Peter Ebeling published in Injury Prevention.
Read article here.
Monday, 1 June 2015
Monday, 25 May 2015
Visit to Pilbara by Monash Health’s Associate Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton as a member of the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and other Drugs (ANACAD)
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| Kay Hulls, Diana Egerton-Warburton, Ted Wilkes and members of the Irrungadji community |
Gaining a
better understanding of the impact of alcohol and drugs on indigenous people
was the focus of the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and other
Drugs (ANDCAD) recent visit to the Pilbara.
As a member
of ANDCAD, Monash Health emergency physician and Monash University’s Associate
Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton was invited to the Pilbara by Associate
Professor Ted Wilkes the Principle Advisor on Indigenous drug and alcohol
matters.
“After
arriving in Karratha amongst the surreal flood of fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers
in high vis, we travelled to Roebourne to participate in a community meeting
where we had the opportunity to talk with people from all aspects of the
community to find out the issues most important to them and their biggest
challenges,” said Professor Egerton-Warburton.
Roebourne
has a long history of harm due to predominantly alcohol harm, but more recently
Gunga (cannabis) and Narbee (crystal methamphetamines) have become problematic.
Sleep apps: a toy or a useful tool for assessing sleep problems in children?
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| Dr Sarah Biggs |
Smartphone applications are not the best tool to assess
sleep problems, according to latest research led by Monash University.
With up to 40 per cent of children experiencing a range of
sleep problems, parents are turning to specialised devices and smartphone apps,
although it is unknown if the information from such devices accurately reflects
their children’s sleep.
“Sleep problems can lead to poor daytime behaviour
and learning difficulties,” said lead researcher and NHMRC Peter Doherty
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Sarah Biggs from the Ritchie Centre.
“Gaining access to a clinical paediatric sleep
assessment can be difficult due to limited availability in the public health
system and recently there has been a surge in the public popularity of
commercial sleep assessment devices which claim to provide users with a better
understanding of their sleep.”
Doctors are also taking an interest in these devices
as they may provide a useful tool to screen for sleep disorders.
New Grants For Nutrition and Dietetics
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| Professor Helen Truby |
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations Nutrition and Dietetic students
The recent Faculty awards evening saw 6 of the top graduates from Nutrition courses win prizes for their academic endeavors.Congratulations go to Anthony Khoo (the Karen Walker Prize for Nutrition Science); Christina Zorbasa (The Margaret Miall Prize), Beth Van Lier and Stephanie Morris were awarded jointly the 4th year prize for achievements in the Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics and Vanessa Hilgrove won the Dietitians of Association of Australia Prize.
Pictured is Margaret Murray being presented with the Andrea Logan Trust Prize for her top Honours thesis by Trustee Yvonne Wilson.
Further to our great news last week, celebrating the success of our MBBS students at the recent Faculty Awards Ceremony, we'd like to also congratulate former SCS students Olivia Nicholson and Felix Anderson. Apologies for the oversight last week.
Scholarship opportunity - sleep research
The Australasian Sleep Association is offering one day scholarships for students to attend its annual scientific meeting held 22-24 October at the Melbourne Convention Centre.To apply, simply complete the application form posted on the Australasian Sleep Association website and send it to: conference@sleep.org.au.
More information here.
Nominations for ECR Publication Prize OPEN now
Nominations for the Faculty ECR Publication Prizes open on
Monday 18th May so NOW is a great time to take a look
at your 2014 publications and decide which one to nominate.
New this year is that epubs published online in
2014 will be eligible for the 2015 Publication Prize and there will also be
additional non-monetary prizes available for ECR's holding an externally funded
Fellowship.
Please see the attached poster and promotion material for
information and Frequently Asked Questions, check the Guidelines and Eligibility and complete the attached nomination form (word doc version here) to nominate your
publication.
Note that if you choose to nominate an epub from 2015 which
is "published" with a volume and page numbers in 2015 you will NOT be
able to nominate the same publication in 2016 for the prize.
Information will also be available on the Faculty ECR
Gateway webpage here
Nominations close at 5pm on Monday 15th June, 2015.
PhD Scholarship Opportunity
Identifying
pathways for new treatment strategies for children with primary snoring
The Opportunity:
The Infant and Child Health Theme within the Ritchie Centre is offering a full-time PhD scholarship, tenable from July 2015.
