$100 gift for participants in diabetes clinical trial

We are looking for individuals with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled or on Metformin) aged 18 to 70 years to participate in a clinical trial at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton. The study will involve around 5 visits over a period of 14 weeks. You get a free assessment of your diabetes and cardiovascular risk and $100 visa card or gift card of your choice as a token of appreciation. If you are interested, please don’t hesitate to contact Josphin Johnson at 03-85722629 or email: med-carnosineir@monash.edu for further information. 

Are you:

• A pre-diabetic OR have type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled or taking Metformin only)
• Aged between 18 and 70 years
• Someone with no significant weight change in the last 6 months or have no intention to lose weight in the next 3 months
• Not taking other regular medications
• Someone with no significant diseases that require treatment
• A non-smoker, non-drug user, non-high alcohol intake
• Not lactating, pregnant or planning to be in next 4-6 months
• Living in Melbourne

What is in it for you?

• $100 visa card or gift card of your choice as a token of appreciation
• Free Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk assessment
• Free body fat and muscle assessment (around $200 value)
• Free Fibroscan to assess condition of your liver
• Free routine blood tests
• Free cognitive tests

This study involves around 4-6 visits over a period of approximately 14 weeks and takes place at Monash Medical Centre in Clayton. Medical certificates can be provided when needed.
For further information, or to take part, please contact Josphin Johnson @ 0385722629 or Email: med-carnosineir@monash.edu
(This study has approval from the Monash Health Human Research Ethics Committee–Project Number 16061A).

STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, STRESS, TRAUMA, ANGER, PAIN OR OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES? CONSIDER JOINING A MiCBT RESEARCH TRIAL

Mindfulness Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT) aims to help people find new ways to deal with psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, attention issues. It involves groups of about 10-15 people attending one 2-hour session per week for 8 weeks. The MiCBT program teaches skills in managing mind-wandering and emotions, awareness of thinking processes, body sensations and self-compassion. Mindfulness meditation practices are central to the program.

The project involves comparing usual treatment with MiCBT. All participants will be offered the MiCBT program; one group will be offered the program first and the remaining participants (the control group) will be offered the MiCBT around eight months later, at the end of the project.

To participate you need to be:

–  Aged between 18-75 years;

–  Interested in taking part in this treatment trial

–  Willing to get a referral from your GP (no Mental Health Care Plan required)

–  Interested in making a contribution to mental health research

–  Willing to engage with daily mindfulness practice

–  Fluent in english

If you are interested in participating then please take this brochure along to your treating doctor or healthcare professional to discuss.

Your treating doctor or healthcare professional can refer you to the project by contacting:

Sarah Francis

M: 0409 669 688

E: sefra3@student.monash.edu

or downloading referral information form:  melbournemindfulnes.com

Healthy volunteers needed for blood donations

We are looking for healthy volunteers to donate blood for an ongoing project. We usually take between 10 - 60mL of blood. Your blood will be used in in vitro assays testing recombinant proteins or in flow cytometry to look for certain protein markers. We do not keep any DNA or perform any sort of cloning. 

ALL results will be confidential under Hudson/Monash University agreement. 

Below is a list of requirements in order to qualify:

- be 'healthy/well' (if you have a cold or cough, you will not qualify)

- you must NOT have any underlying medical condition

- you have NOT taken any paracetamol or anti-inflammatory medications (panadol, neurofen, antihistamine such as hayfever sprays/tablets etc) 24-48 hours prior to donating 

- you must NOT be on any medications (the pill, vitamins and supplements are all ok)

We will generally email or text you 24 to 48hours before hand to let you know the time and date. 

We are located on Level 1 of the Hudson Building (office and labs right near Stores)

PLEASE NOTE: You are volunteering your time and blood and therefore you always have the option of saying 'No' if we contact you and you are unavailable or don't feel like it or for whatever reason. 

If you would like to donate or have any questions, please email your name, email address and mobile number to devi.ngo@hudson.org.au

All donors will receive a coffee voucher to be used at Nesso as a thank you

Participants needed for diabetes prevention trial

     ARE YOU?:
A pre-diabetic OR have type 2 diabetic (diet-controlled or taking Metformin only)
Aged between 18 and 60 years
Someone with no significant weight change in the last 6 months or have no intention to lose weight in the next 3 months 
Not taking other regular medications
Someone with no significant diseases that require treatment
A non-smoker, non-drug user, non-high alcohol intake
Not lactating, pregnant or planning to be in next 4-6 months
Living in Melbourne

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

•   $100 visa card or gift card of your choice as a token of appreciation
•   Free Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk assessment
•   Free body fat and muscle assessment (around $200 value)
•   Free Fibroscan to assess condition of your liver
•   Free routine blood tests
•   Free cognitive tests

For further information, or to take part, please contact: Josphin Johnson at Tel: 0385722629 or Email: med-carnosineir@monash.edu   

This study will be conducted at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton

(This study has approval from the Monash Health Human Research Ethics Committee–Project Number 16061A).

Participants sought: chlorhexidine allergy survey

Dr Sara Barnes (in conjunction with Infection


Control and Deakin Nursing) is conducting 


a study on chlorhexidine allergy in 


clinical and non-clinical health care 


workers to try and ascertain the true 


sensitisation rate. 



All staff at Monash Health Translation Precinct are invited 

to participate.   


The 10 minute survey link is HERE.  

We are looking for participants to take part in a Carnosine supplementation trial

ARE YOU:

ü  A pre-diabetic OR have type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled or taking Metformin)

ü  Aged between 30 and 60 years of age

ü  Someone with no significant weight change in the last 6 months or have no intention to lose weight in the next 3 months

ü  Not taking other regular medications

ü  Someone with no significant diseases that require treatment

ü  A non-smoker, non-drug user, non-high alcohol intake

ü  Not lactating, pregnant or planning to be in next 4-6 months

ü  Living in Melbourne

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

ü  $100 visa card or gift card of your choice as a token of appreciation

ü  Free Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk assessment

ü  Free body fat and muscle assessment (around $200 value)

ü  Free Fibroscan to assess condition of your liver

ü  Free routine blood tests

ü  Free cognitive tests

For further information, or to take part, please contact:

Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation

Tel: 0385722629 or

Email: med-carnosineir@monash.edu  

(This study has approval from the Monash Health Human Research Ethics Committee–Project Number 16061A).

Can a seaweed supplement reduce your risk of diabetes?

We are looking for people to participate in a study to find out if eating a seaweed supplement can reduce your risk of diabetes.

· Are you between the ages of 18 and 65?
· Do you have a BMI less than 30 kg/m2?
· Are you interested in finding out about how your body handles sugar?

Then contact Margaret to find out more information.
Email: margaret.murray@monash.edu  Phone: 9902 4199

This study takes place at the BASE Facility in Notting Hill.  The ethics approval number is CF16/53 - 2016000019.

How do researchers experience Open Access?

A research team at QUT is looking for Australian academic researchers who have used open access sources and content to develop an understanding of their information literacy experience. 

Your participation will involve taking part in a 30 to 60 minutes audio recorded interview via Skype. You will also be asked a few short questions (e.g. school, research topic) and to complete a written consent form. 

If you would like to participate, please read more about this study HERE.

Seeking children 5 - 10 years to participate in sleep research

The Ritchie Centre (TRC) is looking  for  children  between  the ages of  5  and  10  years to participate as a control group in research sleep studies.

The TRC is carrying out studies on the effect of breathing difficulties at night on learning and behaviour. We are looking for non-snoring 5-10 year old volunteers to serve as a comparison group to the children with sleep disordered breathing.

Children who participate will be asked to wear a watch-like device for one week to assess their usual sleep patterns. They will also participate in a learning and memory assessment and have an overnight sleep study ALL CONDUCTED IN YOUR OWN HOME. There will be no need to come into the laboratory. We will come to you.

What do you get  out of it? We will provide you with a full report of your child’s behaviour, learning and memory assessments so that you can see how they are developing in relation to their peers. We will also provide you with the report of the sleep study if you are interested.

The results from this study will determine if learning potential is intact in children with sleep disordered breathing and will provide new information regarding potential new non-surgical treatment strategies.

For further information please contact: Dr Sarah Biggs, The Ritchie Centre Phone: 9594 4759 Email: sarah.biggs@monash.edu
Or visit our information page at www.monashchildrenshospital.org

Anxiety and/or Depression and the experiences of Buddhism

Michael Ellem, is conducting a research project as part of a Master of Mental Health Science Degree, 1st Semester 2016, through Monash University.

The research project will be investigating two things:

1. Meanings of Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and spiritual practices for Buddhist practitioners with either a self- diagnosis or a clinical diagnosis of Anxiety and/or Depression.

2. The influence and dynamics of Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and spiritual practices on study participants.

It is envisaged that the researcher will undertake 3 interviews (open and semi- structured) with prospective participants (interviews will need to be audio-recorded) during the early part of 2016.

Participation in all stages of the project is entirely voluntary. This project is supervised by senior researchers in the University, we hope it will assist in developing understandings and meanings of mental health issues as they unfold for Buddhist practitioners in Australia.

If you are interested in participating in the study or desire further information

– please contact Michael Ellem on:

Phone: 07 4942 7116

Mobile: 0487 858 259

Email:  mdell4@student.monash.edu

This study has Monash University Ethics approval CF15/325 - 2015000156

Participants sought : Zonulin study to measure gut 'leakiness'

Zonulin is a protein involved in gut leakiness. It is measured in different groups with gastrointestinal dysfunction (e.g. NCGS, CD, IBD) as well as in normal healthy individuals. 

50 normal healthy participants are needed for the analysis. We need to collect 2 tubes of blood (approx. 17.5 mL) after refraining from eating gluten for at least 3 hours. It would be ideal to collect blood under fasting conditions (i.e. overnight fast, collection upon arrival at work), though a morning coffee or tea should be fine.

