9-22 Feb 2021 Central Clinical School publications featuring COVID-19 research

Burnout and psychological distress of Australian  health care 
workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been high: Study

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 9-22 Feb 2021 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments featuring research on COVID-19.

See the School and and its departments' recent validated publications at: 

• research.monash.edu/en/organisations/central-clinical-school/publications/
• www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/research/publications

Department of Diabetes

Bornstein, S.R., Rubino, F., Ludwig, B. et al incl Zimmet P. Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for patients with metabolic diseases. Nat Metab (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-021-00358-y

Pitsillou E, Liang J, Ververis K, Hung A, Karagiannis TC. Interaction of small molecules with the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease: In silico studies and in vitro validation of protease activity inhibition using an enzymatic inhibition assay. J Mol Graph Model. 2021 Jan 26;104:107851. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107851. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33556646; PMCID: PMC7837617.

Department of Medicine (Alfred & Peninsula)

Bloom JE, Dawson LP, Seneviratne Epa D, Prakash R, Premaratne M, Carrillo De Albornoz P, Htun NM, Layland J. Perceptions of telehealth and cardiac care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intern Med J. 2021 Jan;51(1):151-152. doi: 10.1111/imj.15156. PMID: 33572012.

Burbury K, Wong ZW, Yip D, Thomas H, Brooks P, Gilham L, Piper A, Solo I, Underhill C. Telehealth in cancer care: during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Intern Med J. 2021 Jan;51(1):125-133. doi: 10.1111/imj.15039. PMID: 33572014.

Department of Neuroscience

Rath L, Bui MV, Ellis J, Carey J, Baker J, Taylor L, Fernando H, Taylor N, Savage P, Richards J, Zhong M, Kalincik T, Skibina O, Wesselingh R, Nguyen AL, Monif M, Butzkueven H, van der Walt A. Fast and safe: Optimising multiple sclerosis infusions during COVID-19 pandemic. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 Jan;47:102642. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102642. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33321356.

Department of Psychiatry - Central 

Dobson H, Malpas CB, Burrell AJ, Gurvich C, Chen L, Kulkarni J, Winton-Brown T. Burnout and psychological distress amongst Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australas Psychiatry. 2021 Feb;29(1):26-30. doi: 10.1177/1039856220965045. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33043677; PMCID: PMC7554409.