(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
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| Stimulating the vagal nerve may improve gut permeability: study |
Research by Monash Central Clinical School scientists has suggested that stimulating the vagal nerve transcutaneously improves gut permeability and could potentially counter diseases caused by intestinal barrier dysfunction or ‘leaky gut’.
Intestinal barrier dysfunction is likely to initiate diseases such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Crohn’s disease.
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| What is the estimated burden of healthcare associated infections in Australian public hospitals? Study suggests it's high and recommends robust, national coordinated surveillance. Image: Public Health Notes |
Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 3-16 May 2022 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. The below is not a comprehensive list.
The most recent validated publications for the school and departments can be seen on their publications pages, linked to from the headings below. Otherwise, read down the entry for recent notifications.
Her paper, titled "Genital self-image and aesthetic genital surgeries: Novel perspectives across the cisgender and transgender spectrum", showcases much of her own research on genital focused body image concerns and genital surgeries in cisgender women and men. This, she says, is a very under-recognised area in body image research, but has important impacts for psychological and sexual well-being as well as self-identity. In this paper, Dr Sharp calls for more research to be undertaken with people who identify as transgender who likely experience a complex interplay of gender dysphoria and genital body image concerns.
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| L-R: Ms Pia Campagna, Dr Michael Zhong |
Monash Professor Nicola Harris has for 15 years investigated the intestinal activities of helminths (parasitic worms), making landmark discoveries about them as she did. Her latest paper, published recently in ‘Mucosal Immunology’, showed some surprising interactions between the intestinal microbiota and helminths that could offer a new approach to fighting the parasites and which reinforces the role of the microbiota.
Monash University Central Clinical School (CCS) clinician-researchers are behind a push for the Federal Government to urgently implement strategies to overcome barriers to clinical quality registries for surgery.
Registries systematically collect data on markers of quality of care for a given procedure across multiple sites, identifying times where the outcomes for patients are outside the normal range (good or bad) by risk adjusting and then benchmarking performance. That information is then used to inform quality improvement initiatives for patients.
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| CCS GEDI committee infographic |
It’s a day to go rainbow and show your pride and support for the LGBTQIA+ community, whether you’re a part of the community or an ally. Visit the Australian IDAHOBIT website to see how you can show your pride and contribute.
At Monash University, we honour IDAHOBIT within our Pride Week with many events across the various campuses including a Pride Flag raising at Clayton, LGBTQIA+ book club, pronoun training, film nights and much more. Please visit the Monash Diversity and Inclusion website to see what you can participate in.
At CCS, we highly value the diversity of our staff and students and we endeavour to promote inclusivity of all our staff. Please refer to our CCS GEDI committee infographic for “16 important terms you need to know” to help support inclusive language within your departments and across the School
For more LGBTQIA inclusive language please see the guide from the Victoria government:
