has been established in recognition of Epiderm’s generous support of The University of Queensland’s dermatology and skin cancer research programs. Epiderm, formerly the Australian Dermatology Research and Education Foundation, was established in 1992 following Australia’s successful bid to host the International League of Dermatological Societies World Congress of Dermatology meeting in Sydney in 1997. The World Congress was led by Professor Alan Cooper and Professor Robin Marks and generated a significant financial surplus representing the majority of the Foundation’s initial funding.
Professor Alan Cooper, a driving force behind academic Dermatology in Australia, played a lead role on the board of Epiderm. Over a 22 year period, Epiderm funded many dermatological projects within Australia. From 2007-2014, Epiderm donated over $2.8 million in support of the dermatology and skin cancer research within the Dermatology Research Centre under the direction of Professor H. Peter Soyer. Epiderm’s capstone donation of $2.05 million in 2014, prior to the Foundations disestablishment, leveraged over $3.5 million in additional support for UQ’s dermatology and skin cancer research programs.