14 November: World Diabetes Day

Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean at the Health
Lifestyle Festival preceding WDD and Dean of Public Health
at National University of Singapore, Prof Cia Kee Seng flank
Prof Paul Zimmet who was a guest speaker at the event.

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated globally. Professor Paul Zimmet spoke with Star2 about diabetes in context with WDD:

"If diabetes was a country, it would be the world’s third largest nation (by population) after China and India, says Monash University, Australia, professor of diabetes Professor Paul Zimmet. In 2015, China had an estimated population of around 1.37 billion people and India around 1.26 billion, followed by the United States with just over 320 million people. Meanwhile, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimated that there were 415 million people living with diabetes around the world in the same year."

See complete article: 

http://www.star2.com/health/wellness/2016/11/13/think-you-know-the-complications-of-diabetes/

Translational Research PhD showcase symposium on 24 Nov at MHTP

MHTP Research Week is coming, including the Translational Research Symposium and PhD student showcase symposium on Thursday 24 November.

See:

• Overview: www.med.monash.edu.au/scs/events/mhtp-research-week.html
• Program: www.med.monash.edu.au/scs/documents/2016-mhtp-research-week-program.pdf

Publications for week ending 11 Nov 2016

Figure illustrating prevalence of brain MRI markers of hemorrhagic risk in
patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation. See V. Srikanth's article

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of ACBD, AIRmed, Anaesthesia, Infectious Diseases,  Endocrinology and Diabetes, Immunology, MAPrc (Psychiatry), Medicine, MSHC (Melbourne Sexual Health Centre), Surgery (CORE).

Tibolone could help perimenopausal depression

Tibolone can reduce depression symptoms in perimenopausal
women. Image: Menopause Living Today

by Anne Crawford 

Researchers from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) have published a case study of a woman who unexpectedly suffered depression severe enough to cause her to attempt suicide twice.

Congratulations to Thomas Bonnard for the ISFP D. Collen Young Investigator Award!

Thomas Bonnard (pictured) from Dr Christoph Hagemeyer's lab recently won a prestigious D. Collen Young Investigator Award. It is awarded every two years by the International Society for Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis (ISFP) to honour the contributions of Désiré Collen to research on fibrinolysis, proteolysis and thrombolysis, at the occasion of the congress of the ISFP.

See more about the research at:
www.acbd.monash.org/research/hagemeyer.html

White Ribbon survey Monash University respondents wanted

By Christina Mitchell

Many of you may be familiar with White Ribbon, the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end men’s violence against women and girls. Monash is proud to be one of the first Australian employers to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace, and to now be part of a pilot group applying for re-accreditation.

I am writing to [Monash University staff] to ask you to become involved in our collaboration with White Ribbon, by completing a 10-minute, White Ribbon survey. Your participation is a critical part of our re-accreditation process, and your responses will inform how we can remain a pioneer in achieving a zero tolerance to violence against women.

Further information on the campaign and the University’s commitment to a safe workplace for all staff can be found at our White Ribbon website: www.monash.edu/gender-equity/white-ribbon
Thank you in advance for your participation.

Kind regards,
Christina Mitchell
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Photo of the week: 2016 Central Clinical School Graduate Research Symposium winners

2016 CCS's postgraduate symposium winners. L-R: Man Kit Lee, Paddy Dempsey, Liriye Kurtovic, Nikolce Kocovski, Shauna French, Ricardo Ataide, David Tarlinton, Michael de Vries, Waled Shihata

by Eliza Watson

The Central Clinical School (CCS) Postgraduate Symposium committee ran an excellent event which showcased research from across the CCS. There were 14 oral presenters and 11 poster presenters, as well as the fun events ,“Explain my graph” and the “No-Bell” prize, where students nominated their supervisors to compete. The event was live tweeted on the CCS twitter feed (@CCSMonash), so make sure to take a look at the feed and the hashtag #CCSPG8.

Winners at the symposium were:

Oral Presentations:
1st – Paddy Dempsey (Baker IDI)
2nd – Shauna French (ACBD)
3rd – Waled Shihata (Baker IDI)

Poster Presentations:
1st – Man Kit ‘Sam’ Lee (Baker IDI)
2nd – Alicia Chenoweth (Burnet)
3rd – Liriye Kurtovic (Burnet)

“Explain my graph” – Prof David Tarlinton (Head, Department of Immunology and Pathology)
“No-Bell prize” – Dr Ricardo Ataide (Burnet Institute)

Door Prize – Nikolce Kocovski
Raffle - Michael de Vries