Monday, 3 October 2016
World first trial of cannabis to treat epilepsy
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| Associate Professor Udaya Seneviratne |
Monash Medical
Centre is among other Victorian hospitals to participate in the large-scale,
multicentre study.
A common medical condition, epilepsy affects around 1 per
cent of the population. 20-30 per cent of epilepsy patients continue to have
seizures despite taking current antiepileptic medications, and ongoing seizures
carry a risk of serious injuries, psycho-social and mental health problems and
sudden death.
“Many centuries ago in China, cannabis was used as a
medicinal agent to treat several ailments and in the early 1800s, western
medicine started using it as a painkiller,” said Monash University’s Associate
Professor Udaya Seneviratne.
“More recently, there has been resurgence in interest of the
use of cannabis to treat epilepsy, chronic pain, spasticity, and nausea.”
“Some studies have highlighted dramatic improvement in
seizure control with cannabis, in patients with uncontrolled epilepsy,” said
Associate Professor Seneviratne, who is also Monash Health’s leading epileptologist.
Cannabis contains over 80 chemical compounds known as
cannabinoids. Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the most
studied chemicals.
“THC has psychoactive properties producing a “high”, a
property sought by recreational users, however, CBD has medicinal properties,
and unlike THC, does not cause addiction,” said Associate Professor
Seneviratne.
CBD has potent antiepileptic properties demonstrated in
animal studies. Its value as an antiepileptic drug to control seizures has been
shown in small studies in humans.
Associate Professor Seneviratne said patients with focal
epilepsy who are still having seizures despite taking standard antiepileptic
drugs are being selected to take part in the trial.
“At the moment, we do not have sufficient evidence on
efficacy and safety of cannabis to recommend it as an antiepileptic agent to
treat epilepsy.”
“Both the medical community and patients are eagerly waiting
for the results of this trial—it will be an important milestone in establishing
the place of CBD as an antiepileptic drug, bringing hope to those living with
epilepsy.”
In Victoria, Monash Medical Centre, Austin Hospital, Royal
Melbourne Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital are involved in this clinical
trial.
Monash research to improve cognitive and psychological recovery for patients with stroke
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| Associate Professor Cadilhac |
Improving cognitive difficulties for patients with stroke is
the aim of two collaborative research studies at Monash University, funded by
the Victorian Stroke Clinical Network (VSCN).
It is estimated that approximately one third of stroke
survivors will develop memory problems, yet stroke rehabilitation centres tend
to focus on physical rehabilitation rather than cognitive difficulties and
psychological recovery.
Associate Professor Dominique Cadilhac from the School of
Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS) with Dr Rene Stolwyk and Dr Dana Wong
of the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences will undertake
two projects relating to the subacute care of patients with stroke.
Associate Professor Cadilhac, Head of Translational Public
Health and Evaluation (Stroke and Ageing Research), and her team will conduct
program sustainability and feasibility evaluations for both projects.
“The ultimate goal is to provide evidence from these
projects that will support further expanding of the availability of these
neuropsychological services to patients with stroke throughout Australia,” said
Associate Professor Cadilhac.
The first project, led by neuropsychologist Dr Wong, focuses
on increasing access to a group rehabilitation program for patients with stroke
who have memory problems.
“In collaboration with Monash Health and Austin Health, we
will roll out and evaluate the effectiveness of the Monash Memory Skills Group,
which has helped improve everyday memory functioning for patients with stroke,”
said Associate Professor Cadilhac.
Barry Moore, a stroke survivor who has participated in the
Monash Memory Skills Group, said
“With physical issues from
a stroke you have access to the support of physiotherapists. For the mental stuff, however, I
really did not know where to go. The Memory Skills Group at Monash was
wonderful for me; my brain suffered fairly badly in my stroke and this was the
first time anyone had addressed it. The course had many practical aspects
relating to memory but also treated how the mind could work better. It was
terrific for us to have those discussions with experts."
Developing and evaluating a new teleneuropsychology
rehabilitation service for Echuca Regional Health, a collaborating partner
organisation, is the aim of the second project led by Dr Stolwyk.
“The hospital’s stroke survivors have not previously had
access to such a service, which will provide assessment and treatment for stroke-related
cognitive, behavioural and mood impairments,” said Dr Stolwyk.