This scholarship is being offered as part of a Sleep Research Society Foundation (USA) Early Career Development Research Award investigating learning potential in children with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and further exploring the mechanisms involved in nocturnal respiratory disturbance and daytime functioning in children. The research will include:
· monitoring of regular sleep/wake patterns via actigraphy,
· conducting ambulatory overnight sleep studies in the child’s home,
· administration of validated psychometric testing including the Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence and the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning
· assessment of validated parent-reported behavioural questionnaires such as the Child Behavior
Checklist
Checklist
Department and Faculty: Department
of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash
University
Location: The
Ritchie Centre, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria
Supervisors: Dr
Sarah Biggs, Professor Rosemary Horne
Remuneration: AUD
$26,000 per annum for living expenses, tax exempt for up to three and a half years
ARC Rejoinder Information Session
Monash Research Office (MRO) invites researchers to attend an information session on writing a rejoinder, to be presented by Professor Marcello Rosa,
current member of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (BSB) panel of the
ARC College of Experts.
Date: Tuesday 9 June, 2015
Time: 3.00-4.00pm
Location: Central One (C1) Lecture Theatre, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton campus
Time: 3.00-4.00pm
Location: Central One (C1) Lecture Theatre, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton campus
Please
register here to attend.
If you are unable to attend, the session will be recorded for later viewing.
If you are unable to attend, the session will be recorded for later viewing.
Grand Round - Endocrinology-27/05/15 "Calcium in Crisis"
Presented by Dr Fran Milat, Endocrinology Unit.
Date:
Wednesday 27th May 2015
Time:
12.30pm to 1.30pm
Venue:
Main Lecture Theatre, Monash Medical Centre,
Clayton
Flyer attached here.
Invitation to the Launch of Women in Medicine - 3 June 2015, 4-5.30pm, Lecture Theatre 1, MMC Clayton
You are invited to the Launch of Women in Medicine
- an initiative to inspire, encourage
and support Monash women in medicine reach their full potential.
This Initiative is a continuation of Monash Health’s
cultural journey to build a supportive and inclusive work environment which
provides equal opportunity for all. This includes a training and support
program and focuses on career planning, leadership, coaching and mentoring
opportunities for women in medicine as well as strategies to change culture and
to increase leadership opportunities.
The Initiative will be formally launched by the Hon. Jill
Hennessey, Minister for Health on 3 June 2015, from 4-5.30pm in Lecture
Theatre 1 at MMC Clayton and will be video-conferenced to Casey, Moorabbin
and Dandenong. Details are in the attached flyer.
Hudson seminar "“AML and Tales of the Unexpected: how to make a good anti-cancer drug, birinapant, better”
Presented by A/Prof John Silke, Joint Division Head, Cell Signalling and Cell Death, Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteWednesday 27 May, 4-5pm, Lecture Theatre 1
More information here.
Hudson Ball - please join us on 31 July
We are organising a couple of SCS tables at the ball - please contact Jin so we can finalise numbers.
Veski Invitation: Inspiring Women Event - 1 June 2015 (Mentoring – Cultivating a Network of Mentors & Maximising the Relationships)
The third event in the veski
Inspiring Women Professional Development and Networking Series is being held in
June. The event is titled Mentoring – Cultivating a Network of
Mentors & Maximising the Relationships and the
audience will hear from mentoring-program specialists and
industry-based peers sharing insights about preparing for, initiating and getting the
most out
of mentoring relationships.
Monday 1 June 2015, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
The
Shell Conference Centre, 1 Spring St, Melbourne (enter via Flinders Lane)
For further information and to
register please see here.
Notification Animal Ethics Information Sessions – Tues 21 July & Thurs 29 Oct 2015
Monash University Animal Ethics Information Session -
“Animal Use in Research & Teaching”
Monash University requires that:
• All new
research staff and students using live animals complete the
information session “Animal Use in Research and
Teaching”.
• Investigators
must have successfully completed the relevant
training to be named on an animal ethics application.
Date: Tuesday 21 July 2015
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre S3, 16 Rainforest Walk (Building
25), Clayton Campus
Date: Thursday 29 October 2015
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre S2, 16 Rainforest Walk (Building
25), Clayton Campus
Cell-Based Therapies Used to Treat Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies and Human Clinical Trials
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| David Oehme |
Read article here.
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