Prof Paul Myles receives award from Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists

Prof Paul Myles (left) being presented with the T.Cecil Gray BJA
Medal by Dr Frank Potter after giving the 6th T.Cecil Gray lecture.

Congratulations to Professor Paul Myles who was invited to give the prestigious biennial T. Cecil Gray BJA lecture by the Liverpool Society of Anaesthetists. His lecture topic was 'Defining and Measuring the Quality of Recovery after Surgery'.

Prof Myles said, "It was an honour to be invited to give this lecture, and I guess I was being acknowledged for my role in large clinical trials and outcomes research in anaesthesia."

See Prof Myles' review article on the topic:

Myles PS. More than just morbidity and mortality - quality of recovery and long-term functional recovery after surgery. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan;75 Suppl 1:e143-e150. doi: 10.1111/anae.14786.

Participants sought: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Migraine in Multiple Sclerosis

See flier for this study on CBT for migraine in MS

Participants are sought for a research study investigating the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for migraine in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). EOI form link, and see more detail below.

We believe it is important to develop a therapy that is tailored to people with both migraine and MS. Our aim is to learn whether CBT is accepted by patients, and whether it has the potential to improve migraines, and in turn benefit quality of life, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, which can occur more frequently for people with migraine and MS.

21 June - 11 July 2022 Central Clinical School recent publications

Study shows gluten not the culprit for mental
or physical symptoms in non-coeliac patients

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 21 June - 11 July 2022 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments.

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. The below is not a comprehensive list.

EMCR event | Changing lanes: Navigating different career paths in academia, industry and beyond

Join us next Thursday 21 July for "Changing lanes: Navigating different career paths in academia, industry and beyond", an online panel event for A+ EMCRs featuring three senior researchers and industry executives, Associate Professor Menno van Zelm (Monash University, Dr Bev Menner (CSL) and Dr Sue Forrest (mexec). Register now and see more detail below.

World first Australian and New Zealand trial of cannabidiol transdermal gel for the most common hard-to-treat epilepsy type in adults

Professor Terry O'Brien has led a trial using transdermal CBD gel
in adults with focal epilepsy. After 6 months of treatment, over half
the patients experienced a 50%+ reduction in seizures. JAMA study

Medicinal cannabis-based treatments are emerging as promising complementary approaches to improving seizure control in patients with difficult to treat epilepsy. In 2018 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a prescription cannabidiol medicine for the treatment of two rare epilepsy diseases that cause treatment resistant seizures, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet syndrome, that predominantly affect children. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people’s data: looking at the facts through a different lens

Indigenous data sovereignty and governance raises its own special issues:

Nature Medicine correspondence on the Australian TBI National Data

project from NTRI authors and others. Image: Danielle Mate

A traumatic brain injury project led by Monash University, guided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, is creating a first for data collection, analysis and reporting.

by Anne Crawford

The Monash-led Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) Project has for a year worked towards generating an overall epidemiological profile for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and developing national clinical quality indicators. Incorporating Indigenous knowledges and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement is a central and revolutionary part of this registry-based project. 

Meeting of the minds: Visiting international neurotrauma award fosters female ECRs

L-R: Ms Tabitha Green and Assistant Professor Rachel Rowe
accepting their award

by Associate Professor Bridgette Semple

Ms Tabitha Green from the University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded the competitive WiNTR-VISA Award (Women in Neurotrauma Research - Visiting International Scholar Award), announced last week at the US National Neurotrauma Society's annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia.