Congratulations to Habtamu Beyene on his PhD completion!

Habtamu Beyene

Congratulations to Habtamu Beyene on the completion of his PhD thesis, titled "Plasma lipidomics to define the relationship of lipid metabolism with cardiometabolic risk factors and type 2 diabetes". Habtamu was supervised by Professor Peter Meikle (Baker Research Institute) and Professor Dianna Magliano (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine). The degree was conferred 5 May.

Alfred Research Alliance Student Information Night: 11 Aug 2020

The Alfred Research Alliance partners, Monash University's Central Clinical School and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and the major research institutes of Burnet and Baker, are hosting an information evening on Tuesday 11 Aug for people interested in undertaking Honours and graduate research study in 2021 at the Alfred site. We have an amazing line-up of speakers (see program), and see event details below.

People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here’s what we know so far

Reproduced from The Conversation
by Karlheinz Peter, Hannah Stevens and James McFadyen

As well as causing severe respiratory problems, there is mounting evidence COVID-19 causes abnormalities in blood clotting. Patients with severe COVID-19 infection appear to be at greater risk of developing blood clots in the veins and arteries.

Blood clots can occur deep in the veins of the leg (deep vein thrombosis) and can move to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism, which restricts blood flow and oxygen, and can be fatal.

Congratulations to Ee Fang Yu, Steven Ngo, Rose Brazilek and Shane Nanayakkara on their PhD completions

L-R: Ee Fang Yu, Steven Ngo, Rose Brazilek and Shane Nanayakkara

Congratulations to our recently completed graduate research students, Miss Ee Fang Yu, Mr Steven Ngo, Miss Rose Brazilek and Mr Shane Nanayakkara on the award of their PhDs!

Congratulations to our newly completed PhD students, Ashlee Conway, Waled Shihata and Fiona Wightman!

Congratulations to our newly completed PhD students, Drs Waled Shihata, Ashlee Conway and Fiona Wightman!

Congratulations to our recently completed PhD students!

Congratulations Timothy (pictured)
and Annas!

Congratulations to our recently completed PhD students, Mr Timothy Gottschalk and Mr Annas Al-Sharea! We wish them well for their future scientific careers.

Congratulations to Dean Talia and Man Kit Lee on their PhD completions!

Congratulations to our PhD graduates, Mr Dean Talia & Mr Man Kit Lee! We wish you well in your postdoc scientific careers.

Dean Talia

Man Kit Lee

Dean's thesis is titled, "Immunomodulatory intervention: IL-17A and regulatory T cells in a model of retinopathy of prematurity", and he was supervised by Prof Fabienne Mackay & Prof Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka, previously in the Department of Immunology and Pathology (Alfred).

Man Kit Lee's thesis is titled, "Lipid Metabolism in Different Monocyte and Macrophage Subsets in Cardiovascular Disease", and he was supervised by Mr Andrew Murphy, Prof Jaye Chin-Dusting of the Baker Institute.

CCS has had 26 PhD completions throughout 2017.

Congratulations to Anmar Khan on the award of his PhD!

Congratulations to Mr Anmar Khan for the successful completion and award of his PhD! Anmar's topic is "Analysis of the plasma and HDL lipidomes in Metabolic Syndrome patients following weight loss and weight loss plus exercise treatments", and he was supervised by Associate Professor Peter Meikle and Professor Bronwyn Kingwell, both of the Baker Institute.

Congratulations to our PhD graduates, Paddy Dempsey and James McFadyen!

James McFadyen

Paddy Dempsey

Congratulations to our recent PhD graduates, James McFadyen and Paddy Dempsey!

Paddy Dempsey's thesis is titled "Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Time: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes Management”, and he completed his research in the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute under the principal supervision of Dr David Dunstan and Professor Neville Owen.

James McFadyen's thesis is titled, "Investigating the mechanisms of platelet hyperactivity in diabetes mellitus”. James's supervisors were Adjunct Research Fellow Dr Yu-Ping Yuan and Adjunct Associate Professor Simone Schoenwaelder in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases and Professor Shaun Jackson (University of Sydney).