Video: Ben Lewis, BMedSc(Hons) student, explains how he got interested in research

Benjamin Lewis is an MBBS student, doing the Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) year in 2013. He describes how he got interested in the research project and why he chose to study with Central Clinical School. His research interest is in schizophrenia and the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCPESVxxDs

Video: Shivani Bhatt answers the question, 'Why BMedSc(Hons)?'

 Shivani Bhatt is an MBBS student, doing the Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) year in 2013. Shivani's parents came from Uganda, and she has a strong sense of the global interconnections which affect us all. She describes how she got interested in her research project and why she chose to study with Central Clinical School. Shivani's research topic is "The role of chronic hypoxia and inflammation on pulmonary vascular remodelling and the pulmonary parenchyma in diffuse parenchymal lung disease." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNFOEZhSsyA

Lancet review article on bomb blast traumatic brain injury

Professor Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld AM, OBE, Head, Department of Surgery, Monash University, is lead author on a review article in The Lancet on bomb blast brain injury, published 22 July 2013. As a military surgeon he has seen injuries from war zones. In this video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=zADazb8GUWk), he describes what the article is about. Article link. See biography detail.

Publication: 2012 Central Clinical School Annual Report

The 2012 Central Clinical School Annual Report is now published on the CCS website. Please see link. 2012 highlights include: Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre joining the school, a significant increase in competitive research income and student enrolments, and the inaugural Public Lecture.

Congratulations: Drs Michelle Giles & Fabien Vincent nominated to attend Young Physician Leaders program

Michelle, pictured, (Department of Infectious Diseases) and Fabien (Department of Immunology) have been nominated as two of the three Monash representatives to attend the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme and the 2013 World Health Summit in Berlin. Michelle is an infectious diseases physician, and Fabien is a PhD student researching the role of BAFF and the T-independent innate immune system in lupus pathogenesis. 

Video: Kathryn Hackman speaks on diabetes in lung transplant patients

Our CCS 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) contestant, Dr Kathryn Hackman, did very well in the Faculty heat, placing third. She is speaking on diabetes in lung transplant patients. Kathryn's main supervisor is Professor Leon Bach, Department of Medicine. The video of her presentation is now up, at youtube video link.

Publication: Clinical associations of serum interleukin-17 in systemic lupus erythematosus

Vincent FB, Northcott M, Hoi A, Mackay F, Morand EF. Clinical associations of serum interleukin-17 in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2013,15:R97 doi:10.1186/ar4277. Abstract