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Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Latest research opportunities at SCS and Hudson
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2015 Student Open Day - School of Clinical Sciences and Hudson Institute of Medical Research on 5 August
Wednesday 5 August at Monash Medical Centre, Lecture Theatre 1 from 5 - 7.30pm.
Students from all universities are invited to attend. Open Day is a great opportunity to talk to our supervisors and learn about available projects for 2016. Current students will also be available to talk about why the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP) is the best place to do both basic and translational research.
If you're passionate about medical research, we offer a welcoming and supportive environment with state-of-the-art facilities (be amongst the first to work in our new Translational Research Facility opening in 2016).
Health leadership role for MCHRI Director
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| Prof Teede |
Monash Partners is an innovative Australian health industry, research and educational collaboration between eight independent, world class providers of health services, health research and health education in the south and east of Melbourne. Members are:
- Monash Health.
- Alfred Health
- Baker IDI
- Burnet Institute
- Cabrini Health
- Epworth HealthCare
- Monash University
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research (formerly MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research)
Read more here.
Dr Claudia Nold receives Heart Foundation Award
The Hudson Institute’s Dr Claudia Nold has been awarded a prestigious Paul Korner Innovation Award from the Heart Foundation for her research into dangerous diseases associated with premature birth. The award, awarded annually with a prize of $20,000, recognises the most innovative applications received by the Heart Foundation for their highly competitive Postdoctoral Fellowship and Future Leader Fellowship.Dr Nold, who works in the Hudson Institute’s Ritchie Centre, researches three diseases which cause the high rate of death and disease in premature babies: bronchopulmonary , pulmonary arterial hypertension and intracranial haemorrhage. She seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms of these diseases in order to develop new and effective therapies.
Read more here.
MHTP Biobanking update
An Open Forum was held recently to discuss the future of MHTP biobanking facilities.
The minutes of the forum are attached here.
Please contact Chair of the forum, Professor William Sievert if you have any questions or comments.
Congratulations Dr Soroush Tajadine Sarvestani
The Monash Institute of Graduate Research is pleased to report that Soroush Tajadine Sarvestani was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy last week.Supervised by Professor Bryan Williams and Dr Michael Gantier, Soroush investigated the role of toll-like receptor 7 and 8 in pathogen-induced infection.
MIGR offer sincere thanks to all the academic and professional staff involved in assisting Soroush achieve this wonderful result.
Monash Medical Orchestra mid-year update
It has been a very full
and rewarding first semester for the orchestra, including the inaugural Solo
Soirée showcasing MMO's many fine soloists, and the
highly successful Autumn Concert, Revolutions. MMO's
performance at the Australasian Student Selection for the Health Professions
Conference in April was well-received by a room full of esteemed guests, and
just last week, we played for over 1000 excited
medical students at one of the world's largest student-run conferences, the
Australian Medical Student Association Convention.State of the Art Lecture-Haematology - Wed 22nd July
Anticoagulation in 2015: “What’s new and where are
we going?"
Presented by Dr Noel Chan, Haematology
12.30 - 1.30pm TOMORROW
Main Lecture Theatre, Monash Medical Centre
Hudson Seminar Thursday 23 July: "How pregnancy is established"
23 July, 4pm-5pm,
Lecture Theatre 1, Monash Medical Centre
Presented by Associate Professor Eva Dimitriadis.
Details here.
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BDP) Symposium - 31 August
How to reduce the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. August 31, 2015 - ‘The Day of the Lung’Monash Children’s Hospital, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton Lecture Theatre 1
Read program details here. For more information, please contact Associate Professor Arvind Sehgal
Ritchie Centre annual public forum - October 22
The Ritchie Centre, in
collaboration with Monash Health and the Hudson Institute of Medical Research
will be holding its annual FREE Public Forum in October. An expert panel
of professionals will discuss the advantages of vaccinations in pregnancy and
how we can best inform expectant parents and health professionals. Please
register as seating is limited. Registration details are attached here.
6th National Higher Education Women in Leadership Summit 2015 (18-21 August)
18-21 August, Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney
The renowned professional
development and networking opportunity for emerging and existing female leaders
from across Higher Education.
What do you know now that you
wish you had known then? This is the question we have posed to some of the most
senior women in the Higher Education Sector. These inspirational senior
executive women will reflect on their career journeys - the challenges they
have faced, the opportunities they have seized and the lessons they have
learnt, to impart advice to women aspiring to achieve professional and personal
success.
View the Online Agenda for more information. Receive up to $150 off registration if you register and pay by 24 July 2015. More information here.
