Congratulations to Professor David Curtis on his promotion!

Professor David Curtis

Congratulations to Professor David Curtis, who has been promoted to full Professorship at Monash University!

The promotion recognises Prof Curtis's individual research accomplishments as well as leadership and mentoring. Prof Harshal Nandurkar, Director of the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, says that Prof Curtis "is a role model for our younger haematology trainees for a career that combines significant basic and translational research with a clinical role."

See more about Prof Curtis's research at: www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/blood-disease/research/stem-cell

Sarah Luu wins RC Bennett Prize!

CCS PhD student Sarah Luu presenting her poster at the 2018
CCS graduate research symposium. See program

Monash PhD and medical student Ms Sarah Luu was recently recognised for her outstanding research into blood clot risk after surgical removal of the spleen, receiving the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ RC Bennett Prize.

Undertaken in 2017 while a BMedSc(Hons) student at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS), Sarah’s research investigated the role platelets play in forming blood clots after splenectomy (surgical removal of the spleen).

Devi Deliyanti and Jenny Wilkinson-Berka awarded DARP grants for retinopathy research

Congratulations to Dr Devy Deliyanti and Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka on being awarded Diabetes Australia Research Program (DARP) grants for their research on diabetic retinopathy!



Dr Devy Deliyanti

Retinal disease is the most feared complication of diabetes, with almost all patients experiencing some visual disturbances and some patients progressing to severe vision loss. Diabetic retinopathy is characterised by damage to small blood vessels in the retina which can proliferate and leak blood into the vitreous cavity of the eye. Dr Deliyanti and Prof Wilkinson-Berka are investigating two very different approaches to the problem.

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma forecast service

The Victorian government has a forecast service for epidemic thunderstorm asthma events. On Tuesday this week, for example, there was a high risk forecast made for the day. See more at:
www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-health/environmental-health/climate-weather-and-public-health/thunderstorm-asthma/forecasting

You can also download an app called VicEmergency which updates the forecasts and locations of events. See more: vicemergency.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115002358614-Thunderstorm-Asthma

Photo of the week: our CCS graduate symposium prize winners!

L-R: 2018 CCS Graduate Research symposium winners Charithani Keragala, Michelle Wong (runner up, poster presentation), Lakshanie Wickramasinghe, Amy Wilson, Angela Nguyen (winner, oral presentation)

We would like to congratulate all of our 2018 CCS Graduate symposium prize winners! The judges were very happy with all the presentations. A major thank you also to the organizing team of PhD students, and to the supervisors who sportingly took part in the comic relief segments of the day!
See photo gallery for presenters and audience shots.

What's on at CCS 19-23 Nov 2018

Mr Mina Takawy is presenting 
his pre-submission PhD, 20 Nov

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 19-23 Nov 2018

Mon	19/11/2018	►	12:00	Neuroscience Translational Seminar Series
Tue	20/11/2018	►	14:00	PhD Pre-submission milestone: Mr Mina Takawy
Wed	21/11/2018	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar: Maverick Lau
Thur	22/11/2018	►	11:30	Journal Club: Paul Gill
		►	12:00	Alfred Grand Rounds
Fri	23/11/2018	►	12:00	MBiomedSci Confirmation Milestone - Lin Zhang

Recent CCS publications: 10 - 17 November 2018

Do gluten-free and low FODMAP
sourdoughs help if you're coeliac?
See here

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.

• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases 
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicine
• Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic
• Neuroscience
• Surgery