Echuca Regional Health’s Stroke Coordinator Lauren Arthurson
said the VSCN-funded research grants will enable Echuca Health to collaborate with
Monash’s leading researchers to provide the necessary support to their stroke
patients.
“These grants acknowledge the collaboration between the School
of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health and the Monash Institute of Cognitive and
Clinical Neurosciences and enable translational research with health and
industry partners,” said Associate Professor Cadilhac.
Award to aid diabetes research
This award recognises the career of a leading clinical diabetes researcher and was made possible by the generosity of Dr Ranji Wikramanayake, a long-standing member of the Australian Diabetes Society.
The award will support Professor Zoungas’ research on the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and its complications.
Professor Zoungas says she is “looking forward to leading the organisation during this period of escalating diabetes prevalence and considerable need for greater efforts to prevent and manage the disease”.
The award will assist Professor Zoungas in enhancing the welfare of individuals with diabetes through improving knowledge and understanding, producing management guidelines, training of health professionals and supporting diabetes research.
Douglas Blank takes out People's Choice Award
Congratulations
to Douglas Blank, PhD student in the Ritchie Centre, who won the People's
Choice Award at Monash University's Three Minute Thesis Competition
University Final last month.
MHTP research week poster competition (21-25 November 2016)
Research Week is an exciting opportunity to acknowledge the
achievements and showcase the ground-breaking research being conducted at the
Monash Health Translation Precinct.
Poster
competition and Early Career Researchers Awards.
A key element of Research Week
is the Poster display and Competition. The poster competition this year
includes awards for Early Career Investigators and Best Poster.
There will be a $500 prize for
the Best Poster in each Category. The best “Early Career Researcher” will
be chosen from the abstracts and the top 8 will be invited to present their
research at an oral presentation. They will receive a prize of $1,000.
This year entries will be
submitted online by clicking on the link below and following the instructions.
Please note that the
closing date for Poster Abstracts is Friday 4th November.
For further information, please
contact Research Support Services:
Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship
Background
The programme provides funding to support women in STEM, to eliminate barriers for women’s participation in STEM education and careers, including entrepreneurship. The programme supports outreach programmes targeting girls and women to foster interest in entrepreneurship, to develop innovation and entrepreneurial skills, and to build professional networks. The programme also provides funding to identify and celebrate STEM role models in science and research, entrepreneurship and corporate leadership to inspire school-age girls.
The funds available for a grant are between $5,000 and $250,000 for a maximum duration of 24 months. Full applications are submitted electronically and due externally to Business.gov by 5pm AEST 6 October 2016.
Please refer to the DIIS website for a complete list of eligibility criteria, Factsheet, Application Form and Scheme Guidelines
MHTP Research Week 2016 Poster Competition
This year there will be a "Best of the Best" ECR
session held as part of the MHTP Research Week on Wednesday 23rd November from
3-5pm. ECRs are defined as up to 5 years post-PhD (confirmation date after
Dec 2011)
ALL ECRs are encouraged to submit an abstract -- it's a
good opportunity to get a possible oral presentation or poster opportunity for a CV filler. Also there are monetry prizes which will be announced at the
cocktail function on Thursday 24th November.
There are other opportunities to get your abstract
selected for an oral presentation in other sections of MHTP Research Week.
Abstract deadlines are 4th NOVEMBER ,
please follow link HERE. Abstracts cannot be submitted from last year's Monash Health Research Week
5th Monash Cardiovascular Symposium (Fetal, Neonatal and Paediatric) at MMC, 3-4 October
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton
Click here to download the registration form. Contact Rowena Ferguson via email or on(03) 9594 5191.
CID Weekly Seminar: Tuesday 4 October - Dr Hua Peng Fan and Dr Mailha Alikhan
12:00 - 1:00pm, 4 October, Seminar
Room 1, Level 2, TRF Building
Targeted Mutations Identify the Active Site of
Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper (GILZ)
Dr Hua
Peng Fan, Research
Fellow
Monash
University Centre for Inflammatory Diseases
Currently I am a Post-doc research fellow in Lupus and
Arthritis Research Group, Monash Medical Centre, doing research in human
inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including RA and SLE. My project focuses
on the mechanism study of pro-inflammatory cytokine MIF and GILZ, a
glucocorticoid-induced molecule. In my previous study, I proved the role of MIF
in leukocyte recruitment in inflammatory disease. For the first time, I also
identified that GILZ is indeed a novel target of MIF. The finding that GILZ
mediates the antagonistic effect of MIF on glucocorticoid actions suggests its
potential as a therapeutic target of inflammatory diseases. My current project
focuses on the study of GILZ acetylation and its role in regulation of GILZ
anti-inflammatory functions.