VIIN Young Investigator Symposium 18 Sept - Rego and Abstract Submission Now Open
Registration and Abstract Submission is now open for the
VIIN Young Investigator Symposium. It's a great opportunity to present your
work to the VIIN!Keynote Speaker: Professor Alan Trounson, Distinguished Scientist at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research
'Unintended discoveries: a career of opportunities from farming to chimeric antigen receptors and many other things in between'
Postgrad Students, Postdocs and RAs are invited to submit abstracts for poster/oral presentations. Lab heads and senior researchers - please attend too and support your young investigators!
Where: Walter and
Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville
When: 18 September 2015
Registration is free - food and drinks will be provided throughout the day
When: 18 September 2015
Registration is free - food and drinks will be provided throughout the day
For more details visit: http://viin.org.au/event/viin-young-investigator-symposium-2015
Monday, 20 July 2015
School of Clinical Sciences BMedSc (Hons) Conference Attendance Prize 2015
In 2015 the School has received a generous anonymous $2000
donation to be put toward prize(s) to assist BMedSc (Hons) student(s) to attend
a conference to communicate the findings of their research project.
Applications are now being accepted from students for these
funds. It can be for a conference in the future or one that has already been
attended (related to the Honours research).
We've set the deadline for applications at Friday
28th August 2015.
We will then convene a small panel to consider applications
and the decision will be communicated Thursday 24th September. Committee decision will be final - no haggling will be
entered into!
The only prerequisite is that you are a 2015 BMedSc(Hons)
student enrolled through the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health.
3MT competition
3MT competition for
faculties, departments and schools are underway and the university final is
scheduled for Wednesday September 16th. You can find more key dates and other
resources at the 3MT intranet page.Graduate research student updates
All Graduate Research students and supervisors to note that the Milestone Report Form has been updated to include provision for streamlining the milestone extensions process where the MRP determines that amendments are required by the student in order to meet the requirements of the milestone.
In order to further simplify the process a new form, Milestone Report Form - Reconvened Panel, has also been
created. This form is to be used where the MRP reconvenes at the end of
the extension period to assess the student’s progress and determine whether the
student has met the requirements of the milestone.
Information for students enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences PhD Training Program:
1. Monash Doctoral Program (MDP) intranetInformation for students enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences PhD Training Program:
The Graduate Researcher Development (GRD) section of the MDP intranet page has been updated to include more detailed information about activities offered under each Learning Domain. Students and their supervisors may wish to use this resource as a professional development activity planning tool. Visit the GRD intranet page for further details.
2. Deregistering for GRD activities -
Graduate research students can now register or deregister for Graduate Researcher Development activities in GRAMS right up to the day before the activity is scheduled.
Please encourage graduate research students registered for activities, or on the wait-list, to extend professional courtesy to their colleagues by deregistering if they can no longer attend. This allows fellow students on the wait-list to take their place.
3. GRD Activities Available for Remainder of 2015 - Now listed in GRAMS
To enable graduate research students and their supervisors to plan which GRD activities they wish to undertake in the second half of this year year, all currently planned GRD activities scheduled for this period have been advertised in GRAMS.
Graduate research students are invited to book into the advertised sessions via GRAMS.
Graduate Research - Supervisor Training
Supervisor Development Programs
The Graduate Education portfolio offers supervisors a variety of development opportunities providing advanced skills and knowledge to guide and monitor graduate research students. Find out more and register for Level 1 Supervisor Training, Master Classes and Good Practice Workshops through the Supervisor Training site or contactmigr-membership@monash.edu.
Please invite Honours and Research Masters’ students from within your faculty to attend and to register here.
Conversational English Program for graduate students
MIGR has launched a new initiative called the Conversational
English Program, tailored for international graduate research
students and includes modules for their partners. The contact for the program is Belinda Ting 9902-0485 or conversational-english@monash.edu.
Register at: http://monash.edu/students/conversational-english/ . Please find details here.
Do you have a non-snoring child and would like to contribute to valuable research?
The Ritchie
Centre 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.
Monash Doctoral Program Information Session 2015 - Invitation
Professor Zlatko Skrbis, Vice-Provost
(Graduate Education), invites you to the annual Monash Doctoral Program
Information Session for Honours and Research Master's students.
Come along and hear about:
Come along and hear about:
- Monash Doctoral Program options
- How to apply for a PhD
- Scholarships
- The experience of current PhD students
- Where a PhD can take you
- And much more...
Following the presentations you will
have the opportunity to visit Faculty expo stands, network with research and
professional staff and meet other students over a bite to eat.
For more information please contact Tracey Kelly-Jenkins. |
Asthma Australia Hudson Coffee Early Fellowship in Asthma Research - Applications NOW OPEN
Asthma
Australia with the support of Hudsons Coffee is offering an Early Career Fellowship in Asthma
Research.
