Public Symposium & Launch of The Healthy Futures for Young People Appeal

The Medical Foundation's Healthy Futures for Young People Appeal was launched on 27 September 2007.

The appeal aims to support the establishment of a Chair in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Sydney which will integrate the various strands of research and teaching and promote youth health issues. The Chair will also give doctors treating young people at the front lines, the education and support they require to help bridge the 'generation gap'.

Click one of the speakers below to view footage from the Healthy Futures for Young People symposium.

• Welcome & Launch with Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Chancellor, The University of Sydney
• DVD: Falling Through The Cracks
• Teenagers are gaining weight - Why? Professor Ian Caterson
• Youth smoking is at an all-time low - Lessons for the future. Professor Simon Chapman
• Lock up your daughters - Protecting adolscents from sexually transmitted disease. Dr Edith Weisberg
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - An old diagnosis with new evidence. Dr Simon Clarke
• Depression in adolescents - How serious is it really? Professor Ian Hickie
• Nurturing young people for health and wellbeing. Clinical Professor David Bennett

To view these files you may need to download Quicktime

To make a donation to this appeal click the below Youth Health logo.