Your participation invited for International Women's Day IWD2021 coming up on 8 March!

Dr Vilija Jokubaitis by Thorey Jonsdottir, a Burnet PhD student, published on 
@ThoreyJonsdott1's Twitter feed. Thorey says "Next Woman in the 
#STEMsketchathon series for #IWD2021 is @vjokubaitis
Vilija is a Clinical and Translational Neuroscientist at @CCSMonash
where she focuses on Neuroinflammatory disease outcomes, with
special focus on MS @WomenSciAUST"

In the lead up to International Women's Day 2021, we invite you to:

• Highlight what's unique and special about women in STEMM, or
• Share why you love being a woman in STEMM, or
• Celebrate a Monash STEMM alumna or community member (staff or student) or
• Show your support and post a photo and the campaign hashtags to our board.

Record investment in epilepsy research made from the Medical Research Future Fund

L-R: A/Prof Zanfina Ademi and Prof Patrick Kwan

are stream leaders in the new epilepsy consortium

Fewer seizures, fewer deaths and better quality of life for people living with epilepsy are planned to become a reality through the Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP) which has received $30 million from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund, announced Friday 26 Feb.

The AEP will provide a national network of community epilepsy hubs which will provide access to world-leading testing to guide the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. The project has received the largest single government investment made to epilepsy research in Australia.

Alfred medical students and graduates win slew of prizes!

Congratulations to our medical student and graduate prize winners, announced 3 March 2021!

• Harriet Power Prize in Medicine: Laura McArthur 
• Robert Power Prize in Surgery: Nicholas Savage
• Hatem Salem Prize:  Maria Selvadurai
• Nip Thomson Prize - Daniel Edelman 
• Harry Hindlip Green Prize in Medicine - Nicholas Savage 
• Alfred Hospital Residents' & Graduates Association prize - Daniel Edelman

See previous years' winners at www.monash.edu/medicine/study/current-students/student-awards

Fixing women vs fixing the system: CCS GEDI event for International Women's Day

Register for 9 Mar IWD discussion

Monash CCS Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(GEDI) Committee presents:

FIXING WOMEN VS FIXING THE SYSTEM

International Women's Day Panel Discussion

#IWD2021 #ChoosetoChallenge
Topic:  "Fixing women vs fixing the system"
Date: Tuesday 9 March 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Format: Zoom panel discussion (see detail below)
Registration link: monash.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElc-mrrT4jEtF0K941Hzc1KOiOXrowJcoR

Your input wanted! You can send in any questions or comments about this topic anonymously before the event date so that we can have a discussion over them on the day of the event. See below.

What's on at the School of Translational Medicine

School of Translational Medicine (STM) has regular seminar series and postgraduate presentations.  Please see calendar below for all events.

Adding an event from the STM Calendar to your own calendar

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New compound protects brain from degeneration after an early-life traumatic injury

Myelin is better preserved in TBI mice following LM22A-4 treatment.
Fletcher et al., (2021) Exp Neurol.

In young children under 5 years of age, there is a high risk of experiencing a traumatic brain injury, which can lead to death and life-long disability. Importantly, paediatric traumatic brain injury can be a life-long disability which often worsens over time into adolescence or adulthood, alongside ongoing brain development - making treatment more challenging.

A study led by Dr Bridgette Semple in the Central Clinical School’s Department of Neuroscience, has demonstrated that treatment with a novel compound was able to protect the brain from degeneration after an early-life brain injury. 

Unraveling the complex link between COVID and diabetes

Why might COVID-19 cause new-onset diabetes? @SciAm story
Image: Willie B. Thomas Getty Images

A Scientific American article by Claudia Wallis published 24 Feb 2021 explores five possible reasons why infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus appears to trigger diabetes. Amongst others, she interviewed the founders of the CoviDIAB registry to track these patients with new-onset diabetes, Professor Paul Zimmet, Department of Diabetes at Monash University and Professor Francesco Rubino, King's College London.