Upcoming Wellbeing Events - July & August

Please see below Monash Wellbeing events and activities occurring in the month of July and August.

Free university health checks with BUPA

As part of its commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of its staff, Monash is offering FREE Work Health Checks for up to 1400 staff across Victorian campuses.

We understand that when communications went out last week that many places are now at full capacity. If you would like to organise additional health checks for your staff, these can be arranged at the full price of $59 per person by contacting us directly at wellbeing@monash.edu

Dry July 

Monash University is committing to supporting the Dry July campaign and raising funds for Cancer Council. Staff and students who wish to join the challenge in the month of July can join the Monash University team and go dry this July. 

People and environments around us influence the way we drink alcohol, and the workplace is one area where shared understandings and activities among co-workers can influence drinking. Work environments can also have an impact on wellbeing, highlighting the importance of cultivating healthy work environments. 

Session details

• Time: 12 - 1pm
• Date: 7 July 2022
• Please register for the Hospo Drinking Cultures event at Mydevelopment

Call for assistance for upcoming events

In the month of September, we are hosting THRIVE month at Monash and we will have a range of activities to showcase THRIVE but more importantly, we are looking for volunteers who would like to be involved in the month and provide insight and input in the planning stages and on the day itself for your campus/site.

Activities include with many more still to be discussed

• Steptember
• R U OK Day
• Womens' Health Week
• Monash Walk and Fun Run
• THRIVE breakfast
• Catering showcase

If you would like to volunteer and be part of the day at your campus/site please send an email to wellbeing@monash.edu

Visit the Monash Wellbeing Events Calendar web page for all upcoming events.

Monash Health and Climate Centre Introductory Workshop

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is working to establish a multidisciplinary and collaborative Faculty-based Centre for Health and Climate, which will focus on the effects of climate on human health and healthcare systems. The Centre is proposed to:

• generate evidence of the impact of climate on human health;
• create scalable and readily-implementable preventive solutions and mitigations that strengthen the resilience of individuals, communities and health systems;
•  inform evidence-based, cost-effective change to policies and practice; and
• undertake education and training.

Critically, the Centre will work on solutions that close health equity gaps for vulnerable populations.

It is intended that the Centre will include members from other Faculties, Centres and Institutes of Monash University, and will collaborate with many groups to achieve maximum impact.

Please join us at the Monash Health and Climate Centre Introductory Workshop. This is a hybrid event, so you can join either in person or via Zoom. The workshop will provide an overview of the vision, mission and scope of the proposed Centre for Health and Climate. The Workshop will also showcase examples of Health and Climate capability from within the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences and across the University.

• Date: Monday 4 July 2022
• Time: 9:30am – 12:00 noon
• Location:  Room 101, Learning & Teaching Building (LTB), 19 Ancora Imparo Way, Clayton Campus (Zoom available)

Workshop agenda

• 9:30: Welcome and Introduction - The Need for a Centre for Health and Climate
• Prof Christina Mitchell AO: Dean, MNHS
• 9:40: Overview of Monash Health and Climate capability
• Prof James Whisstock: Deputy Dean, Research, MNHS
• 10:15: Draft Centre for Health and Climate Proposition
• Prof Karin Leder: Planetary Health Lead, SPHPM, MNHS
• 10:35: Examples of Health and Climate Capability Across Monash University
• Guest Speakers from across Monash University
• 10:50: Group Discussion and Feedback
• Workshop participants
• 11:50: Workshop Summary
• Tessa Jones: Director, External Relations, MNHS
• 12:00: Light Refreshments and Networking
• Workshop participants

Please register here to attend in person or via Zoom.  You will receive a calendar invite with the location and Zoom details.  The workshop will be recorded for those who are unable to join us.

For more information, please contact Dr Amanda Walmsley, Senior Proposal Development Manager, at amanda.walmsley@monash.edu.

SCS Staff meeting (virtual) - Friday 15 July 2022, 12 - 1PM

 

All SCS staff and HDR students welcome to attend.

