Forthcoming grant opportunities

Forthcoming grant opportunities, compiled courtesy the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute.

• 2017 Prizes & Awards Calendar (January to April) (Monash authcate access only)
• 22 Feb: New York Stem Cell Investigator Awards
• 24 Feb: Call For Applications: CSIRO ON Prime6 Mar: NSW Genomics Collaborative Grants Program and SAX Institute
• 10 Mar: Sony Foundation fellowship
• 21 Apr: The Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation (AGCF) and Way In Network Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2017
• MS Research Australia - Online Grant Submission Portal

CCS Top Tweets: Mark Cooper and Stuart Marshall

Central Clinical School's @CCSMonash top recent tweets were for Professor Mark Cooper's AO and Dr Stuart Marshall's Radio National Health Report interview.

Photo of the Week: Professor Mark Cooper, Order of Australia!

Professor Mark Cooper AO is seen here presenting in the 2016 Central Clinical School postgraduate symposium. He is the inaugural Head of the newly formed Department of Diabetes in the Central Clinical School. His lifetime career is diabetes research, and Mark was awarded an Order of Australia in the 2017 Australia Day Honours list. See more about Mark in our feature article and about the new Department of Diabetes in a story republished from the Australian Jewish News. We will be profiling our new Department's researchers and their work as they settle in over the next few months.

Forthcoming CCS events: 6-10 Feb

Kevin Huynh, PhD student

Central Clinical School has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. Event notices are posted on the CCS Events calendar.

CCS staff & students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and Graduate Research Student calendars) and deadlines, at the CCS intranet's Announcements page. Various departments have their own calendars.

See CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on for 6-10 Feb 2017

Tues	07/02/17	►	13:00	PhD Mid-Candidature review seminar - Mr Kevin Huynh
Wed	08/02/17	►	11:30	PhD Confirmation of candidature : Mr Jasper Cornish
Thur	09/02/17	►	12:30	PhD Mid-candidature review seminar : Ms Geraldine Ooi
Fri	10/02/17	►	14:30	MIME Affinity Meeting at Eastern Health

Forthcoming events

Tue	14/02/17	►	11:00	PhD Confirmation of candidature seminar - Ms Wing Yu Man
		►	13:30	PhD Mid-candidature review - Ms Dragana Dragoljevic
Wed	15/02/17	►	11:30	PhD Mid-candidature review seminar : Mr Kristopher Nilsen

CCS Publications from 9 Dec 2016 - 3 Feb 2017

PhD student Aron Hill, A/Prof Kate Hoy and Prof Paul

Fitzgerald (not pictured) are co-authors on a paper

discussing the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD), Allergy, Immunology & Respiratory Medicine (AIRMed), Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Gastroenterology, Immunology & Pathology, Infectious Diseases, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc), Medicine, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), National Trauma Research Institute and Surgery.

Due to the summer break we have a bumper issue this week with 87 publications!

Trial into mouthwash treatment for gonorrhoea expands

Listerine does kill gonorrhea bacteria.
Image: simarik via Getty Images

by Anne Crawford

The Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) and Monash University’s Central Clinical School have expanded a trial to further investigate a finding made last year that use of a commercially available mouthwash could curb the rising rate of gonorrhoea.

Preliminary research published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections in December found that a one-off rinsing and gargling Listerine could inhibit the growth of the bacteria responsible for pharyngeal gonorrhoea.

Healthmap putting HIV patients on the road to better health

L-R: Andrew Way (Alfred Health CEO), Dr Julian Elliott and

Professor Sharon Lewin (Doherty Institute Director)

by Anne Crawford

A novel program that helps people with HIV manage their own health is striking a chord with participants in an Australia-wide trial led by Monash University and Alfred Hospital researchers.

HealthMap links people with HIV with health care coaches in a program aimed at countering the increased risk of diseases associated with the lifelong illness, such as heart attack and cancer. The program uses phone-based coaching and an online shared health record to give participants a clear summary of their health status and support and resources to improve their health and quality of life.