Monday 2 February 2015

WELCOME and THANKS TO OUR NEW SCS-MHTP STUDY AREA COORDINATORS!


Thanks to the following individuals, we now have 15 Study Area Groups, listed below.  
All Monash Uni PhD students enrolled in SCS who are yet to complete their Mid-Candidature Milestone review have been allocated to a SAG.  Newly enrolled students will also be placed in these groups.  Students post-Mid-Candidature will be managed by their Departmental HDR Coordinator, as previously.  Students enrolled externally will be managed locally and we will assist as appropriate.
Study Area Coordinator (SAC)
Study Area Group (SAG)
Dan Gough
1.    Cancer
Megan Wallace
2.    Cardiovascular & Respir. Medicine
Ashley Mansell
3.    Cell Signalling
Graham Jenkin/Lisa Walter
4.   Human Development
Richard Kitching
5.    Human Disease Pathology
David Nikolic-Paterson
6.    Therapeutics
Elizabeth Algar
7.    Genetics & Epigenetics
Tony Sadler
8.    Immunity
Michael Hickey
9.    Infection & Inflammation 
Rebecca Lim
10. Metabolism & Health
Joohyung Lee
11. Neurological Health & Disease
Helen Truby
12. Nutrition & Dietetics
Eva Dimitriadis / Sonia Teoh
13. Pregnancy
Kylie Gray/Glenn Melvin
14. Psychiatry
Craig Harrison/Kelly Walton
15. Reproduction & Stem Cells


The SAC will serve as the panel chair for all or most of the students in their group and run a Journal Club or other small group learning event.  Specific information has been sent individually to all students who were identified as being eligible for participation in a SAG.  If you think you should be in a SAG but haven't heard from us, please let us (Rachael Unwin, phd.scs@monash.edu, and Kate Loveland, kate.loveland@monash.edu) know (after checking your Monash student email account). 
In addition, students and supervisors are strongly advised to review the information that is made available on the MIGR website that contains:

(1) an overview of the new Monash Doctoral Program:
http://intranet.monash.edu.au/migr/doctoral-program/index.html

(2) all you need to know about Milestone Management and Reporting:


(3) a very handy synopsis for PhD students:
http://intranet.monash.edu.au/migr/doctoral-program/information/mdp-guidelines-for-students-december2014.pdf

Several information sessions are scheduled to run across SCS Centres and Departments in to inform students and supervisors about this new approach to PhD student management, as well as to highlight changes implemented by MIGR and the Faculty that are relevant to new and existing PhD students.  
Remember that it is the students' responsibility to manage their progression through the PhD candidature, through their professional relationship with their supervisor and with help from Rachael Unwin, myself and other members of the HDR Postgraduate Committee.


Kate Loveland

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