SCS excellence recognised in Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2023

Three SCS staff have been recognised for their excellence in the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards.

Dr Nicola Rivers was awarded Vice-Chancellor's Education Excellence Award for her Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Early Career Researcher).

Read more about Dr Rivers’s work

Dr Liza Barbour and her team were awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award for Community Education Programs for their Little Food Festival work.

Read more about the team’s work

Professor Katrina Williams, along with Professor Mark Bellgrove, won the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Engagement and Impact for their Development of Australia’s first NHMRC-approved evidence-based clinical practice guideline for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Read more about the guideline

See list of all recipients in the Faculty.

Getting their scrubs ready

Congratulations to the 2023 Graduating Year 5D MD students as they finish their student life and head off to their intern programs. This graduating cohort had many challenges along the way, including the restrictions to their placements during the Covid years, but have proven themselves to be resilient and focussed on their journey to being a doctor, and we wish them all well as they continue on the next steps in their careers. The students were asked to wear fascinators for this photo and unfortunately only one complied. 

Well done Sue

Medical student, Sue Liu won the Medical Student Prize in the 2023 Victorian Scientific Research Awards. Sue said, “It is an honour to receive this award for my work with Dr Maurizio Pacilli, Associate Professor Ram Nataraja and the wonderful support of the nursing team. Many of the parents and patients were extremely excited about the technology and I hope to see this in practice in the future.”

Throw it on the floor – but then pick it up

The mice at Monash desperately need toilet rolls – not toilet paper – toilet rolls. They need cardboard to rest on and play with, and used toilet rolls are perfect. Please bring all your finished toilet rolls to the level 5 kitchen in Block E and put them in the box near the door. The rolls must not have any glue or paper on them. It makes the mice sick. Thanks in advance.

Sub-Faculty meeting

Inaugural Dean of the Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (SF-CaMM), Professor Eric Morand, spoke at the first hybrid meeting of the Sub-Faculty after a catered lunch on 1 December.

Eric spoke of the opportunities available by being a sub-faculty and showed graphical representation of SF-CaMM’s vast breadth and depth. Eric also presented the results of the recent online survey and highlighted avenues for improvement in how we interact and operate as a united front. The critical point was made that if you have something to say about the sub-faculty, you are welcome to say it to Eric. Get on it!

More photos from the meeting:

Front of mind – Developmental Regression

Developmental regression experts, Professor Katrina Williams and Dr Kirsten Furley assisted in the preparation of this article for The Australian Parenting Website. raisingchildren.net.au.

The article explains in simple terms how developmental regression is defined and identified.

Read the article.