The IL-7Ra on CD8+ cell: a potential
therapeutic target in ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
Dr
Maliha Alikhan
Research
Fellow
Monash
University Centre for Inflammatory Diseases
Maliha Alikhan is a Research Fellow in the Centre for
Inflammatory Diseases. Maliha completed her PhD at Monash University in 2012,
investigating the role of macrophages in acute kidney injury under the
supervision of Professor Sharon Ricardo. She joined the group of Professor
Richard Kitching in 2013 and has since been researching the innate and adaptive
immune responses in experimental models of acute kidney injury and autoimmune
anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis.
Maliha is currently focusing on the role of memory CD8 T cells in
ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis and working to characterise a new potential
and targeted treatment option.
Further information available from CID Weekly Seminar Series website [http://www.med.monash.edu.au/scs/medicine/cid/seminar-series.html]
The CiiiD Tuesday Meeting is
held directly after at 1:00pm. Nicole de Weerd will be presenting on
Tuesday 4 October.
CiiiD seminar "Structure-function of the type I interferon ligand-receptor interactions" 4 October: Dr Nicole de Weerd
This week's CiiiD Tuesday
seminar, 4th October, will feature Dr Nicole de Weerd from the Hertzog Lab.
Natalie Bitto will chair the
seminar, which will be held 1-2pm in the TRF Seminar Room 1.
The CID seminar will be held
from 12-1pm in the same room. More information about the CID seminar series can
be found here:http://www.med.monash.edu.au/scs/medicine/cid/seminar-series.html
A light lunch is served at
11.45am in the TRF Level 2 foyer area.
“TLR-mediated degradation of cIAP1 triggers cell death and inflammasome activation in the absence of XIAP." Thursday 6 October
This week's Hudson Seminar will be held Thursday 6 Oct, 12-1 pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Monash Medical
Centre.The speaker will be Dr Kate Lawlor, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Vince Laboratory, Inflammation Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
Light refreshments to follow presentation outside the Lecture Theatre.
Dr Kate completed her PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in 2004, where she discovered a pathogenic role for G-CSF in rheumatoid arthritis (phase 1 clinical trials underway, CSL). After being awarded a CJ Martin training Fellowship she completed a postdoctoral position at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (2005-2008, Prof K. Smith) examining the effects of innate inhibitory receptors on autoimmune and infectious diseases. Upon her return to WEHI, Kate has focused her research on the role of cell death regulators in inflammation. Her work has defined the role of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs), particularly XIAP, in repressing ripoptosome-mediated cell death and inflammasome activation.
Recently, Kate and her research team has uncovered that Toll-like receptors (TLR) utilising the adaptor Myd88 induce the degradation of cIAP1, and its binding partner TRAF2. Conversely, a TRIF-type 1 IFN signal blocks cIAP1 degradation. Notably, in the absence of XIAP, TLR-induced cIAP1 degradation activates the NLRP3 inflammasome. These results may explain why in response to pathogen infection, XIAP mutant patients may develop severe autoinflammatory symptoms characterised by enhanced inflammasome activity.
Grand Round Presentation - Lung & Sleep state of the art lecture - 05/10/2016
Unit: Lung & Sleep
Presenters: Dr Barton Jennings
Topic: “Bronchoscopy, EBUS
and new lung procedures”
Date: Wednesday 5 October 2016
Time: 12.30pm to
1.30pm
Venue: Main Lecture
Theatre, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton.
HealthPEER Seminar 21 October - The days of the manikin are numbered?
Presenter:
Professor Jean Ker (University of Dundee, UK)
Date:
Friday 21st October 2016
Time:
1:00-2.30 pm
Location:
Clayton Campus 43 Rainforest Walk Meeting Room 1
RSVP
and videoconference requests to: healthpeer.courses@monash.edu by
noon Thursday 20th October
Flyer with more details HERE.
