MHTP Research Week success

This year’s MHTP Research Week was an overwhelming success.  Nearly 200 posters were submitted and displayed throughout Monash Medical Centre and the Monash Children’s Hospital.  The two keynote speakers— Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC and Vice-President, Research & Development, CSL Dr Andrea Douglas—drew ‘standing room’ only crowds.

See full photo gallery HERE.

Winners of the poster competition were:

Poster Category	Abstract title	Best Poster Prize Winner - $500
Cardiovascular disease	Age dependent effect on post-stroke infection	Shu Wen Wen
Child and neonatal health	Differential effects of umbilical cord blood cells to reduce neuroinflammation following neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury	Courtney McDonald
Diabetes, obesity, men’s health & reproduction and endocrinology	Sarcopenic Obesity is Associated with Lower Proximal Tibial Cortical Bone Quality, Increased Intermuscular Adipose Tissue and Poor Physical Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults	David Scott
Emergency medicine, anaesthetics, intensive care and surgery	Determining an optimal skin closure technique for children undergoing elective surgical procedures	Sarthak Tandon
Inflammatory and infectious diseases	The role of dietary fibre on the progression of colitis	Kathryn Kumar
Mental health and neurosciences	Mesenchymal stem cells modulate brain inflammation after LPS administration in preterm fetal sheep	Madison Paton
Nursing and midwifery	Admission temperature of preterm infants – mitigating the effects of increased transportation time and distance to A new NICU	Kate Duthie
Oncology (First State Super corporate sponsor) Bill to thank First State super for their sponsorship.	Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Thyroid Cancer	Nalian Ibrahim
Public health and health services	Factors associated with stroke patients experiencing severe complications in acute hospitals in New South Wales (Australia)	Tara Purvis
Women’s health and female reproduction	The Effect of Partial Amniotic Carbon Dioxide Insufflation on the Fetus During Fetoscopic Surgery	Benjamin Amberg
Other	The Best Way To Go”; Navigating hospital end of life care research dilemmas”	Felicity Moon

Prof Eric Morand, Ms Brittany Croft, Dr Nitesh Nerlekar,
Mr Dinesh Giritharan, Ms Madison Paton, Dr Stacey Ellery

Winners of the PhD student showcase symposium were:

1^st place: Dr Nitesh Nerlekar (Epicardial Adipose Tissue – The link between inflammation, obesity and coronary artery disease)

2^nd place: Ms Madison Paton (Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for preterm brain injury in fetal sheep)

People’s choice: Ms Brittany Croft (Investigating the role of FGF9 in disorders of sex development)

Winners of the Best of ECR Oral Presentations were:

1^st place: Mr Dinesh Giritharan (Use of decision support tools for discharge planning in a general medical unit)

2^nd place: Dr Stacy Ellery (Creatine synthesis in fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia: potential implications for placental bioenergetics)