Congratulations to Jillian Lau on her PhD completion!

Congratulations to Dr Jillian Lau on completing her PhD degree! The award was conferred on 8 September 2021.

Jillian's thesis is titled, "Social and clinical studies of interventions towards HIV cure". She was supervised by Associate Professor James McMahon (Department of Infectious Diseases) and Professor Sharon Lewin (Director, Doherty Institute).

Jillian's thesis explores efforts to control or eradicate the HIV virus in the absence of regular treatment. There is a particular focus on clinical trials of interventions that withhold HIV treatment as a test of whether the intervention works. This practice is known as an analytical treatment interruption.

Congratulations to Pablo Casillas-Espinosa on election to International League Against Epilepsy

Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa

Congratulations to Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa, who has been elected to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Young Epilepsy Section (YES) Board as secretary.

Dr Honor Coleman, Chair YES-Australia) writes: 

I am very excited to announce that our own Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa was elected to the position of Secretary to the international YES Board.

R U OK?

Monash University's mental health experts Professor Craig Hassed OAM, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM and Dr Katherine Lawrence share insights on R U OK? Day - the second year it will be held during a COVID-19 lockdown period in Victoria that has forced people into isolation. 

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30 Sep Public Lecture: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): Brain vs heart

Sir John Monash Public lecture by Professor Terry O'Brien

• Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): Brain vs heart
• Thursday, 30 September 2021
• 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm (Malaysia time. +2 hrs for AEST)

Register: www.monash.edu.my/sir-john-monash-lecture

Professor O’Brien will share about his group’s multidisciplinary research program which investigates how uncontrolled seizures result in a disturbance of cardiorespiratory function, which can cause sudden death, and how this can be prevented.

18 Sep: AusPIPS presents "PIDs: More Than Just a Single Disease"

An opportunity to hear about respiratory, infectious and gastrointestinal diseases that can be seen in PIDs and a spotlight on genomics: Register here

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AusPIPS presents "PIDs: More than Just a Single Disease"

25-31 Aug 2021 Central Clinical School recent publications

Graft-versus-Host-Disease explored in mouse model. Study

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 25-31 August 2021 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. The below is not a comprehensive list. The most recent validated publications for the school and departments can be seen on their publications pages, linked to from the headings below. Otherwise, read down the entry for recent notifications.

Recognition for kidney researchers Paul Lawton, Sih Min Tan and Matt Snelson

L-R: Dr Matt Snelson, Dr Sih Min Tan, Professor Paul Lawton

Congratulations to Professor Paul Lawton, Dr Sih Min Tan and Dr Matthew Snelson for wins in various categories at the 56th Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology Annual Scientific Meeting (ANZSN ASM) which was held 28 August - 1 September 2021.

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