Early Career Research Award for Dr Gemma Sharp

Congratulations to Dr Gemma Sharp, who has been awarded the Australian Psychological Society's (APS) Early Career Researcher award for 2020! See all APS winners here.

Dr Sharp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), Monash University. She leads the Body Image Research Group at MAPrc and holds a prestigious NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. She is known for her pioneering research in body image, particularly genital self-image. She is also involved in the design of novel body image interventions using digital technologies, which is supported by a number of competitive grants (e.g., AMP Tomorrow Maker Grant).

Anaesthesia Research Coordinators Network celebrate National Anaesthesia Day 2020

Allison Kearney talks about 2020's challenges
and achievements for ANZCA CTN. See video

Friday 16 October is National Anaesthesia Day. 2020 has seen unusual stresses and challenges, and the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Clinical Trials Network (ANZCA CTN) is sharing how they have been met to honour the achievements of all the groups involved. Central Clinical School has recently become home to the ANZCA CTN, and we extend a warm welcome to the CCS team.

Congratulations on Academy recognition for our researchers!

L-R: Professors Anton Peleg, Merlin Thomas and Andrew Forbes
have been elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health
and Medical Sciences

28 of the nation’s top medical and health researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Australian  Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) in recognition of their outstanding contributions  to the health and medical research landscape in Australia, including 13 women.  The new Fellows are elected at a time when health and medical science is making a crucial  contribution to the nation’s future, as the community works to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Many  of them have been pivotal in this response in Australia and overseas.

Three Monash University researchers were elected, all from the sub-Faculty of Translational Medicine and Public Health. Warmest congratulations to Central Clinical School's Professors Anton Peleg and Merlin Thomas, and Andrew Forbes (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine See more about their work below.

New era of personalised epilepsy management

"Epilepsy in a dish" model. Fig.2 from the article

The British Medicine Journal (BMJ) has launched a series of articles profiling brain health. In their words,  "what it is, why it is important, and how we can better prevent and treat brain disorders to improve health across the world, especially as populations become older."

Professor Patrick Kwan and colleagues contribute to the series with their article, "New era of personalised epilepsy management". They write, "The trial and error approach to epilepsy treatment has not changed for over a century but machine learning and patient-derived stem cells promise a personalised and more effective strategy."

COVID-19 compendium of 150 questions and answers

It's complicated. A published compendium answers 150 questions
on COVID-19. Click on image to enlarge. Reproduced from article.

Following the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, international clinicians and researchers have joined
forces to publish a compendium answering questions related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

Monash researchers Professor Robyn O’Hehir and Associate Professor Menno van Zelm were members on a panel of experts answering 150 key questions relating to SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and allergy. 

6-12 Oct 2020 Central Clinical School publications

Study figures out fermentability of different 
kinds of food fibre for IBS sufferers

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 6-12 Octiber 2020 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. The below is not a comprehensive list:

• Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases
  
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology and Pathology
  
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicine - Alfred & Peninsula
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry
• Surgery and National Trauma Research Institute

2020 CCS Graduate Research Symposium 4-5 Nov: All welcome

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Go down the rabbit hole for more!
Seriously, scan this QR code with
your phone camera to take you to
the CCS GR Facebook page

The 2020 Central Clinical School Graduate Research Student Symposium, CCS's 13th in the annual series, is organised by students, for students, and will showcase research being conducted by CCS students. It's a fun as well as informative day, and all are welcome. It's being held virtually 4-5 November. See flier.

• RSVP
• Enquiries: alexandria.dimitropoulos@monash.edu (CCS Student Committee President0
  
• Web: www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/education/current-students/hdr-symposium