Congratulations to our new graduates!

Mr Gao Qian

Dr Mark Ward

Dr David McIlroy

Congratulations to our recent graduates, Dr Mark Ward, Dr David McIlroy and Mr Gao Qian! Good luck in all your future endeavours!

Photo of the week: 2017 Department of Immunology and Pathology

2017 Department of Immunology and Pathology looking happy for the occasion, with Dr Katharine Goodall in front!
See more about the department's staff and research groups.

What's on at CCS 11-15 September 2017



Mr Xianwei Che is presenting
on 14 Sep 2017

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

CCS staff and 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

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

What's on at CCS 4-8 September 2017

Mon	11/09/2017	►	12:30	Alfred Psychiatry Grand Round Presentation: Magistrate Anne Goldsbrough on family violence in the courts
Tue	12/09/2017	►	10:00	Department of Diabetes Student Journal Club
Wed	13/09/2017	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar: Mark Chong
Thur	14/09/2017	►	09:45	PhD Mid-candidature review seminar : Mr Xianwei Che
		►	11:30	Cutting Edge Journal Club: Amlan Chakraborty
		►	12:00	The Alfred Grand Round: TBA
		►	18:00	Honours & Postgrad info night at AMREP

Recent CCS publications: 2-8 Sep 2017

Professor Velandai Srikanth is author
on three papers this roundup, one on the
impact of insulin resistance on cognition

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the following departments. Note, browse down this entry for complete publications list. Linked headings for each section are to the departments' home pages.

• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)
• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology and Pathology
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)
• Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) 
• Medicine
• Surgery 

CCS PhD student profile: Emily King

Emily King at the 2017 CCS 3MT heats

by Matt Jane

Emily King is a PhD student in the Molecular Metabolism and Ageing Laboratory at the Baker Institute. She is supervised by Dr Brian Drew, Dr Anna Calkin and Dr Darren Henstridge. Emily completed a Bachelor of Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of Sydney and moved to Melbourne to undertake her PhD in Philosophy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Emily has previously worked as a Medical Representative for Invida Pharmaceutical Holdings and as a Research Assistant at the Heart Research Institute.

Congratulations to A/Prof Rob Stirling on lung cancer care registry grant

Congratulations to Clinical A/Professor Robert Stirling for his grant award: Monash Partners Lung Cancer Clinical Quality Registry: a state-wide approach to monitoring and improving lung cancer care. The award is for $249,740. Rob is in the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory medicine.

Congratulations to Jiaze Li on the award of his PhD!

Congratulations to Jiaze (Bill) Li on the completion of his PhD thesis, "Role of CDA1 in vascular disease"! His supervisors were Dr Zhong-Lin Chai and Professor Mark Cooper in the Department of Diabetes and Professor Ban-Hock Toh at Monash Health. Bill started as a research assistant in Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm's laboratory in 2006, and completed his PhD in Chai's group.