On 21st June 2023, Freshwater Bay Rotarian Prof Hamid Sohrabi gave a fascinating update on his Alzherimer’s research. Prof Hamid R. Sohrabi is the Director of the Centre for Healthy Ageing and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the School of Psychology, Murdoch University. He has two Honorary affiliations as Associate Professor…
On Saturday 17th June 2023, a dinner was held at the University Club to celebrate not just the end of the Rotary year but the end of Rotary District 9455. Four members of our club were in attendance: PP Di Collins, PP Simone Collins, President Fiona Tremlett, and Rtn Ralph…
We are delighted to welcome Sam Bandara as a member of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, who holds the classification of Alzheimer’s Research. Sam was inducted at out meeting on 7th June 2023 by his sponsor Prof Ralph Martins.
On 3rd May 2023, Charter President Di Collins was honoured to accept an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) from His Excellency the Governor Chris Dawson on behalf of her late husband PRID Dr. Kenneth Ernest Collins AO for “distinguished service to international humanitarian projects and to the community…
At our meeting on 12th April 2023, our member Dr Prita Asih, who is working in a team of Alzheimer’s Researchers at Flinders University in South Australia, gave an excellent presentation on her research with testosterone treatment for prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease.
To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2023, Rotary International streamed the video below featuring past winners of the Sylvia Whitlock Leadership award – including our own Charter President, Di Collins – and announced this year’s winner of the award: Chin Mei Lu of the Rotary Club of Taipei…
The speaker at last week’s meeting was our member Professor Greg Acciaioli, whose field is Anthropology and Sociology. Greg is involved with the new Colombo Plan, which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region. Greg is…
At our weekly club meeting on 22nd February 2023, we were delighted to induct Dan Magee into the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, with the classification Urology Registrar.
Club members Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng, along with their three adult children, travelled to Perth from Singapore to spend Chinese New Year with their family. They have been satellite members of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for over a year, carrying out a number of excellent projects…
PRID Dr. Ken Collins dedicated his life to making a difference to the world as an outstanding Medical Doctor who used his career and membership of Rotary International to positively touch the lives of millions of people around the world. Ken, who in 1994 was made a Member of the…