Medical research at CCS boosted by major national grants

A/Prof Christoph Hagemeyer

Professor Ben Marsland

A/Prof Sandy Shultz

Professor Sam El-Osta

Dr Joseph Doyle

Dr Piero Perucca

Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa

Monash University Central Clinical School researchers have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants worth more than $3.5 million in the latest funding round.

The research grants were among nationwide funds totalling $192 million announced yesterday by the Federal Health Minister, the Hon. Greg Hunt.

Head of the Central Clinical School, Professor Stephen Jane, congratulated the researchers for their success in securing the grants. "These are outstanding results for the School, recognition of very talented investigators in a intensely competitive environment. We appreciate that others with similar talents were unsuccessful and assure them of our support and encouragement for future rounds, where hopefully their turn will come."

Keeping our aged citizens safe from ‘superbug’ attacks

Professor Anton Peleg, Head of CCS's Infectious Diseases department

Failing to contain ‘superbugs’ across nursing homes can have serious consequences, as the elderly population of nursing homes have a greater vulnerability to health concerns than younger people.

Researchers from Monash University, Alfred Health, Bio21 and the University of Sydney have received $2.3 million in federal and university funding to start a national trial involving residential aged care facilities. This trial aims to determine the amount of antibiotic-resistant bacteria within these facilities, and how best practice antibiotic use can control the rise of these ‘superbugs’. The team is led by Professor Anton Peleg, Head of Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School (CCS) and research group leader in the Department of Microbiology in the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute.

Congratulations to Drs Eric Chow and Tamsyn van Rheenen, Club Melbourne winners!

Dr Eric Chow (left) and Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen (right) are
inaugural joint winners of the Club Melbourne Fellowship 

Congratulations to Dr Eric Chow (Melbourne Sexual Health Centre) and Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen (formerly of Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, now at University of Melbourne) who won the Club Melbourne Fellowship Award on Monday 13 August.

In a first for the Program, the 2018 Club Melbourne Fellowship judging resulted in a unanimous tie, awarding Co-Fellows Dr Eric Chow and Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen a $10,000 Fellowship each. The Fellowship is designed to support their attendance at international conferences to enable new, life changing opportunities for their research projects, with the hope that they will evolve to become Ambassadors themselves in the future.

Photo of the week: Mr James Lee "Thyroid cancer: towards a better paradigm"

Head of Department of Surgery, Professor Wendy Brown and speaker, Mr James Lee

The Department of Surgery hosted the 2018 John Masterton Public Lecture last month (Thursday 26 July 2018), given by Mr James Lee. Centred on "Thyroid cancer - towards a better paradigm", Mr Lee looked at the turning points of interest in the history of thyroid surgery and the challenges and potential strategies in managing the rising incidence.

Photo gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yrbexty5j1AzyJvG7

What's on at CCS 13-17 August 2018



Dr Jillian Lau is giving her PhD
confirmation talk on Mon 13 Aug

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.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/headlines/events-calendar

What's on at CCS 13-17 August 2018

Mon 13/08/2018 ► 12:00 Neuroscience seminar series ► 12:30 PhD Confirmation milestone: Dr Jillian Lau ► 12:30 PhD Confirmation milestone: Mr Daniel So Tue 14/08/2018 ► 14:00 PhD Pre-Submission Milestone - Ms Riya Palchaudhuri Wed 15/08/2018 ► 10:00 Training: Responding to disclosures of sexual assault ► 11:30 Seminar: Dr Dan Andrews Thur 16/08/2018 ► 11:30 Journal Club: Dr Isaak Quast ► 12:00 Alfred Grand Rounds: Dr Matthew Claydon & Dr James Taylor Fri 17/08/2018 ► 10:00 Ally Network training workshop

Recent CCS publications: 3 - 10 August 2018

Professor Peter Gibson has
three articles listed this week;
see under Gastroenterology
heading in main body

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.

Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)

Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)

Diabetes

Gastroenterology

Immunology and Pathology

Infectious Diseases

Medicine

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)

Neuroscience

Surgery (including CORE)

Sex education for teens may not reflect reality of behaviour: study

Sex education for heterosexual teen boys
not keeping pace with their practices.
Image: Shutterstock 11003867

by Anne Crawford

A study about the sexual experiences of heterosexual teenage boys by Monash University researchers suggests that sex education is not keeping pace with their practices.

Led by the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School, the study is the first to provide data on the early sexual experiences of Australian heterosexual boys including the sequence and timing of their first oral, vaginal and anal sex experiences with women.