This
opportunity is only open to:
- Financial member/associate members
of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand;
Researchers
who have completed their highest qualification within the
last 5 years; AND
-
Those who have not yet been the recipient of a major nationally
competitive research grant.
Applications
close on
Friday 7 August 2015. Only one application from each School will be accepted.
Where there is more than one application from a School, it will be the
responsibility of the Head of School to select the one that will be
submitted. MRO
will not submit applications without the Head of School's letter of support.
Fulbright Scholarships Now Open
The Australian-American Fulbright Commission is now
accepting Scholarship applications for 2016. Postgraduate, Postdoctoral,
Professional and Senior Scholar candidates, as well as exceptional Australian
academics interested the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Agriculture &
Life Sciences, are invited to submit applications until the 1 August 2015 deadline.
Australian candidates should go to http://www.fulbright.com.au/index.php/australian-applicants to apply.
These schemes are also advertised in ResearchProfessional at: https://www.researchprofessional.com/funding/simple#1435821855389
2015 VicHealth Awards - Nominations Open
Victoria is a world leader in
health promotion. Whether it’s ground-breaking research, a community-led health
initiative, or a state-wide awareness campaign, communities across the state
benefit from health promotion every day.The 2015 VicHealth Awards will celebrate these great projects that are making our communities happier and healthier places, and empowering Victorians to take control of their health and wellbeing.
This year’s categories are:
- Promoting healthy eating
- Encouraging physical activity
- Preventing tobacco use
- Preventing harm from alcohol
- Improving mental wellbeing
- Communications in health promotion
- Building health through sports
- Building health through arts
- Research into action.
2015 MIME travel grants
The Monash Institute
of Medical Engineering (MIME) has a number of travel scholarships available for
PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers working on
projects that involve medical technologies. By medical technologies we mean a
treatment or device to treat a medical condition, a diagnostic tool or IT
system or approach directed towards improvement in clinical outcomes.
This funding, up to
$2500, is to cover some of the costs towards:
i. International
conference attendance in concert with visits to key groups for further
learning, career development and to establish networks and collaborations with
high profile international research groups, or
ii. Travel for new
collaborative work or continue existing collaborations with key international
research groups.
The travel should be
carried out within the next 12 months, i.e. by 31st July 2016. Applications can be submitted electronically via the seed
fund tab on the MIME website or via the MIME Travel Grants Google Form. The closing date for applications is 31st August
2015.
For further details please contact MIME’s Deputy Director/Director of Research Professor Laurence Meagher, Laurence.meagher@monash.edu
King Faisal International Prize for Medicine - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The
General Secretariat of the King Faisal International Prize is pleased to invite
nominations for the year 2017 prize in the topic Biologic Therapeutics in
Autoimmune Diseases.
Launched
by the King Faisal Foundation (KFF) and granted for the first time in 1979, the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP)
recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major
categories: Service to Islam,Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. Its aim is to benefit Muslims
in their present and future, inspire them to participate in all aspects of
civilization, as well as enrich human knowledge and develop mankind. KFIP
winners are evaluated only based on merit and their works are meticulously
examined by specialized selection committees. The strict selection procedure
meets international standards, and many of the laureates who have been awarded
the prize went on to receive other prestigious prizes, such as the Nobel
Prize.
The
closing date for nominations is 1 May 2016.
Australia-China Joint Research Centres - Applications Now Open
Applications are open for the
Australia-China Joint Research Centres and will close 14 September
2015.
Programme guidelines and application
instructions are now available from http://science.gov.au/acsrf and will assist to
complete the application form.
Information sessions will be held in major
capital cities in August 2015.
Further information will be published on the ACSRF website once dates and venues are confirmed and will be provided directly to the contact person submitting the request to the Department for the Valid Registration Number.
Australia-China Joint Research Centres - Priorities Announced
| The Minister for Industry and Science,
the Hon Ian Macfarlane announced the next round of the Australia-China Joint
Research Centres (JRCs) on 2 July 2015. JRCs, which are supported under the
Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF), are virtual centres that
link Australian and Chinese research institutions conducting a portfolio of
research-related activities in a specified field of research.