• Date: Friday 15 July 2022
• Time: 12 to 1:00 PM
• Venue: via Zoom
• Quiet Achiever Award nominations: Please submit HERE.

SCS staff acknowledged in recent Monash University promotions

Congratulations to all School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health  staff who were successful in the recent Monash University academic promotions round!  This round, we add one Associate Professor and two Senior Lecturers to our group.

Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer is a clinician researcher. She is a maternal fetal medicine sub-specialist and heads the Maternal Fetal Medicine unit at Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health; an incredible team of people that provide care for some of the most complex pregnancies in Victoria. She is also a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University where she heads the Maternal and Perinatal Medicine Translational Research group. Her clinical and research interests closely align with a strong focus on improving outcomes for women and babies impacted by pregnancy complications. She has a particular focus on disorders of placentation, which lead to pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. She currently leads a world-first large, multicentre clinical trial exploring the use of melatonin for fetal neuroprotection in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction.

Find out more about Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer

Senior Lecturer Aimee Dordevic is a Registered Nutritionist with both the Nutrition Society of Australia and the Association for Nutrition (UK). She works in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as a Nutrition Science Lecturer and Researcher.

Aimee began at Monash University in January 2013 as a Research Fellow investigating weight managment for adolescents after completion of her PhD at Deakin University where she studied human molecular nutrition in health and chronic disease.

Aimee's PhD titled the 'Investigation of the acute nutrigenomic response of adipose tissue' examined the effect of macronutrients on inflammatory and metabolic signalling in human serum and adipose tissue. The project involved treatment of cultured cells with different types of fatty acids as well as collection and subsequent molecular analysis of human tissue samples in the hours immediately following meals that varied in macronutrient composition.

Find out more about Dr Aimee Dordevic

Senior Lecturer Barbara R Cardoso is a nutritional biochemist with a Masters and a PhD from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and international experience attained from research appointments in Brazil and Spain. She has developed breakthrough studies that combine her skills in nutrition, clinical trials, analytical chemistry, proteomics and molecular biology to unravel the biochemistry of selenium and its implications in age-associated cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. She also has an interest in investigating the intake of nuts as a dietary strategy to slow age-associated cognitive decline.  

Dr Barbara R Cardoso is the unit coordinator for NUT3008 - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Nutrition; and co-coordinator for the unit NUT2104 - Nutritional Biochemistry in the Nutrition Science course. 

Find out more about Dr Barbara R Cardoso

Planetary Health - June 2022

This June, the Health and Wellbeing Team invites you to join in the range of activities to learn more about Planetary Health, and take action to create a healthy planet and people for a healthier future. 

Planetary Health recognises the relationship between human health and the health of the planet, and climate change is the single biggest global challenge humanity is facing. 

Check out all the activities below: 

• Join Monash's Planetary Health research leads, Professor Jane Fisher AO and Professor Karin Leder to explore the concepts of planetary health, the intersection between planetary health and mental health and the relevance of this framing for human health and wellbeing. Register here.
• Join Chief Medical Officer A/Prof Vicki Ashton, Sustainable Development Planner Dr Kendra Wasiluk and Sustainability Coordinator Shane French to take a closer look at what Monash is doing to respond to climate change and foster thriving communities. Register here.
• Join Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM to explore how our dietary choices can affect planetary health, the dietary changes needed and the need to tackle those who oppose change. Register now.
• Take part in the “Meat” Me Halfway Challenge and pledge to go meat-free for at least 2 days each week. Join now.
• Tips and resources on Workplace

Check out the programs, resources, podcasts and previous webinar recordings on our Planetary Health website. If you’re participating in Green Impact, check out your toolkit for additional wellbeing actions that you can adopt! 

New academic appointment in Surgery - Adjunct Clinical Professor Eugene Ek

Professor Julian Smith is delighted to announce the appointment of Adjunct Clinical Professor Eugene Ek to the Department of Surgery.  Prof Ek is an academic Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in hand, elbow and shoulder surgery, with a particular interest in complex reconstructive surgery of the upper extremity and arthroscopic surgery.  He has been a member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Dandenong Hospital, Monash Health since 2013 and is actively involved in teaching medical students, orthopaedic registrars and hand surgery fellows from all around the world. His main research interests are in hand and wrist biomechanics, treatment of scaphoid fractures, elbow arthroscopy and management of rotator cuff pathology. As part of the Department of Surgery/SCS, he hopes to continue to contribute to the research output of the academic department and also train and mentor future academic surgeons.

