1. OFMH Susah Greenfield Talk – Tuesday 11th May
2. TCSS Talk – ‘The age of the cyborg’ – Tuesday 11th May
3. OSM Conference – Thursday 13th May
4. OU Triathlon Club Aquathalon – Sunday 23rd May
5. Osler has a table tennis table!
6. Room wanted June to September
7. Mothers of Africa

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1. **How Does the Brain Create Consciousness?**

Baroness Susan Greenfield\

Tuesday 3rd week (11th May)
Merton College, Mure room
Buffet 6pm for lecture at 6.30pm

OFMH is proud to present Baroness Susan Greenfield, an eminent neuroscientist, author and member of the House of Lords. Described by the Guardian as one of the 50 most powerful women in Britain, Baroness Greenfield will be talking to us about one of the most intriguing mysteries facing today’s scientists: How does the human brain create consciousness and a unique sense of self? A fascinating topic that has long been the preserve of philosophers, Baroness Greenfield will offer a neuroscientist’s perspective on how an intricate tangle of cells, electrical impulses and molecules can generate a subjective experience, unique to each individual.

This promises to be an extremely thought provoking event, examining the essence of who we are, and what it means to be human.

A buffet will be provided before the lecture, please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122546971094803

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2. **Professor Kevin Warwick – ‘The age of the cyborg’**

A talk hosted by the Trinity College Scientific Society

Tuesday 3nd week (11/05/10)

8.00 for 8.15 pm, Trinity College Danson Room

Next Tuesday we are excited to announce that Professor Kevin Warwick will be speaking at the Trinity College Scientific Society. Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs. His talk will focus on how this technology can be employed to enable human enhancement and diminish the effects of certain neural illnesses. The presentation will also consider the future in which robots have biological, or part-biological, brains and in which neural implants link the human nervous system bi-directionally with technology and the internet.

Professor Warwick is perhaps most famous for claiming to be the world’s first ‘cyborg’, after he connected his own nervous system to a computer by implanting a silicon chip into his own arm, enabling him to control a robotic arm as if it were his own. He also emplanted a similar chip into the arm of his wife allowing their nervous systems to be connected via the internet. This set of experiments (known as ‘Project Cyborg’) have earned Professor Warwick the nickname ‘Captain Cyborg’ and led to him being featured as the cover story on the US magazine, ‘Wired’.

Largely off the back of this fame Warwick has become one of the world’s most well known proponants of a future where technological enhancement of the human species is commonplace.

The talk is sure to be of interest to people from a wide range of academic backgrounds. Please arrive early to ensure a seat. Wine will be provided.

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3. **The Oxford Society for Medicine presents a unique conference:**

*** HEALTHCARE UNDER SIEGE: Supporting medical education in the occupied Palestinian territory ***

All welcome – FREE entry – NO registration required – JUST TURN UP!

Thursday 13th May 2010, 6.00pm – 8.30pm

Oxford University, St. Catherine’s College, Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre

Question: What do the founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant in the UK and the Editor of the world’s leading general medical journal, The Lancet have in common?

Answer: By volunteering in the occupied Palestinian territories, they all have direct personal experience of the obstacles to health care delivery in one of the most challenging and dangerous environments in the world.

This will be an unmissable event for anyone who wants to get closer to the truth behind healthcare in the Palestinian territories and for those with an interest in making a positive change to the world around them

Any queries, please e-mail: omar.abdel-mannan@medschool.ox.ac.uk

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4. **Oxford University Triathlon Club presents Cuppers Aquathalon Extravaganza**

The triathlon club is holding an aquathlon on the Sunday 23rd May when people of all abilities can come down to Iffley Road to try out the world of multisport. No experience necessary. Come down with your friends and enjoy the sunshine and free food.

What’s an aquathlon? In this case a 200m swim (8 lengths of the pool) followed by a 3.5km run (down to the river and back)
Where? Iffley Road Sports Centre
When? Sunday 23rd May- registration at 9:30am at Cafe Sub-4 for 10:00am start
Cost? £1 per person. You can usually claim this back from your college.
Any questions? E-mail sophie.pooley@wadh.ox.ac.uk

Prizes for
- Fastest individual men and women
- Fastest college (team of 3)
- Fastest sports club (team of 3). Can you beat the triathletes at their own game??

Only think you can swim or run? Then enter as a relay team with a friend. Post-grads, Brookes students and staff all welcome

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5. **Table Tennis**

Osler house now has its very own table tennis table!
You’ll find it in the pool room, with bats and balls in a cardboard box on the side.
PLEASE look after the equipment, put bats and balls back in the box after use and either fold the table away after use or, at least, wheel it to the corner of the room so it is out of range of the doors.
Many thanks! Enjoy playing!

Jo x

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6. **Looking to sublet a room late June-early September 2010?**

My boyfriend and I are looking for a room to sublet during the summer
between 18 June and 1 September (although we are quite flexible on the
dates and might be interested in shorter sublets).
We would be happy living anywhere in Oxford.

If you are interested in subletting your place please contact Agata by
email (agata.patyna@gmail.com) or call 07920125479.

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7. **Mothers of Africa’ – who are we?**

Mothers of Africa is a Medical Educational Charity that trains medical
staff in Sub-Sahara Africa to care for mothers during pregnancy and
childbirth.

Did you know….

A Boeing 747 of mothers die in childbirth every single day in Africa.
In Africa a woman*s risk of dying from treatable or preventable
complications of pregnancy and childbirth over the course of her
lifetime is 1 in 22, compared to 1 in 7,300 in developed regions.
In a country like Benin, there are 11 anaesthetists in a country of 11
million. There are 140 anaesthetists in Cardiff alone!
Goal 5 of the UN*s Millennium goals is to decrease maternal mortality
by 75% by 2015. It is a big goal, with big international talk and
support. There is some progress, but in the meantime Mothers of Africa
is making a real and practical difference.

Since the charity started in 2005, 15 trained anaesthetists have
travelled to Benin, Togo, Ethiopia and Liberia to support the training
of health care workers in these countries. We hope that this training
empowers the people of these countries to improve their own provision of
healthcare in a sustainable way.

Follow the experiences of three consultant anaesthetists as they spend
time teaching and training staff in Liberia in an attempt to kickstart
the country’s anaesthetic service

http://mothersofafrica.typepad.com/blog/