2016 Central Clinical School's Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) information evening. Drs Daphne Vogiagis and Geraldine Ooi are talking with Mr James Lee and a potential student at the Department of Surgery table. Both AMREP* schools are running the information night this year:Thursday 13 July, 2017 6.00pm to 8.00pmAMREP Education Centre (see map)80 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004. The AMREP schools (Central Clinical School and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine) will showcase their research expertise and what they can offer to a BMedSc(Hons) candidate. You can meet and discuss research projects with potential supervisors after the main presentation. Refreshments will be provided. To RSVP, please register your attendance. See more: CCS and SPHPM BMedSc(Hons) programs *AMREP: Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct |
19 May 2017
Photo of the week: 2017 AMREP BMedSc(Hons) information night
What's on at CCS 22-26 May 2017
Paul Gill is presenting on how bacterial DNA can protect airways in allergic inflammation, Thu 25 May 2017 |
Central Clinical School (CCS) has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. Event notices are posted on the CCS Events calendar.
CCS staff & 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. Various departments have their own calendars.
See CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html
What's on for 22-26 May
Mon | 22/05/2017 | ► | 12:30 | Alfred Psychiatry Grand Round: Dr Ellie Harrison |
Tue | 23/05/2017 | ► | 11:00 | ACBD scientific meeting: Dr Gemma Kelly |
Wed | 24/05/2017 | ► | 11:30 | Immunology Seminar: Justine Mintern (University of Melbourne) |
Thur | 25/05/2017 | ► | 11:30 | Cutting Edge Journal Club: Paul Gill |
► | 12:00 | Alfred Grand Rounds: Palliative Care |
Save the date
Thu 13/07/2017 AMREP Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) information eveningMon 31/07/2017 Translational Research symposium: RSVP
CCS Publications update: 13-19 May 2017
Professor Andrew Spencer is last author on two papers this week on multiple myeloma |
When beauty is not in the eye of the beholder
Your brain distorts your perception of yourself in BDD. |
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a condition in which the individual is preoccupied or excessively concerned by what they see as flaws in their appearance, whether it’s the size or shape of their nose, the symmetry of their cheekbones or an imaginary defect elsewhere on their body.
17 May 2017
International trauma program to reduce burden of injury
Saudi Arabia records over half a million road accidents each year. Video image |
Internationally, trauma is the leading cause of death in the first four decades of life and the second most frequent cause of deaths in all age groups. This has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the ‘Decade of Action’ (2011-2020) on road safety.
Monash findings raise hopes for better stroke treatment
Dr Be'eri Niego (right) with honours student Mr Felix Lee in Prof Rob Medcalf's lab. |
Around the world, the race is on to find new ways to treat ischaemic (blood clot-derived) stroke. Some of these efforts are aimed at increasing the safety of the main treatment currently in use, the clot-busting enzyme tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (t-PA). t-PA is effective in improving recovery if administered quickly – within 4.5 hours of a stroke. But as it dissolves the clots that cause stroke, t-PA also weakens the blood vessels in the brain that form what’s called the blood-brain barrier (BBB), increasing the risk of bleeding in the brain, potentially lethally, which limits the therapy’s use.
16 May 2017
Translational Research Symposium Speaker Spotlight: Professor Kathryn North
Professor Kathryn North AM |
The Keynote speaker for the event is Professor Kathryn North AM, Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne.
Call for participants in the Translational Research Young Investigator poster competition
The TR Symposium is coming up soon! |
A Young Investigator poster competition will be held, with a winning prize of $500. The competition is open to graduate student and early career researchers, who are within 5 years of completing their PhD. Entries now invited.
Congratulations to Professor Paul Myles on winning Clinical Trial of the Year!
Professor Paul Myles with Minister Greg Hunt MP at the award ceremony, Friday 19 May 2017. Photo: Sophie Wallace |
Congratulations to Dr Shiva Akbarzadeh for Technologist Award!
Congratulations to Dr Shiva Akbarzadeh (seen here on the left with ISCT president Catherine Bollard), who won the Technologist Award for her presentation titled "CEA as an Adjunct Treatment for Major Burns: A Phase I Study".
This talk was given at the International Society for Cellular Therapy, Annual meeting London 2017. Shiva described a Phase I clinical trial outcomes on Cultured epidermal sheet autografts (CEA) on a fibrin carrier that was carried out at the Alfred 2013-2016.
This talk was given at the International Society for Cellular Therapy, Annual meeting London 2017. Shiva described a Phase I clinical trial outcomes on Cultured epidermal sheet autografts (CEA) on a fibrin carrier that was carried out at the Alfred 2013-2016.
15 May 2017
Congratulations to Immunology prize winners!
Heidi Fettke won the Nairn prize for top Honours student in 2016 |
Nairn Prize: top Honours student
The Nairn Prize in Immunology, named after the Department's founding chairman, Professor Richard Nairn, is given to the top Immunology Honours student completing his or her project at Monash and coordinated within the Department of Immunology and Pathology.
New peanut allergy treatment now in clinical trials
L-R: Dr Sara Prickett, Professor Robyn O’Hehir and Emeritus Professor Jenny Rolland have hworked together for years on the peanut allergy research and are co-founders of Aravax P/L. |
Professor Robyn O’Hehir is Professor/Director of the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine at Alfred Health and Monash University. Her research team, co-led by Professor Jennifer Rolland, over several years identified the critical components of the peanut allergy therapy now being developed by Aravax, an Australian spinout biotechnology company.
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