Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser - your support wanted!

"Blood on the Road" fundraising cycling team:
L-R Huyen Tran, Jacqui Milne and Stephen Opat

“BLOOD ON THE ROAD”….. is riding again for the Leukaemia Foundation. Donate here

22 – 27 April 2017 in JAPAN (Stephen Opat, Huyen Tran, Jacqui Milnes)

Perspective: Is duct tape any good for treating warts?

On the evidence, duct tape is no better than placebo for
treating warts. Image: Thinkstock

Medical advice should be based on best evidence, the sifting of which is not simple.

Dr Michael Tam makes a critical appraisal of the evidence on whether duct tape is effective for treating warts. While duct tape is good for many sorts of tasks, Dr Tam concludes that it is no better than placebo for removing warts.
http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/medical-news/dermatology/is-there-any-decent-evidence-for-using-duct-tape-to-treat-warts?

Photo of the week: Peninsula Clinical School academic unit

Welcome to our new Academic Unit in Medicine at Peninsula Clinical School! L-R: Professor Velandai Srikanth (Group head), Dr Chris Karayiannis (geriatrician and PhD student), Dr Chris Moran (Geriatrician, NHMRC & ARC Dementia Early Career Research Fellow, and senior lecturer), Associate Professor Richard Beare (Bioinformatics and Imaging), Ms Afton Nido (the group's Executive Assistant), Dr Wei Wang (Biostatistician and senior lecturer. Absent: Dr Nadine Andrew (NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Health Services Research and senior lecturer).

What's on at CCS 3-7 April 2017

Steven Ngo is a PhD student in
ACBD, presenting on 4 April

Central Clinical School (CCS) has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. Event notices are posted 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 CCS 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 3-7 April 2017

Mon	03/04/2017	►	12:30	Alfred Psychiatry Grand Round: Adrian Whitehead
Tue	04/04/2017	►	11:00	PhD Confirmation of candidature seminar: Mr Steven Ngo
Wed	05/04/2017	►	11:30	PhD Confirmation of candidature: Ms Amy Wilson
Thur	06/04/2017	► ►	12:00 13:15	Alfred Grand Round AMREP EMCR seminar on "How to Develop a Research Strategy"
		►	17:30	Day of Immunology photography exhibition opening - all welcome

Forthcoming events

Save the date: 31 July 2017 Translational Research symposium

Day of Immunology photo exhibition opening 6 April 2017

Melanie McCoy, Tracey Lee-Pullen, Chidozie Anyaegbu,

St John of God Subiaco Hospital, WA.

"The World of Tumour Immunology."

Is it a planet? No! It's a tumour.

You are invited to the opening of "Snapshots of the Immune System" photography exhibition, which is part of 2017's Day of Immunology celebrations and activities.

The exhibition  will be hosted at The Stables at Meat Market (via Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne). Celebrate with us on opening night, 6 April at 5:30-9:30pm. Please RSVP

Exhibition opens at 10:00am between 7-9 April.

The event will also be held at Monash Immersive Visualisation Platform, Monash University, Clayton, on April 26 and 27.

CCS Publications update: 24 – 31 March 2017

Prof Mark Fitzgerald is co-author on two

papers notified this week, on cardiac MRI

and coagulopathy & TBI. Image: UMN

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD), Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed), Immunology and Pathology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc), Trauma, and Surgery.

Low FODMAP diet may help women with endometriosis, IBS

Judy Moore is a PhD student with the Monash

University Department of Gastroenterology

by Anne Crawford

Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological condition affecting up to 10% of women. It is characterised by symptoms such as pelvic pain and severe dysmenorrhoea (period pain) but also by symptoms typically associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

A Central Clinical School PhD student investigating the link between the two conditions has found that a low FODMAP diet appears effective in women with concurrent endometriosis and IBS.