Congratulations to Merlin Thomas on NHMRC Development grant

Congratulations to Professor Merlin Thomas, Department of Diabetes, who has been awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Development grant. 

Prof Thomas has been awarded $998,513 over three years for his application, "Splice switching oligonucleotides for the treatment of chronic kidney disease".

Congratulations to our 2022 NHMRC Ideas grant awardees

L-R: Dr Omer Gilan, A/Prof Margaret Hibbs, Prof Vaughan Macefield

and Prof Merlin Thomas

Congratulations to Central Clinical School's (CCS) four National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awardees Professor Vaughan Macefield, Associate Professor Margaret Hibbs, Professor Merlin Thomas and Dr Omer Gilan in this very difficult round. 

See detail below of CCS research and see all Monash Faculty winners here.

Participants sought: How does the brain control blood pressure in hypertension?

We are seeking participants for our study, which is undertaking the functional identification of cortical and subcortical sites responsible for neurogenic hypertension in humans. 

That is, we are looking at how the brain controls blood pressure in hypertension.

Recent publications 30 November - 12 Dec 2022

Both telerehabilitation and unsupervised training exercises work
to improve COPD patients' health: Study

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 30 November - 12 Dec 2022 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers.

See the most recent validated publications for the school. Otherwise, read down the entry under department headings for recent PubMed notifications. The below is not a comprehensive list.

Vale Associate Professor Bruce Davis, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Associate Professor Bruce Davis and his wife

From Professor Wendy Brown, Head of Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School

It is with great sadness that I pass on the news that A/Prof Bruce Davis has passed away.

Assoc. Prof. Bruce Braham Davis was appointed to the Cardio-Thoracic Surgical Unit at the Alfred Hospital in 1971 and also worked at Cabrini from 1985. 

Welcome to Ema Krpic and Ashwini Kannan, Research Administration team

Dr Ashwini Kannan (left) and Mrs Ema Krpic (right)

from Dr Michelle Zajac, Senior Research & Operations Manager, Central Clinical School:

Dear Colleagues,

I'm an delighted to introduce two new members of the Research Administration Team who have recently started at CCS.

Ema Krpic has stepped into the Research Administration Officer position, taking over from Kate Thompson, who left recently after 6 years in the position, and Dr Ashwini Kannan has stepped into the role of Research Administration Coordinator.

New proteins discovered in brain injury

Schematic of overall experimental design for the proteomics analysis.
CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; TBI = traumatic brain injury;
TMT = tandem mass tag labeling. Image: Fig. 1 in the study

A team from Monash University’s Department of Neuroscience in Melbourne, Australia, collaborating with the Monash Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility, has found new proteins affected by brain injury which may represent new biomarkers, or biological indicators, of injury. 

It remains a significant clinical challenge to accurately predict long-term outcomes for a patient who sustains a severe traumatic brain injury.