Planned evacuation drills - MMC areas

On Tuesday 31 May, the following areas will undergo a planned evacuation drill. Staff are expected to participate in these, or notify in advance if their work does not allow them to leave their workplace during the drill.

• 9:30 AM
• Bld 261, 262 & TRF warden briefing - under the MHRP Bridge  
• 10:45 AM
• MIMR Building (Hudson / 261) - all floors (Fire panel: Rod E)
• 11:15 AM
• MHRP Building & Bridge (262) (Fire panel: Rod E
• 2:30 PM
• TRF Building, Levels 4-7 (Fire panel: Rod E or silent drill) 
• 3:00 PM
• E block, Levels 3 - 5 (Fire panel: silent drill)

In all areas, the wardens will do a sweep to evacuate staff and students from the area, in a mock emergency. The "silent drills" will not have any announcements or tones over the PA system to communicate with staff about the drill. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email scs.ohs@monash.edu

SCS WiSDoM event - Design Thinking Clinic Workshop

Finding a solution to a complex problem such as we encounter in medicine and research is difficult but we have good tools which business use to do it better. Design thinking is an iterative process where the discovery step involving empathy, observation and understanding of the users and stakeholders is 50% - so different to what we do currently in research and medicine.  This allows us to better understand and define the problem, focus on the user (patient) then design a solution and pilot it.

See 6 May 2022 Design thinking clinic workshop presentation HERE

SCS WiSDoM Committee would like to run the next longer workshop with researchers at all levels (including managers) and make it more practical around what we need to solve. If you have a complex problem in medicine, research or management please email vanalysa.ly@monash.edu the idea. We have already have one proposal - How can we collaborate better across the school, faculty and university but keen to have 3 topics for the workshop.

Please email vanalysa.ly@monash.edu if you are interested to participate and/or provide a topic for the workshop.

Find out more about the SCS WiSDoM Committee

University-related staff travel

From Mr Peter Marshall AM, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice-President, and Mr Leigh Petschel, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President

Following communications in late 2021 regarding the progressive reinstatement of University-related business travel for staff and HDR students, we are pleased to share that the new online staff travel approval system (Nutrip) is live and ready for use.

Nutrip will ensure ease in seeking and approving travel for our staff community for all domestic and international travel and will be an important tool in managing the University’s staff travel program. 

The new system replaces the temporary form and process to manage travel requests, and maintain a register of approved travel for staff. To support the enhanced approvals, this form and process will continue for HDR students only (managed by the Monash Graduate Research Office).

Approving travel requests

The system will workflow a staff member’s request to their Travel Approver in the first instance. For academic staff, this is the head of the organisational unit (typically school or department); for professional staff, this is their supervisor.

If the travel is deemed high-risk (DFAT level 3 or 4) it will automatically workflow to the Director, Global Security and Crisis Response, for review and consideration.

The recent updates to the enhanced travel settings approved by VCEC last month have been built into this system:

• Domestic travel: Travel Approver only
• International low-risk travel: Travel Approver, followed by Dean/Portfolio Head (VCG member)
• International high-risk travel: Travel Approver, followed by Director, Global Security and Crisis Response, followed by Dean/Portfolio Head (VCG member)

Training opportunities and support

A number of training sessions have been made available for those looking to delve deeper into the functionality within the platform. For more information, visit the Monash Travel Page.

• For enquiries and support with the new system, please contact the Monash Service Desk on 03 9905 1777.
• For specific travel enquiries, please contact the Travel Manager.
• For insurance enquiries, please contact Insurance Services
• For booking and ticketing enquiries, please contact Corporate Travel Management

Looking ahead

The related Staff and Student Travel Policy and associated procedures are being developed and will be made available next quarter. 

