Photo of the Week: Wendy Brown public lecture on obesity

Professor Wendy Brown, Head of Central Clinical School's Department of Surgery, gave CCS's 7th annual public lecture on 'Obesity: a serious disease deserving serious treatment', on Thursday 18 October 2018. The lecture was well attended, and for those of you unable to make it, we'll be publishing a video on our CCS Youtube channel. See playlist for previous public lecture videos.

What's on at CCS 22-26 Oct 2018

Our 2018 Honours students are giving their final research seminars
over 4 days: 22-23, 25-26 October 2018. Good luck to you all!

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 22-26 Oct 2018

Mon	22/10/2018	►	12:00	Neuroscience seminar series: Dr Vaughan Macfield
		►	13:30	General Honours - Final research seminar - Day1*
Wed	24/10/2018	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar: Kate Griffith (AdAlta)
Thur	25/10/2018	►	11:30	Journal Club: Milou Valk
		►	12:00	Alfred Grand Rounds: Prof Meng Law
Fri	26/10/2018	►	09:00	General Honours - Final research seminar - Day 4*

*This 4 day seminar has been scheduled for 1.30 pm on 22 & 23 October and 9.00 am on 25 & 26 October

Recent CCS publications: 8 - 13 Oct 2018

MRFF recipient Prof Andrew Spencer
discusses his research on Multiple Myeloma

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.

• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)
• Diabetes 
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology and Pathology
• Infectious Diseases
• MAPrc
• Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic
• Neuroscience
• Surgery

Prof Wendy Brown on the success of lap band surgery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvmnQekFW4&t=1s

Professor Wendy Brown together with colleagues has recently published a study on the outcomes of obese patients who had lap band surgery after 20 years. They lost around half of their extra weight and maintained the loss.

Show on mental illness an edgy experience for psychiatrist

The expert panel on the SBS two part series, "How 'mad' are you?"
 L-R: Prof Tim Carey, Ms Jan Mcintire & Prof Jayashri Kulkarni

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc), gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the two-part SBS documentary How ‘Mad’ Are You? in which she appears.

It is a two part series, broadcast 11 & 18 October 2018, and available on SBS On Demand.

Pipeline to success for anti-blood clotting agent

L-R: Prof Mark Sleeman & A/Prof Justin Hamilton

Pipeline to success: how a Monash-brokered collaboration with a US pharmaceutical company is pushing a Monash discovery to clinical trial.

by Anne Crawford

In 2014, Associate Professor Justin Hamilton approached Professor Mark Sleeman, Director of the Monash Antibody Technologies Facility (MATF), with a proposal. Associate Professor Hamilton, who heads a laboratory in Monash’s Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD), wanted to use a technology platform the facility had licensed to further his work into a promising anti-thrombotic agent and to jointly apply for seed funding to do this.

Mum’s diet could hold key to colic

Mother's diet could influence infant colic

A low FODMAP diet for breastfeeding mums might hold the key to reducing colic in her infant, a new study has found.

The study published today in the journal, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, suggests that a nutritious low FODMAP diet (that removes ‘windy’ foods) for nursing mothers could significantly reduce fussiness and crying in the first nine weeks of her newborn’s life.

The study involved 20 breastfeeding mothers with babies under nine weeks old with and without colic.