(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
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| ACTA clinical trials 2022 awards were made on 20 May 2022, International Clinical Trials Day. Professors Andrew Forbes (left) and Tomas Corcoran (right) accepted the award for 'Excellence in Trial Statistics' on behalf of the PADDI trial investigators. |
The award was presented on International Clinical Trials Day, which is held on 20 May each year to recognise the outstanding contribution of the sector in developing and leading investigator-led clinical trials.
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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.
