Cabrini grants spawn research papers by Monash medical students

Intensive care medicine is team work. 
Image: CHEST

by Anne Crawford

A successful research grant program for Monash University medical students expanded last year by the new Clinical Dean at Cabrini Health, Associate Professor David Brewster, is bearing fruit with the first batch of papers coming on line.

Ten students were awarded Cabrini Senior Medical Staff Association Research Grants in 2017 leading to three publications in recent weeks with others under submission, and to multiple presentations at a Cabrini research conference.

Congratulations to Cabrini grant winners for medical research

A/Prof David Brewster oversees a program
of partnering medical students with clinicians
for research projects.

Thirteen Monash medical students have been awarded Cabrini Senior Medical Staff Association Research Grants.

Under the grants program the students will partner specialist medical staff members at Cabrini hospital in nine research projects. They will receive $1500 each at the completion and presentation of their research.

Congratulations to Piero Perucca on Viertel Award

Dr Piero Perucca

Congratulations to Dr Piero Perucca in the Department of Neuroscience, CCS, on the winning of a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Clinical Investigator award. It is a one-off grant of $85,000 to investigate the genetic contribution to focal epilepsies.

Photo of the week: New neuroscience labs settling in

Associate Professor Nigel Jones with his PhD students, Elysia Sokolenko (standing), and Flavia Gomez (sitting). They are discussing their rodent translational cognitive testing equipment which they use to study cognitive problems in models of neurological disorders including epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. A large focus of the group is to develop novel therapeutics which can improve these deficits.

See more: www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/neuroscience/research/jones-group
Gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SMJ8RcB1iSrEpZuN6

What's on at CCS 12-16 Nov 2018

2017 Graduate Research Symposium winners.
2018 event on this coming Mon 12 Nov at 10 am
All welcome, Lvl 5 Lecture Theatre Alfred Centre.

Central Clinical School (CCS) has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations. Event notices are posted on the CCS Events calendar.

CCS staff and 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.

See CCS seminar index:  www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/headlines/events-calendar

What's on at CCS 12-16 Nov 2018

Mon	12/11/2018	►	10:00	CCS Graduate Research Symposium
		►	12:00	Neuroscience seminar series: Dr Sasha Dionisio
Tue	13/11/2018	►	11:30	PhD Confirmation Milestone: Mr Feng Yan
Wed	14/11/2018	►	11:30	Immunology Seminar: Rob Brink (Garvan Institute)
Thur	15/11/2018	►	11:00	PhD Pre-submission Milestone: Rose Brazilek
		►	11:30	Journal Club: Amy Wilson
		►	12:00	Alfred Grand Rounds
Fri	16/11/2018	►	15:30	Dept of Immunology EMCR Seminar: Zoe and Gill

Recent CCS publications: 3 - 9 November 2018

Kidney disease and cognitive function - what's the connection?
See article. Image: HealthImaging

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the following departments. Note, browse down this entry for complete publications list. Linked headings for each section are to the departments' home pages.

• Allergy, Immunology & Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)
• Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• MAPrc
• Medicine
• Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic
• Neuroscience

Monash academic in push for better global MS care

Prof Helmut Butzkueven

by Anne Crawford

A Monash University academic neurologist has joined forces with other global experts in multiple sclerosis (MS) research and treatment to create – for the first time – a consensus for measurable standards of MS care.