(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
Dr Jeremy Wrobel won two awards from the recent TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting this year in Darwin, for his research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD):
The Undergraduate Medical Education Directorate (UMED) has expanded this year with the addition of Peninsula Health Clinical Teaching. The Director of Clinical Teaching at Peninsula Health is Associate Professor Patrick Fiddes. Peninsula Health currently looks after about 120 Year 3,4 and 5 medical students in a variety of specialities. UMED also has Directors of Clinical Teaching at Cabrini (A/Prof Michelle Levinson) and Epworth (Professor Geoffrey Metz).
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) funding was announced on 16 February 2013. The CRC for Alertness, Safety and Productivity will receive $14.5 million over seven years to reduce the burden of impaired alertness on the safety, productivity and health of all Australians. This CRC was submitted as a partnership between Monash University Sleep Network, Sydney and Flinders Universities.
Congratulations to the following researchers who have been awarded a School travel grant to attend their nominated international conference: Kirsten Fairfax (Department of Immunology): 15th International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy; Kate Hoy (Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre): 11th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Kyoto, Japan; Karalyn McDonald (Department of Infectious Diseases): 2nd International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference, Paris, France; Nicole Mifsud (Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine):
New non-medication treatment for Depression: volunteers wanted. MAPrc are looking for volunteers aged 18-65 who are currently experiencing depression to take part in a study investigating a new cognitive therapy for depression. It is also investigating whether a mild form of brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to boost the impact of cognitive control training. Participants will be compensated for their time and travel costs.
MAPrc research study on Bipolar Disorder and genetics is identifying endophenotypes, the expression of neurocognitive and social cognitive enhancements or deficits, which will aid in identifying specific genes. Participants must have a first-degree relative with bi-polar disorder but not have the disease, be between the ages of 18-65, not be pregnant, substance-dependent, have any vision or hearing impairment, or difficulty with spoken English.
MAPrc are looking for volunteers aged between 18 and 65 years to join a research study investigating how the brain responds to chronic lower back pain and co-morbid depression. The research study, headed by Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon, is exploring changes in the brain in people who suffer from low back pain and depression. See more at http://www.monash.edu.au/news/notices/show/do-you-suffer-from-chronic-low-back-pain-and-depression. For more about Bernadette's research, see www.maprc.org.au/dr-bernadette-fitzgibbon.
