Congratulations to our 2015 completed CCS postgraduate students!

So far in 2015, seven CCS postgraduate students have completed and passed their theses - well done!

Congratulations to :

• Sarah Charnaud (Burnet Institute): Mechanism of protein export in the malaria parasite
• Mark Fitzgerald (National Trauma Research Institute): Computer-aided decision support for trauma reception and resuscitation
• Matthew Kitson (Department of Medicine): Vitamin D status and chronic hepatitis C infection and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
• Ying Ying Kong (Department of Immunology): Effects of cancer cells on the cells of the dendritic cell lineage
• Melissa Kirkovski (Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre): The influence of biological sex on neurobiological mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder
• Michael Christopher (Baker IDI): Type 2 diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance and altered lipid metabolism
• Tanya Millard (Department of Infectious Diseases): Online self management program for men living with HIV in Australia

'Positive Outlook' for men with HIV

17/01/2012 Tanya Millard, a PhD student in the Department of Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by JOY FM 94.9, Melbourne's gay & lesbian community radio station, on her work with HIV+ men. Tanya's research project is "The Development and Evaluation of an Online Self Management Program for Men Living with HIV," called 'Positive Outlook'. Positive Outlook is an online group intervention for men living with HIV.