2016 GSSE Preparation Course 3- 4 December
General Surgeons
Australia is holding a new Generic Surgical Science Examination (GSSE)
Preparation Course in December 2016. This course, devoted to Anatomy, is
designed particularly for candidates preparing to sit the RACS GSSE and is also
a comprehensive preparation for dissection courses.
The course consists of
tutorials (Saturday 3 December 2016 9:00am – 6:00pm at RACS) and wet specimen
workshops (Sunday 4 December 2016 8:00am – 5:00pm at University of Melbourne).
Candidates will be
provided with learning materials including books and 12 month access to
anatomedia online.
Faculty Roadshow for Monash Health Translational Precinct (MHTP) - How to Manage Unsatisfactory Progress
Please Note: Attendance to this Roadshow will be
credited towards Level 2 Supervisor Accreditation
The Faculty is committed to
providing support to supervisors of graduate research students and improving
candidature completions. One of the challenges for supervisors is managing students who show unsatisfactory progress.
This roadshow is
designed to highlight various options available to supervisors to assist
them in this process. The following topics will be
covered:
- How to manage a student who is showing unsatisfactory progress, both within and outside the milestone framework
- Administrative support available for managing unsatisfactory progress
- Case study examples of academic issues relating to unsatisfactory progress
Date: Thursday 6th October 2016
· Time: 3.30 - 4.30 pm (approx 1 hour duration)
· Venue: Hudson Institute, Level 3 Boardrooms, 27 - 31 Wright St Clayton
· Location: Monash Medical Centre
Please register your attendance via the
Booking System online via the following link:
https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/fmnhsrdo/view/175505/Food, Fertility and Pregnancy: Monash University leads the way with on-line training for health professionals
Most Australian women’s diets before and during pregnancy do not meet nutrition recommendations. This issue is further compounded by confusing dietary advice conveyed in the media, on the Internet, and by families regarding what women should and shouldn’t be eating. This advice can be confusing and costly (at best) or dangerous for the health of mother and child (at worst).
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Monash University has developed a flexible on-line course entitled Food, Fertility and Pregnancy for all health professionals in antenatal care. The course has been designed to equip health professionals to answer their patient’s food and nutrition related questions regarding fertility and pregnancy.
- Is there a special fertility diet?
- Can foods determine the sex of a baby?
- Is folate the only nutrient I need to worry about during pregnancy?
- What foods can I eat when I am pregnant?
Women want confident, consistent and personalised advice regarding fertility and pregnancy. Australian research has found that doctors, midwives and other health professionals are trusted sources of fertility and pregnancy advice. Health professionals face many challenges when providing food and nutrition advice. Such challenges include misinformation in the public, minimal training to provide nutrition advice, and a lack of confidence.
The Food, Fertility and Pregnancy course aims to address these issues and to help health professionals identify when they should refer women for more specialised dietary advice.
Information about the two week Food, Fertility and Pregnancy course is HERE.
Food as medicine - FREE online course
Professor Helen Truby and her team in the Department of
Nutrition and Dietetics at Monash University have developed a free online
course addressing the question- Can we use food as medicine?
Food has traditionally been used as medicine and this course
looks to explore its current role in health and disease; take a closer look at
nutrition science and how it guides us on what and how much to eat for health; and how to apply evidenced-based nutrition
knowledge to guide food choices.
This course is designed for anyone with an interest in food,
nutrition and health and does not require previous knowledge or experience in
science or health studies. This course would also be of interest to medical and
healthcare professionals looking to upskill their knowledge in food and
nutrition, and see what the current evidence is for using foods to improve
health.
There are two Food as Medicine courses running in 2016,
starting:
·
Monday 24 October
Or to register https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine
Can a seaweed supplement 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.
2016 Diversity and Inclusion Week: Photo Comp Exhibition and Award Ceremony - please join us for lunch!
Join
us for the exhibition and award ceremony for the 2016 Diversity and Inclusion
Week - Connection and Belonging Photo comp! The best photos will be on show and
prizes will be awarded to the winning entries.
Lunch
will be provided and all staff and students are welcome to attend.
