(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
Professor van Zelm has also been successful this year in obtaining NHMRC MRFF funding of $6.3M for a study of COVID-19 vaccines and infection with the goal of improving the care and outcomes for children and people with chronic diseases, particularly as future variants emerge. See faculty story
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| A Monash led study shows that telomeres get shaved at a faster rate, causing faster ageing in people with schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. |
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.
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| Professor Alex Boussioutas is Central Clinical School's recently appointed Head of Department of Gastroenterology |
Professor and Director of Gastroenterology Alex Boussioutas holds a joint senior academic and clinical role with Alfred Health and Monash University, the latest of a string of prestigious appointments. He has also had a remarkable research career.
by Anne Crawford
Gastroenterologist Professor Alex Boussioutas began his research career driven by a fascination with the molecular aspects of disease. It was the ‘90s when the nexus of molecular biology and genomics was an escalating field. “I figured the only way I could find out about that properly was to do a PhD in it,” he said.
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| The CCS GEDI committee would love to hear from you, as we are seeking EOIs from potential mentors for students and EMCRs. See example above, kindly provided by Professor Robyn Slattery. |
by Dr Lenka Vodstrcil and Dr Jess Borger
In the Central Clinical School (CCS) Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) committee CCS Diverse Lived Experiences survey (see companion story), a primary outcome was that researchers reported the need for mentoring relationships, suggesting there is scope to enhance the mentoring provided at the CCS.
Congratulations to Professor Anne Holland, Head of Respiratory Research@Alfred, whose outstanding research and clinical leadership in the allied health field of physiotherapy has been recognised by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) with the award of the ERS Mid-Career Gold Medal for Allied Health Professionals.
See more below or read here on the ERS site
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| See the CCS Diverse Lived Experience survey summary |
by Dr Lenka Vodstrcil and Dr Jess Borger
The Central Clinical School’s Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) committee aims to support and advocate for all its staff and students and regularly provides guidance or recommendations to the CCS Executive.
In 2021, the GEDI committee ran the CCS Diverse Lived Experiences survey to understand the hurdles or barriers CCS staff and students had faced during their career to inform the development of new GEDI Committee initiatives to support staff and their career progression.
The full findings are summarised in the document available here and we recently reported the findings to the CCS Executive.
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| A study by Monash immunologists suggests that booster vaccine doses elicit memory B cells with higher affinity to COVID-19, enabling recognition of VoC. L-R: First author PhD student Gemma Hartley and. senior author Prof Menno van Zelm |
COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out across the world with great success. However, variants of concern (VoC) now challenge the protection that these vaccines provide.
Third and fourth dose boosters are known to increase protection against VoC, but the immunological basis of this is still unclear.
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| L-R: (top) Crystal Li, Jack Edwards, Ella Rowsthorn, Tamsin Hilliard; (bottom) Ishith Seth, Aaron Jurriens, Catherine Ives, Mikaela Patros |
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| The CCS careers expo was well attended and students were very positive about the experience. |
The CCS Graduate Research Student Committee (CGRSC), in collaboration with the Monash Graduate Association (MGA), hosted the Monash CCS inaugural Careers Expo in the Alfred Innovation & Education Hub last Thursday, 4 August 2022. Over 30 exhibitors from 20 unique departments and organisations were in attendance. This included representatives from Pearson Clinical Assessment, CSIRO, CSL, Cell Therapies, E&Y and Deloitte, just to name a few.
Endometriosis is a common condition affecting up to 10% of women of reproductive age. Common symptoms include pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia. However, gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are also common, affecting up to 90% of patients. Diet is commonly used to manage these GI symptoms, but very little research has examined whether they are effective.
Participants are sought for our study, which will compare the effect of diet on GI symptoms associated with endometriosis. Participants are supplied with most meals and snacks for 2x28 day intervals and dietitian support provided.
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| Which people who catch COVID-19 have a higher risk of developing blood clots? A Monash-Baker study investigated. |
New information is emerging on COVID-associated blood clots in people with inherited thrombotic conditions such as the common Factor V Leiden, which affects about in one in every 20 or 25 people in Australia.
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| Katherine Kenyon is first author on a paper reviewing tools for monitoring symptoms in MS. |
Monitoring symptoms is crucial for the effective management of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a debilitating neurological disease that is one of the leading causes of disability in young and middle-aged adults.
Central Clinical School PhD student Katherine Kenyon has published a paper in ‘The Cerebellum’, reviewing tools used by clinicians and researchers to do this.
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Does anyone have fond memories of the arcade game 'Space Invaders' from the 1980s? Or if you are too young, you can give this version, "Phage Attack", a go. It was developed by Jerome Mutterer, who says, "I used @p5xjs to make this very nice journal cover playable. Try it here: https://editor.p5js.org/jmutterer/full/1jNvJggiU." (Source: Tweet)
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