Dr Simon Craig awarded $5 million in MRFF Million Minds Mission Grant

Congratulations to Dr Simon Craig who has received five million dollars in funding in the recent Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Million Minds Mission grant opportunity, announced last week by the Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP.

Changes to car parking rates

Please be advised that the hourly car parking rate for the Browns Road staff car park will increase from 0.79 cents to 0.82 cents per hour, effective from Monday 1st July 2019. That means a full day rate (8 hours) is now $6.56 per day.

Register for Transgender Awareness Training

The Monash Ally Network invite you to one of their upcoming Transgender Awareness sessions.

Helping you stay safe

Recently there has been an increase in the number of crime related incidences around the Monash University and MMC area. Making sure you always feel safe is something we take very seriously.

Do you need your profile picture shot?

Our photographer, Ger Hynes, from Hynesite Photography will be on site on Tuesday 11 June from 10.00am until 12noon.

Should we be ditching our smartphones?

If you were to ask SCS's Head of School, Professor Eric Morand, the answer would be unequivocally 'yes'.

Eric was recently interviewed for an article, published in The Age on June 1, about his decision to ditch his smartphone. Having parted ways with it two years ago, Eric says, "I sleep better, I think more clearly and I'm more productive at work."

Read the full article here

Dr Ayse Zengin - championing for gender equity in STEM

Dr Ayse Zengin hopes that one day gender equity can be achieved in STEM. So, when the Australian Academy of Science reached out asking for women in the STEM community to feature in their Women in STEM Decadal Plan, Ayse was only too happy to oblige.

The MLC-ALUCA-Monash Prize for Industry Collaboration for Health Students

The competition provides allied health graduates with the opportunity to create new networks, win some money and even complete an internship with MLC Life Insurance.

2019 MHTP Open Day

All prospective research students are invited to explore the postgraduate research opportunities (Honours, Masters and Phd projects for 2020 intake) available to you at the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP).

Publications for 29th May 2019

Prenatal screening for pre-eclampsia: Frequently asked questions.
Mol B W J et al published in ANZJOG

Undescended testes: What general practitioners need to know
Maurizio Pacilli et al published in The Australian Journal of General Practice

Joint association of mammographic density adjusted for age and body mass index and polygenic risk score with breast cancer risk.
M Southey et al published in Breast Cancer Research

Stroke 2019

Registrations are now open for the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia.

The meeting will be held in Canberra from the 10th-13th September 2019. Early bird prices end this Friday 31st May, so you will need to get in quick!

2019 MHTP Open Day

All prospective research students are invited to explore the postgraduate research opportunities (Honours, Masters and Phd projects for 2020 intake) available to you at the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP).

Dr Jacqueline Flynn selected to join Veski's Leading the Way Program

Dr Jacqueline Flynn from the Centre for Inflammatory Disease in the School of Clinical Sciences has been accepted to join the 2019 Veski Leading the Way: Mid-career emerging leaders program.

New research finds role for nasal High-Flow treatment in Special Care Nurseries

Dr Calum Roberts, a research fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, is part of a team of Melbourne researchers who have found that nasal High-Flow therapy can be used effectively as respiratory support for many newborn infants, without the need for a higher level of breathing support.

Ophthalmology Saturday Morning Lecture Series 2019

Source: Royal Victorian
Eye and Ear Hospital

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is hosting the John Colvin Ophthalmology Lecture Series commencing on Saturday, 20 July 2019, which will run for 9 weeks.

Northern Australian Youth Diabetes Collaboration

The Menzies School of Health Research are seeking talented candidates who wish to apply for a PhD. You should ideally have a background and interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and youth health, health service delivery, models of care, provision of culturally appropriate care and qualitative research methods.

Monash University Reconciliation Week 2019

This week is Reconciliation Week and among the many events and activities taking place at Monash, there will be an exciting opportunity for people to attend an Indigenous research showcase focused on engaging in Indigenous research methodologies, methods and ethics.

Dr Sharman Tanny awarded 'Best Research Paper Prize' at RACS congress

Dr Sharman Tanny and
Mr Ram Nataraja at the congress

Congratulations to Dr Sharman Tanny from the Department of Paediatrics who was the recipient of the 'Best Research Paper Prize' for best presentation at the recent Royal Australian College of Surgeons 2019 Annual Scientific Congress (ASC).

Join the Monash Ally Network

Celebrate IDAHOBIT by registering for Ally Training!

The training outlines the importance of LGBTIQ inclusion at Monash and explains the role of an ally. You will learn about concepts such as homophobia, coming out, and heteronormativity. Then you will be able to join the Ally Network!

Publications for 21st May 2019

North American Expert Review of Rotational Atherectomy.
Meredith I T et al published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Deep multi-region whole-genome sequencing reveals heterogeneity and gene-by-environment interactions in treatment-naive, metastatic lung cancer.
Neil Watkins et al published in Oncogene

Multicenter, Prospective, Controlled, Before-and-After, Quality Improvement Study (Stroke123) of Acute Stroke Care.
Thrift A G et al published in Stroke Journal