Congratulations to our recently completed PhD students!

Maha Bakhuraysah

Tse-Chieh Teh

Sreepurna Malakar

Amity Green

Congratulations to our recently completed PhD students!

Shout out for MAPRC: 11 Oct Mental Health Week launch

The Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre team is going to be at the Mental Health Week launch, on Tuesday 11 October, 2016 from 5.00pm – 7.30pm at The Edge Theatre, Federation Square. The team will have a stall, and be able, ready and willing to answer any question you like to ask about mental health research, therapies and treatments. A variety of brains wanted for their research studies too! Everyone welcome. Links:

• Mental Health Week: www.mentalhealthvic.org.au/index.php?id=44
• MAPrc: www.maprc.org.au/
• Monash students Mental Health Week program: https://www.monash.edu/students/mental-health-week 

Opportunities: Grants, Fellowships, EOIs, funding

Recent grant and funding opportunities as notified from the Monash Research Office and with thanks to the Biomedicine Discovery Institute for compiling linked summaries. Deadline dates provided.

• NEW 15 Oct 2016 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarships – applications open
  
• 17 Oct 2016 Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation - 2016 Dementia Grants Program (Round 2)
• 18 Oct 2016 Grand Challenges Grant Opportunities
• 27 Oct 2016 veski inspiring women fellowships
• 1 Nov 2016 Australian Respiratory Council Harry Windsor Research Grants
• 13 Nov 2016 Monash Warwick Alliance Seed Fund 2016 - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
• NEW 21 Nov 2017 Faculty Senior and Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowships – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
• 30 Nov 2016 MPCCC Research Grant – APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

News from NHMRC Research Tracker: 30 September 2016 contents listing

Research Tracker Friday 30 September 2016

Headlines

Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres (AHRTC): 2016 Call for submissions now open Centres for Innovation in Regional Health (CIRH): 2016 Call for submissions now open Draft Information Paper on Health Effects of Water Fluoridation NHMRC Joint Grant call with A*STAR, Singapore – opening early 2017 5th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation – Early bird rate closes soon NAFOSTED-NHMRC networking symposium for health and medical researchers – registrations closing NAFOSTED-NHMRC networking symposium for health and medical researchers Development Grants: 2017 Round opening in November TCR Online Pathway Nominate to participate in expert review panels for 2017 application rounds Research Committee activities update 5th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation

Perspective: How to Split the Pie

Bring industry expertise to academia – this was the message [Jan Tennent] brought to Ian Frazer when he was in Melbourne recently with other members of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board for a public consultation on the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

See full article on BioMedVic website: biomedvic.org.au/how-to-split-the-pie/

Photo movie of the week: Google does 2016 AMREP student information night

Google liked our 2016 AMREP student information night photo album, and kindly provided a movie montage. See link, then click again to play the 30 second movie. For more about Honours at CCS, see: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/honours.html

Forthcoming CCS events: 26-30 Sep 2016

Dr Nirmala Kampan

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 19-23 Sep 2016

Tue	27/09/2016	►	11:00	PhD Pre-Submission Seminar: Dr Sung Kai Chiu
Wed	28/09/2016	►	11:00	Immunology Seminar Series: PhD Mid-Candidature Dr Nirmala Kampan
Thu	29/09/2016	►	12:00	Grand Rounds: Psoriasis – is it skin deep? Cutting Edge Journal Club: Tim Gottschalk
Fri	30/09/2016	►	all day	AFL Public Holiday

Forthcoming events

• 12 Oct 2016 CCS Public Lecture: Innovative systems for improving trauma care