Selection criteria:
1. You are in a good state of health with no pre-existing diagnoses of gastrointestinal disease or abnormalities, liver disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders.
2. You do not have evidence of ongoing, active infection and your immune system is healthy.
3. You are between the ages of 18 and 65.
4. You do not believe that you have a sensitivity to gluten and are not on a gluten-free diet.
5. You are capable of refraining from the consumption of gluten for three hours prior to a blood test.

Contact
Ms Mary Ajamian
Phone: 9903 0165
Email: mary.ajamian@monash.edu
Website : www.med.monash.edu/cecs/gastro/clin-trials/ct-ajamian.html

Seeking children/teens between 3 and 18 years for sleep research

The Ritchie Centre (TRC) is looking for children/teens between the ages of 3 and 18 years to participate as controls in research sleep studies.

The Centre is carrying out studies on the effect of sleep disordered breathing on blood flow to the brain and its relationship with learning and behaviour. We are looking for non snoring 3–12 year old volunteers to serve as controls. Participants will have an overnight sleep study at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre in the Monash Medical Centre.

We are also looking for 8–18 year old non snoring, normal-weight volunteers to serve as controls in another study on the effects of being overweight in childhood and snoring during sleep on brain structure, academic performance and the cardiovascular system. The participants will firstly have an MRI scan at the brand new Monash BioImaging Facility located in Wellington Road opposite Monash University Clayton Campus. This will take about an hour and afterwards have an overnight sleep study at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre in the Monash Medical Centre. Both of these procedures will be performed on the same night.

Children/teenagers required for sleep research study

The Ritchie Centre (TRC) is looking for children/teens between the ages of 3 and 18 years to participate as controls in research sleep studies.

The Centre is carrying out studies on the effect of sleep disordered breathing on blood flow to the brain and its relationship with learning and behaviour. We are looking for non snoring 3–12 year old volunteers to serve as controls. Participants will have an overnight sleep study at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre in the Monash Medical Centre.

We are also looking for 8–18 year old non snoring, normal-weight volunteers to serve as controls in another study on the effects of being overweight in childhood and snoring during sleep on brain structure, academic performance and the cardiovascular system. The participants will firstly have an MRI scan at the brand new Monash BioImaging Facility located in Wellington Road opposite Monash University Clayton Campus. This will take about an hour and afterwards have an overnight sleep study at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre in the Monash Medical Centre. Both of these procedures will be performed on the same night.

During the sleep study, leads will be attached to measure brain activity, breathing and heart rate whilst the participants sleep. None of these measurements hurt the participants in any way and they will be able to see what their brains are doing! Sleep studies are overnight from 7:00pm and there are facilities for making tea and coffee and watching DVDs. A parent is required to stay and sleep overnight, and staff and students will explain everything about sleep to you. After the study a friendly psychologist will arrange a time to visit your house for some fun psychological testing. Being poor researchers, the only thing that can be offered in return for participation is free parking and gratitude.

For further information please contact: Professor Rosemary Horne, The Ritchie Centre Phone: 9594 5100  Email: rosemary.horne@monash.edu 

or visit www.monashchildrenshospital.org, in the parents tab through the Melbourne Childrens Sleep Centre page for more information. You can also find us at www.facebook.com/pages/Paediatric-Sleep-Research

(This study has approval from the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee – Project Number 14024B/12276B)

LOOKING FOR CHILDREN BORN PRETERM AGED BETWEEN 8-12 YEARS OLD TO PARTICIPATE IN A RESEARCH SLEEP STUDY

The Ritchie Centre is carrying out studies to determine the long-term effects of preterm birth and fetal growth restriction on cardiovascular control and function in children aged between 8 and 12 years. We are looking for volunteers of children who were born preterm (between 25 and 34 weeks gestation) with an appropriate birth weight for their gestational age. The participants will firstly have an ultrasound of their heart at Monash Heart, which will take about 30 minutes and then an overnight sleep study at the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre, located at Monash Medical Centre. Both of these procedures will be performed on the same night. During the sleep study, we will attach leads to measure brain activity, breathing, heart rate and blood pressure whilst the participants sleep overnight. These measures are all non-invasive and will not hurt the participants in any way. Sleep studies are overnight from 7:00pm and there are facilities for making tea and coffee and watching DVDs. A parent is required to stay and sleep overnight, and our staff and students will explain everything about sleep to you. Being poor researchers we can only offer free parking and our gratitude for participation!

For further information please contact:

Dr Stephanie Yiallourou

The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute for Medical Research

Department of Paedaitrics, Monash University

Phone:   9594 5399     Email: stephanie.yiallourou@hudson.org.au

Or

Alexsandria Odoi

The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute for Medical Research

Department of Paediatrics, Monash University

Phone: 95945399 Email: alexsandria.odoi@hudson.org.au