Respiratory Research@Alfred an international host centre for European Union

The Department of Respiratory Research@Alfred within the Central Clinical School is now a registered host institution for the European Respiratory Society's (ERS) REspiratory Science Promoted by International Research Exchanges 4 (RESPIRE4) fellowship program.

Professor Anne Holland and Professor Glen Westall are heading the initiative. Prof Holland said, "Essentially it means that people from the European Union can apply to come and do a respiratory postdoc fellowship with us at CCS." The application round closes 1 May.

The ERS fellowship program offers a platform for early career researchers to develop their skills in an international environment and supports fellows on their journey to becoming future leaders in the respiratory field. The RESPIRE4 fellowship program receives funding from the European Union's (EU) Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grant agreement No 847462 (MSCA COFUND scheme).

See more

• Monash host program: www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/respiratory-research/european-respiratory-society
  
• European Respiratory Society Fellowships: www.ersnet.org/education-and-professional-development/marie-sklodowska-curie-postdoctoral-research-fellowships-respire/
  

 

Lung tissue bank to be established at the Alfred from a CSL grant

Associate Professor Glen Westall has received a support grant of $216,000 from the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories to establish a lung tissue bank for Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) at the Alfred. This is a significant development in research capacity for a disease affecting many thousands of Australians.
See more about A/Prof Westall's work and research at:
www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/airmed/staff/westall.html

Dr Kirk Kee has received an Abstract Scholarship to attend the 2014 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in San Diego, on behalf of the Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN).

Ivan Cash Lung Foundation Australia Grant ($5000) awarded to Dr Ian Glaspole: "The effect of persistent anxiety and depression in IPF."