Recent publications: Psychiatry, sexual health, blood diseases, surgery and more

Prof Paul Myles, HOD Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
with a colleague Dr Stefan Dielemann

Central Clinical School is research active with hundreds of publications each year. See below some recent publications in the subject specialisations of the school including anaesthesia, blood diseases, immunology, infectious diseases, medicine, psychiatry, sexual health and surgery.

Participants Sought – Childhood experiences and the relationship to mental state

We are currently seeking participants for a study conducted at Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) about types of childhood experiences associated with current mental state. You may be suitable for this study if you are ...

•    Female or male aged over 18 years
•    Experience symptoms of intense mood fluctuations, difficulty controlling anger, impulsivity, self-harming behaviours, OR have a current diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Part 1 of this study involves completing a brief questionnaire about childhood experiences and current mental state. Part two is optional and  involves an 8-week medication trial of a new medication to improve mental state.

We would love to hear from you if you are interested or have further questions.

Contact
Lucinda Miller

• Email: lucy.miller@monash.edu
• Phone: (03) 9076 5031
• Web: www.maprc.org.au/

This project is being conducted by the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre
This project has approval from Alfred Ethics Committee, Project Number: 204/14

Photo of the week: Central Clinical School 3MT thesis presenters

The Central Clinical School 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) heat was held Tuesday 4 Aug. There were six strong contenders on a range of subjects. The winner was Ms Shanzana Khan, and runner up and winner of the 'People's Choice' vote was Ms Ashlee Conway (pictured).

 

Shanzana spoke on the influence of the Y chromosome lineage on blood pressure regulation. Ashlee had great fun with porphyria, otherwise and attractively known as 'Dracula's Disease'. We will be publishing videos of their presentations on CCS youtube channel. Shanzana will be competing at the Faculty final on Friday 21 August at 1 pm, Clayton. Please go along and support her!

• More about the event

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: 17 - 21 Aug 2015

Mon Aug 17 12:30 PM ► Psychiatry Professorial Grand Round Wed Aug 19 4:00 PM ► PhD Pre-Submission Review Seminar- Dr Fabien Vincent Fri Aug 21 1:00 PM ► Faculty 3MT thesis final

In the Future

• 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 Ian Davis: Cancer: I used to understand it. Find out more on 30 Sep 2015

Professor Ian Davis is a medical oncologist and is Professor of Medicine and Head of the Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University and Eastern Health, in Melbourne, Australia. He will be speaking at the forthcoming 30 Sept Translational Research symposium hosted by Central Clinical School. See detail below.

Dame Quentin Bryce to chair CCS public lecture on Women's Mental Health, 9 October

Dame Quentin Bryce, former Governor-
General, will be speaking at the lecture

This year, mental health is in the news almost every day, and we are fortunate to have one of Australia's premier clinician-researchers and advocates of women's mental health, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, to present on the topic of how women's mental health in particular is of concern. The public lecture will be chaired by former Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce, who has had a life-long interest in the subject. The event will have refreshments before and after the lecture, and there will be a Q&A session after the lecture.

To RSVP, please click here.
To find out more, see: http://med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/2015-public-lecture-kulkarni.html

De Castella Run: register before Monday to receive your bib and merchandise in the mail!

The annual de Castella Run 2 Mend Minds is coming up soon (30 Aug 2015). If you register before Monday 17 August you will receive your runner's kit by mail. The fundraising is going outstandingly well, with $60,000 raised so far for mental health research at Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre. No-one too young or old to participate in the run!