As previously communicated, enhanced approval requirements will continue throughout 2022 and the University will keep you informed as conditions evolve over the next few months. 

Professor Jake Shortt appointed Acting Head, Department of Medicine

Professor Peter Ebeling AO is delighted to announce that Professor Jake Shortt will be taking on the role of Acting Head of the Department of Medicine effective immediately until 2 November 2022.  This follows the announcement last Friday from Professor Eric Morand that Professor Ebeling will be Acting Head of School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health whilst he goes on six months' sabbatical leave. Professor Shortt will now be the primary point of contact for all Department of Medicine enquiries and approval processes.

Please join us in welcoming and supporting Professor Shortt as he takes on this important role whilst also continuing as Head of Haematology Research and clinical lead at Monash Haematology for myeloid leukaemia, myelodysplasia and T-cell lymphoma.  He is also Principal Investigator on a range of clinical trials for T-cell lymphoma and myeloid malignancies, conducted through the Monash Haematology clinical trials unit.

Ms Ruth Fantozzi will be supporting Professor Shortt as Executive Assistant to the Head of Department of Medicine and can be contacted via email (ruth.fantozzi@monash.edu) for any Department-related matters.

Monash Medical Centre - changes to access roads

From Monday 9 May, there will be a major change to traffic management for the internal ring road at Monash Medical Centre. 

• A new side-street (McCulloch St) will be opened, which will link Clayton Road to the internal ring road (see flier here). Initially, McCulloch St will only allow left turns onto and out of Clayton Road, until the traffic lights are operational, anticipated in June.
• A week later, the right turn from the roundabout at the front entrance will be blocked off to all traffic.

This change will divert trucks and couriers straight to the loading docks for MMC, E Block and TRF Building, and reduce congestion at the main entrance. 

Please take care when driving under these new conditions, and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

2023 Forrest Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowships (based in WA) - Applications close 8 May 2022

Forrest Fellowships are offered to early-stage post-doctoral researchers who have outstanding academic profiles and who have already made significant personal research contributions within and beyond their discipline. Forrest Fellows will have been among the top performing students in their undergraduate and graduate cohorts. They will normally already have gained high-level research experience through studying and researching in a number of different institutions, and their innovative doctoral research will be recognised well beyond their current institutional home. Forrest Fellows will wish to extend their post-doctoral research well beyond the focus of their doctoral dissertation, and will aim to do so in a way that builds intellectual bridges within and between disciplines. Forrest Fellows will also be committed to communicating their research to others, and to use it to have a positive impact on the world around us.

The Forrest Research Fellowship program is designed to accelerate opportunity for outstanding researchers by providing:

• Personalised development plans, mentoring and support
• Unrivalled access to academic and entrepreneurial leaders, generous funding and career opportunity partnerships
• A stimulating intellectual environment in Forrest Hall, a place to live, learn and share with a global community of multi-disciplinary researchers

Forrest Research Fellowships are open to outstanding early-career researchers of any nationality and working in any discipline; they can be held at any of Western Australia’s five universities.

Note: the Fellowship is based in Western Australia

For more information and to apply, please click here.

Please direct any questions to mro-applications@monash.edu

What service can Monash University library offer?

We help researchers to navigate our large multidisciplinary collection, including developing advanced search strategies for their reviews. We also facilitate collection development by encouraging purchase suggestions for new research materials. 

With a highly developed understanding of traditional and alternative metrics we assist researchers with the use of research intelligence tools including Incites, Dimensions and SciVal; as well as provide advice on current researcher profiling tools and best practice guidelines for maintaining an online presence. 

As liaison librarians we also link researchers to other library services including advice on open access and open data, data management plans, copyright, and Monash Publishing. 

For any enquiries, please email lib-mnhs-librarians@monash.edu. 

FMNHS ECR Travel Grants 2022 (ETG 2022) - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

The Faculty’s Early Career Researcher (ECR) Travel Grants are designed to provide support for our junior researchers to present papers at international research conferences and to carry out associated travel, including visits to foster connections with Monash University’s international partner institutions, specialist training, or attendance at a lecture, symposium, or workshop.

