2 Pres Sue, while we are here slaving away to make your Pres year a roaring success, is basking in her bikini in Hawaii - well that's what she told me.
Dr Phil Hill
Philip Hill is the first holder of the McAuley Chair of International Health, was the Foundation Director of the Centre for International Health (2008–2012), and is now Co-Director of the Centre. Professor Hill holds separate qualifications as a medical practitioner (MB ChB), specialist public health physician (FAFPHM), and specialist infectious diseases physician (FRACP), as well as a doctorate in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in The Gambia, West Africa (MD).
After completing specialty training in Auckland, New Zealand, he spent six years working as a clinical epidemiologist for the MRC Laboratories in The Gambia, where he led the tuberculosis research group and was the epidemiologist in charge of the field aspects of the pneumococcal projects. He remains a co-investigator on a Gates project to monitor the introduction of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and surveillance into The Gambia, and on an MRC programme grant for TB research. He now also has formal collaborations with the University of Padjadjaran and European partners in Indonesia, with the National University of Samoa in the Pacific, and is a member of research consortia that span Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific.
Professor Hill has been a lead or co-investigator on grants worth more than NZ$25 million since 2001, including from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MRC(UK), European Commission / Union grants, DFID (UK), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Health Research Council (NZ), and the Global Fund. His research interests include studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease, Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage, disease, and vaccination. He is also interested in using epidemiological tools to answer fundamental public health questions in developing countries including health impact evaluations, and health systems research.
Professor Hill has supervised or currently supervises over 25 Masters and PhD students from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific. The students have tended to do their theses in the areas of tuberculosis and pneumococcal disease, but he has shared supervision of international students in other areas, such as in cancer and health systems research. He has also supervised post-doctoral fellows.
Last Week's Meeting
Unfortunately there are no pictures of the Bulletin Editor winning the bowling - he is extremely reluctant to take the praise for what some would call a fantastic sporting performance.
Information for those that want more detail
We had 4 teams
Team 1 Andrew H 76, Barbara H 85 & Neville 96
Team 2 Bob C 98, Stephen 67, Sandy 72, & Rob 138
Team 3 Eleanor 46, Murray 90, Graham 97, & Heather 97
Team 4 Annette 55, Don 82, & Andrew M 81
Andrew H explained to me that he worked very hard to ensure that he did not have a higher score that Barbara and as a result Neville ended up the winner.
Bob C has been disqualified as he had played before and Rob had qualified support from his wife so ended up being disqualified as well. Heather has spent many days getting in practice with her grandkids, so she out as well, leaving the Bulletin Editor as the genuine winner.
Congratulations Graham!!!!!
Sergeant's Session
None this week but undoubtable there will be plenty
next week.
The Thought 4 the Week
Two'no nos' of sport.
Scoring over 100 in golf and under
100 in ten pin bowling
Rob Marshall - another reason he was disqualified
ROTARY'S WHEEL EMBLEM A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement." Most of the early clubs had some form of wagon wheel on their publications and letterheads. Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary clubs should adopt a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians. Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel, with 24 cogs and six spokes was adopted by the "Rotary International Association." A group of engineers advised that the geared wheel was mechanically unsound and would not work without a "keyway" in the center of the gear to attach it to a power shaft. So, in 1923 the keyway was added and the design which we now know was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.
