OMRF Club Otago Lunch
Schedule
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 am
UTC+13:00Location
Scenic Hotel Southern Cross | Dunedin, OT
Join us for our final Club Otago of 2025 as we showcase why the Foundation exists – for "the furtherance of medical research in Otago". Hear from Professor Pete Jones and Dr Emily Gray from HeartOtago. Pete is co-founder and was director of HeartOtago 2012-2024, and is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago. Pete’s research explores the role of calcium in controlling cells in the heart and brain. Specifically, it focuses on how disturbances in the movement of calcium within heart cells can lead to altered heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and heart failure. More recently it has also begun to investigate how a similar disruption of calcium signalling in neurons leads to Alzheimer's Disease. Understanding these changes has allowed the development of new drugs that one day might treat these diseases. Pete has received funding from the Otago Medical Research Foundation for his research in 2011 and 2015.
As well as being a Lecturer in the School of Physiotherapy, Emily has recently become a member of the OMRF Council. Emily’s research focuses on improving access to cardiac rehabilitation and empowering people to engage in physical activity during early recovery after heart attacks and heart surgery.
Don’t miss this chance to hear about world-class research happening right here in Otago – over a great lunch! Contact Tracey Fleet (Engagement Manager) on 021 030 4900 or [email protected] to lock in your tickets.
