Congratulations to our recently promoted researchers

L-R: Recently promoted A/Prof Stuart Marshall, Dr Nenad Macesic,
A/Prof Andrew Stewardson, Dr Mastura Monif

Congratulations to Dr Mastura Monif (see separate story), Dr Nenad Macesic, Associate Professor Andrew Stewardson and Associate Professor Stuart Marshall on their promotions! See detail below.

Nenad Macesic wins Mollie Holman Award for PhD thesis

Dr Nenad Macesic wins Mollie Holman
medal for 2020 thesis.

Congratulations to Dr Nenad Macesic on winning the Mollie Holman award for 2020. The Mollie Holman Medal was established in 1998 and is named after the late pioneering physiologist Emeritus Professor Mollie Homan AO, in honour of her significant contributions to science and education. These medals are among the highest academic honours given by Monash University, and mark the recipients as researchers of the higher order.award.

Nenad's thesis is titled, "Combating Gram negative multi-drug resistance with insights from novel bioinformatics approaches". He was supervised by Professor Anton Peleg (Department of Infectious Diseases) and Dr Anne-Catrin Uhlemann (Columbia University). The PhD was awarded 11 June 2020.

Superbugs on track to kill more people than COVID-19

Professor Andrea Whittaker

Dr Nenad Macesic

Without urgent action it's estimated that superbugs will kill 22,000 Australians a year by 2040.

Superbugs threaten to be the next great health crisis of our time, claiming many more lives than COVID-19, and a comprehensive national infection database is urgently needed to arrest the spread, Monash University researchers say.

Congratulations to our completed PhDs Nenad Macesic and Paul Gill!

L-R: Dr Nenad Macesic and Mr Paul Gill, PhD graduates

Congratulations to Mr Paul Gill and Dr Nenad Macesic on their recent completions of their PhDs!

Dr Nenad Macesic's thesis is titled, "Combating Gram negative multi-drug resistance with insights from novel bioinformatics approaches". He was supervised by Professor Anton Peleg (Department of Infectious Diseases) and Dr Anne-Catrin Uhlemann (Columbia University). The PhD was awarded 11 June 2020.

Mr Paul Gill's thesis is titled, "Investigating immune effects of short-chain fatty acids in healthy humans". He was supervised by Professor Peter Gibson, Associate Professor Jane Muir (both in the Department of Gastroenterology) and Associate Professor Menno van Zelm (Department of Immunology and Pathology). The PhD was awarded 24 June 2020.