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13 May

Raising the Bar Melbourne

It’s time to get curious because Raising the Bar is coming back to Melbourne with a special health edition.

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne is transforming Melbourne into a knowledge hub with 20 talks across 10 CBD venues, with topics ranging from AI and cancer research to making sense of menopause, health disinformation, and the future of robotic surgery.

All talks are free and open to the public. Registration is essential.

Date	Times
Wed 13 May	6:00pm - 9:00pm

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