Photo of the week: 2 Aug AMREP Honours information evening

Dr Emily Edwards (right) deep in conversation with potential Honours students at the 2018 AMREP information night

We had a very well attended night for intending Honours students at the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct hosted by Monash University's Central Clinical School and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. See link for more photos:

• https://photos.app.goo.gl/zShTU6kPVqVJARtbA

What's on at CCS 6-10 August 2018



Beverley Giam, PhD student
based at the Baker Institute, 
is presenting Wed 8 Aug

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 06-10 August 2018

Tue	07/08/2018	►	11:00	PhD Confirmation Milestone seminar: Dr Nenad Macesic
Wed	08/08/2018	►	11:00	PhD Pre-submission Seminar: Ms Beverly Giam
		►	11:30	Immunology seminar
Thur	09/08/2018	►	11:30	Journal Club: Maverick Lau
		►	12:00	Alfred Grand Rounds: A/Prof Joseph Mathew
Fri	10/08/2018	►	15:30	Dept of Immunology EMCR Seminar: Kat and Jen

Recent CCS publications: 28 July-3 August 2018

Professor Stuart Roberts is last author on
a retrospective study of Australians suffering
from primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a
chronic, or long-term, disease that slowly
damages the bile ducts

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 and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)

Diabetes

Gastroenterology

Infectious Diseases

Medicine

Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc)

National Trauma Research Institute

Neuroscience

Surgery (including CORE)

Meet Terry O'Brien, new Head of Monash's Neuroscience & Alfred's Brain departments

Professor Terence O’Brien with a patient in the new clinical trials centre
at Alfred Health. Prof O'Brien is Head, Departments of Neuroscience and
Medicine, Monash University; Program Director, Alfred Brain,
Director of Neurology, and Deputy Director of Research, Alfred Health.

by Anne Crawford

When Monash University and The Alfred Hospital decided to make brain diseases one of their strengths and create Australia’s first new university department dedicated to translational neuroscience, they approached a candidate tailor-made for the role of heading it.

Professor Terence O’Brien, one of Australia’s leading clinical and translational neuroscientists, is well-known for his ability to carry research from basic science through to treatment outcomes, and for having a focus on a collaborative approach.

Photo of the week: ACRF Blood Cancer Therapeutics launch

The Australian Centre for Blood Diseases hosted a launch of the new Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Blood Cancer Therapeutics Centre on 24 July 2018. The visitors from ACRF and the community had a tour of the new laboratory and centre, then listened to talks from the senior researchers and a patient who has already benefited from the research into improved treatments. Seen here, left to right, are Mr Russell Caplan (Director, ACRF), Kerry Strydom (Chief Operating Officer, ACRF), Mr Greg Camm (Director, ACRF), Victoria Bonsey (Philanthropy & Engagement Manager, ACRF), Professor Ian Brown (CEO, ACRF), Mr Gordon Wheaton (Wheaton Foundation donor), Professor Andrew Spencer (Group leader, ACBD and Head of the Malignant Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Service, The Alfred), Associate Professor Andrew Wei (Group Leader, ACBD and Head of leukaemia research, The Alfred). See more about the launch and the centre in this issue's story.

What's on at CCS 30 July-03 August 2018

The AMREP Honours information evening is being held on
Thursday 2 Aug, starting at 6.00 pm. RSVP here. 

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 30 July-03 August 2018

Mon	30/07/2018	►	12:00	Neuroscience seminar series
Wed	01/08/2018	►	11:30	Seminar: Gabrielle Belz (WEHI)
Thur	02/08/2018	►	11:30 12:00	Journal Club: Timothy Gottschalk Alfred Grand Rounds: Medical Education - Present, future and challenges
		►	18:00	AMREP Honours and graduate research Information Night
Fri	03/08/2018	►	12:30	PhD confirmation Seminar: Ms Chloe Duygu Durukan

Recent CCS publications: 21-27 July 2018

Dr Jason Ong, of the Melbourne Sexual
Health Centre, is a co-author on a paper
looking at vaccination targets for HPV

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 and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)

Diabetes

Gastroenterology

Immunology and Pathology

Infectious Diseases

Medicine

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)

Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc)

Neuroscience

Surgery (including CORE)