(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
A national survey of COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers found more than half reported mental health symptoms during last year’s pandemic second wave – yet less than one in 10 accessed formal support programs.
The study, published in the journal, General Hospital Psychiatry, was led by Associate Professor Natasha Smallwood, from Monash University’s Central Clinical School and The Alfred hospital, and Professor Karen Willis, from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Victoria University.
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| Type 2 Diabetes, glycemia and brain health - it's complicated. Prof Velandai Srikanth explains |
Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 28 Sep - 11 Oct 2021 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.
The CCS Consumer Engagement committee hosted our first community webinar on 7 October - "Blood not bone marrow? The potential role for blood testing to improve Multiple Myeloma diagnosis and therapy". See webinar video.
Presentations were given by members of the Spencer lab in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, as well as their consumer partner Mr Henry Blatman and a representative of Myeloma Australia, Ms Hayley Beer.
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| Matt Snelson (Diabetes) presenting a poster at the 2017 CCS graduate research symposium while Paul Gill looks on |
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| L-R: Daniel Merlo, Justin Cole and Lin Zhang have recently completed their graduate research degrees. |
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| Participants sought for study investigating whether virtual reality training combined with non-invasive brain stimulation can improve people's ability to understand social situations. |
In this 4 October episode, "Is research for me?" Sarah shares an interview she did with Professors Ingrid Scheffer and Jackie French this month about life as a clinician-scientist.
