Postgraduate Publications Award (PPA) Round 3/2019

Applications for PPA Round 3/2019 are now open and will close on Monday 1 July 2019. The students who will be submitting their thesis between 1 July - 30 September are eligible for this round. Recipients of PPA will receive a stipend for a maximum of 8 weeks whilst under examination.

Diabetes Week

Diabetes is a growing concern in Australia - currently affecting two million people. Recent data shows that 280 Australians develop diabetes every day, that’s one person every five minutes!

Are you interested in recruiting HDR students?

Please find below details of our forthcoming Student Open Day event for prospective Hons, Masters and PhD students.

Date: Monday, 26 August 2019
Time: 5.30pm-7.00pm
Location: Monash University, Main Dining Room, 21 Chancellors Walk, Campus Centre, Clayton

Monash Health HREC & SSA Coordinator

Monash Health are recruiting an additional team member for their expanding Research Support Services team. The role is HREC & SSA Coordinator, 0.8 EFT.

Tell us your story

Do you have a latest news story to share with us about your research? Have you received a grant or award? If so, the SCS communications team would like to hear from you.

NHMRC: 2020 Application Dates for major schemes

Following feedback from the sector, the NHMRC has set the open, minimum data and close dates for Investigator Grants, Synergy Grants, Clinical Trial & Cohort Study (CTCS) Grants, and Ideas Grants. The good news? There will be no grants to write over the Christmas period!

2019 ECR Symposium

The Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS) will be holding our biennial Early Career Researcher (ECR) Symposium on Monday 28 October 2019 at the Pavilion, Monash University Caulfield campus.  

Update to NHMRC Direct Research Cost Guidelines

NHMRC Direct Research Costs (DRC) guidelines have been revised to align with NHMRC’s new grant program and provide guidance on expenditure of NHMRC funds. This document is available for download from the following link.

SCS Staff Meeting

The next SCS staff meeting will be held on Friday 19 July in Seminar Room 1, Translational Research Facility (Level 2).  Lunch will be served at 12 noon with the meeting commencing at 12.20pm

Biosafety Module 2 available online

Biosafety Module 2 is now available online through myDevelopment. The Module is designed as a curriculum with two components – the course content and a short test. The content will need to be reviewed before the test can be attempted.

Publications for 2nd July 2019

Geriatricians' attitudes towards voluntary assisted dying: A Survey of Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine members.
Munday T et al published in Australasian Journal on Ageing

Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India: influence of diagnostic method.
Anderson P et al published in BMC Public Health

Amnion Epithelial Cells Promote Lung Repair via Lipoxin A₄.
Tan J L et al published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Publications for 25th June 2019

Surveillance of life-long antibiotics-A cross-sectional cohort study assessing patient attitudes and understanding of long-term antibiotic consumption.
Lau J S Y et al published in Infection, Disease & Health

Protect-me: a parallel-group, triple blinded, placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial protocol assessing antenatal maternal melatonin supplementation for fetal neuroprotection in early-onset fetal growth restriction.
Davies-Tuck M et al published in BMJ Journals

Survey of Australian maternity hospitals to inform development and implementation of a stillbirth prevention 'bundle of care'.
Davies-Tuck M et al published in Women and Birth

2019 Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher Award

The Bupa Health Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2019 Emerging Health Researcher Award.  Offered once a year, this award recognises the valuable contribution early career researchers (no more than 5 years post PhD) make toward improving health outcomes for all Australians.

ImmuMon 2019 Wrap Up

ImmuMon Committee

On June 7 2019, the inaugural ImmuMon (Immunology at Monash) Symposium was held for early-mid career researchers (EMCR). The aim of this exciting event was to promote scientific exchange and link researchers and PhD students, working in the broader field of Immunology across the four major Immunology hubs of Monash University:

Mary Mansilla wins second place in the 3-Minute Thesis Faculty Final

Mary Mansilla and Deputy Dean,
Academic and Graduate Affairs,
Professor Nellie Georgiou-
Karistianis 

Congratulations to Mary Mansilla, from the Centre for Reproductive Health, for winning second place ($500 prize) at the Monash University 3-Minute Thesis Faculty Final.

Medicine graduate Sam Cooper helping to improve the lives of resettled refugees

Sam Cooper receives the Shaun Summers
award from Dr Anthony White from the
School of Clinical Sciences

Being able to make a small yet positive impact to those he encounters is what graduate, Sam Cooper, hopes a career in medicine will bring. Yet, as the recipient of the 2018 Shaun Summers Award for Medical Student Research, Sam has already shown just how much of an impact he is making – especially to the lives of refugee families in Australia.

MMC/MCH Site Alert UPDATE: Browns Road North Car Park Tree Works

The Monash Health gardening contractor will be attending to high priority tree works throughout the Browns Road North car park which will be completed over a period of approx two weeks.

HISS invites you to Christmas in July

Hudson Institute Student Society (HISS) is hosting a Christmas in July party for all Hudson and Monash SCS students and staff.

Department of Surgery celebrates 50 years

Professor Julian Smith speaking at
the 50 year celebration dinner

The Department of Surgery in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a dinner held at the Monash Club on Friday, 7 June 2019. Hosted by Professor Julian Smith, Head of Department of Surgery at SCS and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Monash Health, the evening was an opportunity to bring together those who have been pivotal in the department’s success since its beginnings.

Publications for 18th June 2019

Maternal allergic asthma during pregnancy alters fetal lung and immune development in sheep: potential mechanisms for programming asthma and allergy.
Wooldridge A L et al published in The Journal of Physiology

Effect of aorto-ventricular angulation on procedural success in transcatheter aortic valve replacements with the Lotus Valve system.
Rashid H N et al published in Catherization Cardiovascular Interventions

Evaluation of an alternative model for the management of clinical risk in an adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit.
Harrington A et al published in International Journal of Mental Health Nursing