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The School of Population Health held a memorial celebration of Konrad Jamrozik's contributions to public health. Held at the UWA Boatshed on 21 April, SPH invited current and former UWA staff and postgraduate students who knew him well, as well as other academic and professional colleagues who knew him well, to attend the memorial. Tributes will be made by Judy Straton, Michael Hobbs and Michael Daube.Konrad Jamrozik was an academic in the Department of Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science at UWA from 1984 to 2000.   He is well known among staff, students and the health profession generally as a talented educator and supervisor of medical and public health students, an outstanding researcher, and a passionate public health advocate. He played a prominent and significant role in the development of public health as a discipline at UWA.   Since 2007 he has been living in Adelaide.  Sadly, Konrad was diagnosed with advanced sarcoma in September 2009 and lost his battle with this disease in March 2010.  A funeral service for family, friends and colleagues was held in Adelaide on 31 March 2010. The speeches made are available in pdf format from the media references below.

Media references

Fiona Maley (SPH Marketing) (+61 8) 6488 1299/ (+61) 8 6488 1318
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 5563 / (+61 4) 32 637 716