"Whose fault is it that Bob caught syphilis?" Professor Christopher Fairley throws some light

Professor Christopher Fairley (left) with colleagues at the
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Professor Christopher Fairley AO, Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) has had a lifetime of clinical practice and research into sexually transmitted diseases. He has been recognised by the award of an Order of Australia last year, and the National Health and Medical Research Council have recognised the urgent need to fight the rise of sexually transmitted infections by most recently funding his and MSHC colleagues' research $6 million.

Prof Fairley is giving Central Clinical School's annual public lecture on Thursday 17 October 2019. He asks the question, 'Whose fault is it that Bob caught syphilis?' RSVP here

Reflections on the evolving global diabetes epidemic

Prof Paul Zimmet reflects on a lifetime of
work devoted to understanding diabetes

In the journal Circulation, Professor Paul Zimmet AO reflects on the growth of the diabetes epidemic, the reasons for it, and preventive mechanisms. Throughout his lifetime, Prof Zimmet has followed his scientific curiousity and passion for helping people. It's fascinating to read about the triggers for his discoveries, then his tireless exploration of the implications of those discoveries in the effort to stem the tidal wave of the epidemic.

See full article at:
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041709

2019 Central Clinical School Graduate Research Student Symposium

L-R: 2018 CCS Graduate Research symposium winners
Charithani Keragala, Michelle Wong, Lakshanie Wickramasinghe,
Amy Wilson, Angela Nguyen

The 2019 Central Clinical School Graduate Research Student Symposium, CCS's 12th 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 7 October. See attached flier.

• RSVP
• Enquiries: ccs.hdr@monash.edu
• Web: www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/education/current-students/hdr-symposium

JMF Centre for Primary Immunodeficiencies Melbourne hosting 2nd symposium 11 Oct 2019

The JMF Centre for Primary Immunodeficiencies Melbourne will hold its 2nd annual symposium on Friday 11 October 2019. The symposium will feature a keynote from A/Prof Mirjam van der Burg (LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands) alongside short talks from local immunology registrars and junior researchers. RSVP

Abstracts due 4 October for the biennial A+ EMCR Symposium 7-8 November

The Alfred Research Alliance EMCR Committee invites all EMCRs and PhD students to register and submit an abstract for the biennial A+ EMCR Symposium which will be held 7-8 November at the MCG.

Keynote speakers include Professor Paul Zimmet (Department of Diabetes, Monash University), Dr. Steven Rockman (Vaccine Development, Seqirus) and Dr. Miranda Smith (Project Officer for APPRISE, Peter Doherty Institute). We also have speakers from the Monash Bioinformatics Team, Julie Woods (Trusts and Foundations Officer, Burnet Institute), Joanna Thorne (Philanthropic Gifts Coordinator, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) and a Career Panel discussion.

Abstract submission deadline has been extended to Friday 4 October. Download the abstract template here: shop.monash.edu/alfred-research-alliance-emcr-symposium.html 

CCS recent publications 10-16 Sep 2019

L-R: Simon Grodski, James Lee and Jonathan Serpell
are co-authors on a paper looking at potential
biomarkers for aggressive thyroid tumour development

Recent publications (10-16 September 2019) for Central Clinical School feature affiliated authors in the following departments:

• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) 
• Gastroenterology 
• Immunology and Pathology 
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) 
• Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) 
• Peninsula Clinical School 
• Surgery

Survey: Teaching environmental sustainability in health profession education

You can read more about the project:
bit.do/explanatorys

Your feedback is wanted! A team of researchers (below) from within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS) are conducting research into teaching environmental sustainability in health profession education. This project aims to explore factors (individual, interpersonal, organisational and system-level), which influence capacity to teach environmental sustainability and climate change in your courses.

Specifically, this research project will involve:

• A survey to explore knowledge, attitudes and experiences of FMNHS teaching academic staff around capacity to teach environmental sustainability. This survey was sent to all Chief Examiners and Unit Coordinators by Michelle Gschiel.