Wednesday
5 October 12.00pm - 1.45pm
New Horizons Building
Rooms 407 and 408, Level 4, 20 Research Way
Monash University, Clayton campus
REGISTRATION FOR LUNCH:
Windermere Foundation- 2017 Doctoral Scholarships in Health
The Windermere Foundation will award three 20 17 Doctoral Scholarships to support the professional development of Victorian health practitioners who will become future leaders in their profession .
A scholarship of $40,000, payable over two years, will be awarded
for each
of the following disciplines:
•
Allied Health
• Medicine
• Nursing
Guidelines and Applications Instructions, as well as a downloadable editable application form, can
be found on the Foundation's website at: windermerefoundation.com.au
ARC Funding Rules now available - Linkage (ITRP, LIEF) & Discovery (FL, DE, DP, IN, FT) Programmes
IMPORTANT: Please be
advised there have been major changes in the
eligibility rules surrounding project limits. Please read Funding Rules
carefully. Summary of changes for each scheme are attached:
- changes to DECRA funding rules
- changes to DP funding rules
- changes to IN funding rules
- changes to FL funding rules
- changes to FT funding rules
- LE 18 changes to funding rules
- LP 17 changes to funding rules
- IH 17 changes to funding rules
- IC 17 changes to funding rules
The Funding Rules for schemes
under the Discovery Programme and Linkage Programme for the years 2017–2018
are now available on the ARC website.
The Funding Rules published
last week include rules for the following funding schemes:
Discovery Programme
·
Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2017
·
Future Fellowships for funding commencing in 2017
·
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for funding commencing in 2018
·
Discovery Indigenous for funding commencing in 2018
·
Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2018
Linkage Programme
·
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs commencing in 2017
·
Industrial Transformation Training Centres commencing in 2017
·
Linkage Projects commencing in 2017
·
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities commencing in 2018
Additional guidance material has also been made available on the ARC
website, including lists of major rule changes. Please consider the new rules
carefully and contact the ARC should you have any questions. Further guidance
material will be made available in the coming days.The ARC will provide further notification when schemes open and the RMS Proposal Forms and other relevant scheme documentation become available.
If you have specific questions
regarding the rules for individual schemes, please contact the ARC by phone on +61 2 6287 6600 or via
email:
Important Dates for ARC Discovery (DP, DE, IN, FL, FT) and Linkage Programmes (IH, IC, LE)
The ARC have updated their important dates
page with 2016/2017 submission dates for the following schemes :
- Australian Laureate Fellowships 2018
- Future Fellowships 2017
- Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2017
- Industrial Transformation Training Centres 2017
- Discovery Projects 2018
- DECRA 2018
- Discovery Indigenous 2018
- LIEF 2018
2017 Faculty Senior and Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowships - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications are NOW
OPEN for our faculty's Fellowship schemes for funding commencing in 2017,
as detailed below:
2017 Senior
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Applications are now open for Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017
[SPF 2017]. These Fellowships are targeted at outstanding candidates who
have the clear potential to be successful in external career fellowships
schemes. The candidates will usually have 4 to 6 years postdoctoral
experience. The Faculty may award up to 2 Fellowships each year.
Closing Date: Monday
21 November 2016 at 5:00PM (AEDT)
Submission
Process: Applicants are required to complete and submit
the SPF 2017 Application Form online at the Faculty Grants,
Fellowships and Prizes website: https://monash.fluidreview.com/
The SPF 2017 Guidelines and Instructions
to Applicants documents are available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/intranet/research/grantschemes.html#grant5
2017 Bridging Postdoctoral
Fellowships (Round 1)
Applications are now open for Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowships
2017 (Round 1) [BPF 2017 (R1)]. These Fellowships provide
competitive funding to support the career development of promising
newly-qualified postdoctoral researchers at Monash University. They are
intended to provide initial support while applications are prepared for
externally funded fellowships such as NHMRC Training Fellowships, ARC
Postdoctoral Fellowships, etc.
Applications should be made by the intended Fellow's mentor at
Monash University. Mentors would normally be the Fellow's line manager and
therefore the mentor must be a member of staff. Adjuncts are not eligible
to supervise Monash staff.
The Faculty
may award up to 4 Fellowships in each round.
Competition is therefore at a high level and mentors should carefully consider
candidates before nominating them.
