CCS Staff & Students Dodgeball Championship

We are delighted to announce our first wellbeing event of the year, organised in conjunction with the CCS Graduate Research Student Committee (CSGRSC) and CCS Wellbeing Champion, Dr Yardenah Brickman, to bring you the CCS Dodgeball Championship! Create or join a team of five to compete to be the best dodgeball team in CCS. Student and students from all levels encouraged to play.

Spectators welcome with a light lunch provided. Prizes to be won for winning team, most department diverse team, and most academic-level diverse team. See flyer for more details!

• Date: Thursday 16 March 2023
• Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
• Venue: Fawkner Park, opposite tram stop 26
• Registration link (to register attendance for catering purposes or join/create a dodgeball team)

Recent publications 19 - 21 February 2023

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 19 - 21 February 2023 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers.

See the most recent validated publications for the school here. Otherwise, read down the entry under department headings for recent PubMed notifications. The below is not a comprehensive list.

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases

Lucy A Coupland, David J Rabbolini, Jonathan G Schoenecker, Philip J Crispin, Jennene J Miller, Tony Ghent, Robert L Medcalf, Anders E Aneman Point-of-care diagnosis and monitoring of fibrinolysis resistance in the critically ill: results from a feasibility study Crit Care. 2023 Feb 10;27(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04329-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36765421/

Sridurga Mithraprabhu, John Reynolds, Rose Turner, Hang Quach, Noemi Horvath, Ian Kerridge, Anna Kalff, Krystal Bergin, Jay Hocking, Flora Yuen, Tiffany Khong, Brian M Durie, Andrew Spencer Circulating tumour DNA analysis predicts relapse and improves risk stratification in primary refractory multiple myeloma Blood Cancer J. 2023 Feb 13;13(1):25. doi: 10.1038/s41408-023-00796-9.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36781844/

Department of Diabetes

Devy Deliyanti, William A Figgett, Thomas Gebhardt, Joseph A Trapani, Fabienne Mackay, Jennifer L Wilkinson-Berka CD8+ T Cells Promote Pathological Angiogenesis in Ocular Neovascular Disease Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023 Feb 16. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318079.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36794587/

Department of Infectious Diseases

Michael J Loftus, Richard J Everts, Allen C Cheng, Perenise Eti, Timote Fakasiieiki, Lupeoletalelei Isaia, Enita Isopo, Adam W J Jenney, Viali Lameko, Hinauri Leaupepe, Folototo Leavai, Sue J Lee, Mele Moungaevalu, Andrew J Stewardson, Rosemary Tekoaua, Douglas Tou, Geoffrey Wuatai, Anton Y Peleg Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens in four Pacific Island countries, 2017-2021 Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Feb 2;32:100677. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100677. eCollection 2023 Mar. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36798514/

Department of Neuroscience

Iva P, Martin R, Fielding J, Clough M, White O, Godic B, van der Walt A, Rajan R. Discriminating spatialised speech in complex environments in multiple sclerosis. Cortex. 2023 Feb;159:217-232. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.11.014. Epub 2022 Dec 24. PMID: 36640621  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36640621/

Spelman T, Ozakbas S, Alroughani R, Terzi M, Hodgkinson S, Laureys G, Kalincik T, Van Der Walt A, Yamout B, Lechner-Scott J, Soysal A, Kuhle J, Sanchez-Menoyo JL, Blanco Morgado Y, Spitaleri D, van Pesch V, Horakova D, Ampapa R, Patti F, Macdonell R, Al-Asmi A, Gerlach O, Oh J, Altintas A, Tundia N, Wong SL, Butzkueven H. Comparative effectiveness of cladribine tablets versus other oral disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis: Results from MSBase registry. Mult Scler. 2023 Feb;29(2):221-235. doi: 10.1177/13524585221137502. Epub 2022 Nov 26. PMID: 36433775  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36433775/

Department of Psychiatry

Hannah L Coyle, Neil W Bailey, Jennie Ponsford, Kate E Hoy Investigation of neurobiological responses to theta burst stimulation during recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) Behav Brain Res. 2023 Mar 28;442:114308. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114308. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36702385/

Department of Surgery

Michael Šeman, Andrew F Stephens, Antony Walton, Stephen J Duffy, David McGiffin, Shane Nanayakkara, David M Kaye, Shaun D Gregory, Dion Stub Impact of Concomitant Mitral Regurgitation on the Hemodynamic Indicators of Aortic Stenosis J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 15;e025648. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.025648. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36789874/

Peter Batchelor, Stephen Bernard, Dashiell Gantner, Andrew Udy, Jasmin Board, Mark Fitzgerald, Peta Skeers, Camila Battistuzzo, Mick Stephenson, Karen Smith, Andrew Nunn Immediate Cooling and Early Decompression for the Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Safety and Feasibility Study Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 2023 Feb 13. doi: 10.1089/ther.2022.0046. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36779969/