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Our Biggest Killers: Derek Williamson at TEDxSydney

1,681 views · Published 15 July 2012 · 3:56 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Manager of the Museum of Human Disease at the University of NSW, Derek Williamson works every day with the things that kill us. Here, he takes us through Australia's current top 20.

TEDxSydney 2012 took place on Saturday 26 May 2012 at Carriageworks. Tens of thousands of people enjoyed the day: 800 in the theatre, over 1,000 via big screen simulcast in The Forum, many thousands online via YouTube and ABC Big Ideas ... and up to 80,000 tuning in to ABC Radio National.

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