Closing Date: Monday
14 November 2016 at 5:00PM (AEDT)
Submission
Process: Applicants are required to complete and submit the BPF 2017
(R1) Application Form online at the Faculty Grants,
Fellowships and Prizes website: https://monash.fluidreview.com/
The BPF 2017 (R1) Guidelines and Instructions
to Applicants documents are available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/intranet/research/grantschemes.html#grant3
Queries about these Fellowship schemes should be directed to the
Faculty Research Office by email to medicine.research@monash.edu or
phone (03) 990 58409.
GRADUATE EDUCATION SUPERVISOR DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 2017
The Office of the Vice-Provost (Graduate Education) is calling for seed
funding applications to support projects aimed exclusively at the professional development
of graduate research supervisors.
Eligibility
Associate Deans, Graduate Research are encouraged to contact senior
research leaders in their respective departments, schools or institutes and
discuss initiatives for supervisor development. Supervisors completing
proposals must be primary or associate supervisors of Monash graduate research students.
Grant categories and funds
Grants will be allocated to successful proposals within the
following categories:
·
Social Impact
&/or Industry – grants of up to $15,000
·
Cross-faculty/interdisciplinary – grants of up to $10,000
·
Single focus
initiatives – grants of up to $5000
More information HERE.
Monash Warwick Alliance Seed Fund 2016 - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
The
Monash Warwick Alliance Seed
Fund 2016 scheme is open for applications, and the submission closing date is 13 November 2016.
· Purpose: Incubation of new
initiatives with high potential via supported workshops/visits. Team Based.
·
Selection Criteria: Based on technical and
strategic merit & joint capacity.
·
Value: Up to AUD$30,000 plus
GBP£15,000.
·
Next Collection Date: 13 November 2016
Any proposed collaborative activities which
fall outside the scope of the Seed Fund or Student-led Initiatives Scheme
should be discussed directly with the Alliance
Project Team.
Please refer to the web site for more information
at: http://intranet.monash.edu.au/monash-warwick/funding-schemes/seed-fund.html
Queries should be directed to the Monash Warwick Alliance Project Coordinator, Mr Allan Mahler (allan.mahler@monash.edu).
MGE Supervisor Development Grants 2017
Monash
Graduate Education will again be offering grants for supervisor development
based on the successful pilot of the program this year.
This
opportunity from MGE is provided to encourage the development of supervision
expertise across the university. For 2017, grants will be available in one or
more of the following categories:
- Social Impact
&/or Industry – grants of up to $15,000
- Cross-faculty/interdisciplinary – grants of up
to $10,000
- Single focus
initiatives
– grants of up to $5000
Supervisors
and academic units are invited to submit proposals and costings for development
grants to the Faculty using the attached application form.
Applications will be considered on the bases of relevance,
innovation, immediacy and distinctiveness (and must not duplicate current
central offerings). Some suggestions for requested funding
include videos that may be uploaded online, webinars, bootcamps, external
facilitators/speakers, etc.
Applications
due to Faculty by 5pm on Thursday 13 October 2016.
Please
send your application to Jen Scott in the Faculty Research Office (Jennifer.scott@monash.edu).
Successful applicants will be
advised of the outcome of their applications by Friday 21 October 2016.
MPCCC RESEARCH GRANT- APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) is pleased to announce the MPCCC Research Grant thanks to support from the Victorian Cancer Agency and in collaboration with Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre.
Value: Up to $300,000 over two years
Closing date: 5pm Wednesday 30 November 2016
For more information or to apply: www.mccc.edu.au
Yoga at MHTP, starts 7 October
The next four-week block of yoga at Hudson will begin on
Friday, October 7, from 1pm to 2pm.
The style of yoga is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, and suitable for
beginners.
Classes are open to staff and students at MHTP.
Ongoing prices are as follows:
Block of four classes:
Staff $60 ($15/class)/ Students $40 ($10/class)
Casual class:
$20 for staff/ $12 for students
For all enquiries, please contact BYC Health at byc.health@gmail.com or ph 0402104729.
MJA podcast: Sarcopenia, with David Scott
Dr David Scott is an exercise physiologist and research fellow with Monash University's Bone and Muscle Health Research Group. He discusses sarcopenia, it's definition, impact, and treatment, with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Listen to podcast HERE.
Read MJA InSight article about sarcopenia HERE.
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