PRIORITIES ANNOUNCED
The 2015 JRC priority areas, which were
agreed with the Chinese Government, are:
Food and agribusiness
•
Sustainable food production and processing
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Biosecurity
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Soil analysis, technologies and remediation
Mining equipment, technology and services
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Sustainable use of sedimentary basins
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Sensing, automation, robotics and data analytics for resource extraction,
processing and waste management
Marine science
•
Sustainable marine resource management
•
Marine environments and marine ecosystems
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Maritime engineering
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DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Funding Opportunities
The
Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Defense Appropriations Act provides $3.2 million
(M) to the Department of Defense (DoD) Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) to support innovative, high-impact
Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. As
directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, the Defense Health Agency, Research, Development, and Acquisition
(DHA RDA) Directorate manages and executes the Defense Health Program
(DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)
appropriation. The executing agent for the anticipated Program
Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).FY15 DMDRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms are posted on the Grants.gov website.
Focus Areas: The FY15 DMDRP encourages research projects that specifically address the critical needs of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community in the following Focus Areas:
DoD Peer Reveiwed Cancer Reserach Program Funding Opportunity
The FY15 Defense
Appropriations Act provides $50 million (M) to the Department of Defense Peer
Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) to support innovative, high-impact cancer
research. As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency, Research, Development, and
Acquisition (DHA RDA) Directorate manages and executes the Defense Health
Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)
appropriation. The executing agent for the anticipated Program
Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Programs (CDMRP).
FY15 PRCRP Program
Announcement and General Application Instructions for the following award
mechanism are posted on the Grants.gov
website.
Congressionally Directed Topic Areas: To be considered for funding, applications for the
FY15 PRCRP must address at least one of the Topic Areas as directed by
Congress. Research applications in the areas of breast, prostate, lung
(excluding mesothelioma), or ovarian cancer will not be
accepted. The FY15 PRCRP Topic Areas are listed below:
amfAR Investment Grants for Exploring HIV Persistence and Eradication - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
amfAR has established a new funding
mechanism known as Investment Grants to bring scientists outside the field
of HIV/SIV to lend their experience and vision to curing HIV. Proposals
must include collaboration with a scientist having a record of publications in
the HIV field. Priority will be given to projects with the potential to improve
upon current HIV cure strategies or identify undescribed challenges.
ELIGIBILITY
Principal investigator:
• Must hold a doctoral-level degree
• Must hold a faculty-level position at a nonprofit
research institution
• Must have verifiable competencies outside the field of
HIV
• Must collaborate with an experienced HIV cure research
scientist
The
Research Development Team will
be offering two types of support for applicants in the current ARC Future Fellowships
(FT15) round: one-on-one meetings and strategic reviews.
Please encourage FT15 applicants
to email mro.researchdevelopment@monash.edu to book a meeting or submit their intention to receive a
strategic review.
Please also encourage FT15 applicants to
initiate an application in RMS as soon as possible, so that MRO is aware of
their submission and can mobilise appropriate support.
For further information
about MRO support, please visit the FT Incubator Program intranet page, and refer to the
attached scheme guidance document.
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MRO Research Development Support
available for FT15
We are pleased to offer two types of support for applicants
in the FT15 round: one-on-one meetings and our strategic reviews.
Meetings to discuss scope and pitch of intending applicants are available as required during the week of 13th July (or earlier by arrangement).
Meetings to discuss scope and pitch of intending applicants are available as required during the week of 13th July (or earlier by arrangement).
We are also offering a strategic
review of Parts C and D for drafts submitted to mro.researchdevelopment@monash.edu from Monday 13th July and received in advance
of the MRO internal deadline for the full proposal on 28 July. Our strategic
reviews will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
Please encourage Future Fellowship applicants to email us to
book a meeting or submit their intention to receive a strategic review: mro.researchdevelopment@monash.edu.
Please also encourage applicants to initiate an application
in RMS as soon as possible so that MRO is aware of their submission and can
mobilise appropriate support.
FT15
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Research Development dates
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Open in RMS 30 June 2015
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Research Dev’t Meetings
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13 – 17 July 2015
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Research Dev’t C/D review service
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13 – 28 July 2015
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ARC Future Fellowships (FT15) - Update from MRO - Strategic Statement
The ARC Team have provided the attached applicant template for the ARC Future Fellowships
(FT15) Strategic Statement and extra guidance on Strategic Statement
inclusions for faculties in relation to continuing
appointments and use of salary for existing
employees.
Researchers
intending to apply in the FT15 round should be advised to notify the
Faculty Research Office (medicine.research@monash.edu) at the earliest opportunity
in order to benefit from faculty-specific resources developed to assist with
the preparation of their Strategic Statements.
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As you are aware, the ARC has released funding rules and MRO
has already advised internal dates for the scheme.
New OHS risk assessment guide
Risk assessments can now be done online as per Hazard and
Incident reporting and the link Risk Management is: monash.edu/ohs/risk-managementMonash Medical Centre Animal Facilities News
Read the April-June edition here.
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