Asian Scientist Magazine profiles CCS Translational Research

Asian Scientist Magazine has profiled the Monash Translational Research programs for its readership in all corners of Asia, including China, India, South Korea, Japan and Australia.

“Our motivation for establishing the program centered on three core tenets: the increasing importance of translational research at both government and community level; the lack of specific training in translational research for our post-graduate students; and the ever shrinking career opportunities offered by government-based fellowship schemes in Australia,” said Professor Stephen M. Jane, head, of the Central Clinical School at Monash University.

“The courses have been specifically designed to meet an emerging market need for scientists and clinicians to be trained in the development of basic research findings through commercial­ization and regulation of therapeutic products in multi­disciplinary environments.”

Read full article from Asian Scientist Magazine at: http://www.asianscientist.com/2015/08/academia/monash-launches-translational-phd-program/

Congratulations to our new Head of Surgery, Professor Wendy Brown!

New Chair of Surgery, Prof Wendy Brown

Dear All,

It is with great pleasure that I can inform you that after an international search and interviews with both national and international candidates, Professor Wendy Brown has accepted the role as Monash University Chair of Surgery in the Central Clinical School. Wendy will commence in the role on October 1 and will, I am sure, provide great leadership to the surgical disciplines in research and education. Please join me in welcoming Wendy in the new role.

Best

Prof Steve Jane
Head, Central Clinical School

Wendy continues as Director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE). Her areas of expertise include laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedures, the effects of weight loss on health and upper gastrointestinal surgery including cancer and reflux disease.

Welcome to A/Prof Anne Powell, CCS's new Director of Undergradute Medical Education

A/Prof Anne Powell

Welcome to Associate Professor Anne Powell, the new Director of the Central Clinical School's Undergraduate Medical Education Directorate (UMED)! UMED oversights CCS's medical educational programs at four major sites (Cabrini, Peninsula, Epworth and Alfred) as well as a number of smaller ones. Anne is a practising rheumatologist and also Director of Physician Training at Alfred Health.

Congratulations to Shanzana Khan, CCS 3MT heat winner!

Congratulations to Shanzana Khan (Baker IDI), winner of the Central Clinical School's 3MT heat on Tuesday 4 August. Her topic was "The influence of Y Chromosome Lineage in determining vascular function, inflammation and blood pressure regulation". Shanzana's supervisors are Professor Jaye Chin-Dusting, Dr Amanda Sampson and Dr Karen Andrews. She will represent the school at the Faculty final on 21 August 2015.

Ashlee Conway (ACBD) was runner up and also people's choice for her lively presentation on the rare condition of porphyria attractively known as 'Dracula's Disease'.

Watch this space for video releases of the student presentations.

Video of the week: Prof Fabienne Mackay on lupus control through B cell tweaking

"Lupus Fabienne Mackay" - These search terms will pull up our new video where Professor Fabienne Mackay explains her group's recent discovery on how to stop lupus without stopping the immune system by focussing on a specific receptor (called TACI) found on B cells - the 'soldiers' of the immune system.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EmIuuhu9U

Forthcoming CCS events: Seminars, public events, general notices

Paddy Dempsey at the 2014
CCS postgraduate symposium

Central Clinical School has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendar.

CCS staff & students can see details of both public and local events (including professional development courses, trade fairs and Graduate Research Student calendars) and deadlines, at the Intranet's Announcements page.

Various Departments have their own calendars, see CCS seminar index: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html

What's on for this week: 3 - 7 Aug 2015

Mon Aug 3 12:30 ► Psychiatry Professorial Grand Round Tue Aug 4 1:00 PM ► CCS 3MT thesis heat Tue Aug 4 3:30 PM ► PhD Mid-candidature review - Mr Paddy Dempsey 4:00 PM ► PhD Pre-submission review seminar - Mr Anmar Khan Fri Aug 7 12:30 PM ► PhD Pre-submission review - Ms Janine Trevillyan 17:00 ► Deadline: Early Career Fellowship in Asthma Research

In the Future

• 13 Aug CCS student information night
• 30 Aug De Castella Run
• 30 Sep Translational Research symposium: Alfred Medicine 50th anniversary
• 9 Oct CCS Public Lecture: Prof Jayashri Kulkarni on women's mental health

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni: Psychiatry in the 21st century. Find out more on 30 Sep 2015

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni is a Professor of Psychiatry and the director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) – one Australia’s largest and most innovative centres for clinical mental health research. She is internationally recognised for her expertise in the treatment of mental illness, particularly in women’s mental health. She has pioneered the use of estrogen as a treatment in schizophrenia and has developed many other innovative treatments for mental illnesses. Jayashri will be speaking at the forthcoming 30 Sept Translational Research symposium hosted by Central Clinical School. See detail below.