The objective of this scheme is to enhance the research profile of the applicant, the Faculty, and Monash University and to increase the potential for carrying out high-quality cutting-edge research and developing international collaborations, by facilitating exposure to researchers from the world’s best research organisations.

The Faculty is seeking applications from ECRs for $2,000 travel grants to facilitate overseas travel in 2022 and the first half of 2023. The Faculty will also offer a limited number of Career Disruption Support Packages (an additional $1,000) for travel grant awardees who have experienced a significant reduction in their research productivity as a direct result of an eligible career disruption.

The Faculty encourages the following travel-related activities:

• Presentations at  international research conferences
• Collaborative visits that foster connections with Monash University's international partners
• Trips that combine multiple activities (e.g. conference presentation, collaborative visit, specialist training, arranging PhD student exchange, etc.)

For further information and to apply, please click here.  

(You must be signed in to Google with your Monash account to access further information)    

Submissions close on Thursday 19 May 2022 at 5:00 PM (AEST).

Queries about this scheme should be directed to medicine.research@monash.edu.

SCS Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching award winners 2021

Congratulations to all SCS Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching award winners!

Pictured: 2021 SCS Award Winners L-R top row: Dr Marijke Mitchell, Dr Sarah Jones, Dr Joshua Ooi, Dr Filippe Oliveira, bottom row: Dr Tammie Choi, Dr Phyllis Chua, Katrina Long  

SCS Excellence in Research award winners

Early Career Researcher Award: Dr Marijke Mitchell 

This annual award recognises research excellence relative to career opportunity by young researchers with up to five years of experience post-PhD or up to 10 years of experience post PhD with Career Interruptions.

Future Leaders Award: Dr Sarah Jones 

This annual award recognises research excellence relative to career opportunities by Mid-Career researchers who demonstrate research leadership potential with up to 10 years of experience post-PhD or up to 15 years of experience post-PhD with career interruptions.

Research Enterprise Award: Dr Joshua Ooi 

This annual award recognises excellence by researchers who have achieved, or are currently achieving excellence in innovation and enterprise.  The award celebrates successful, enduring partnerships with industry, government and other organisations.

SCS Excellence in Teaching award winners

Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning: Dr Filippe Oliveira

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”: Dr Oliveira created sustained high-quality educational experiences through kindness and an enthusiastic learning environment in undergraduate teaching and professional development courses.

Innovation in Learning: Dr Tammie Choi

Dr Choi worked with members of the dietetic teaching team, the international students and international alumni and to create innovative approaches to better support learning for international students, both onshore and offshore, allowing them to  progress on time during the challenges presented during the Covid pandemic. These alternative strategies will be implemented with new partners and extended post-pandemic

Programs that enhance Learning Award

Led by Dr Phyllis Chua,  including Mrs Seema Dua, Dr Laura Pejnovic, Michelle Kehoe, Katrina Long, Kaylene Hanlon, Jackie Conheady, Renate Hoffman, Kirsty Pope, Dave Peters, Ingrid Ozols AM, Stephanie Swain, Chris Brooks, Chloe Lacey

 

The team created a novel Undergraduate Certificate in Mental Health, a collaborative and innovative program developed across several departments and schools. This new course addressed a need to educate a diverse non-specialist workforce. Its impact on the community will hopefully also translate to lives saved and improved through informed and better care, and less stigma for those experiencing mental illnesses and distress.

Industry Mentoring Opportunity for SCS 2nd year PhD students: Call for Expressions of Interest

For 2nd Year SCS PhD students

If you are a post-Confirmation PhD student who is interested in finding out more about careers in industry, please consider participating in the IMNIS Program.  This program has been running for many years, with students and ECRs from various sectors of Monash University and other institutions involved.

The Hudson Institute has offered places to 10 students and ECRs over the past two years, and will do so again in 2022.

Based on the excellent reviews from participants, the School of Clinical Sciences will sponsor places for 10 PhD students in 2022.  Places may be made available for ECRs, but priority will be given to PhD students in this round.

"The Industry Mentoring Network in STEM program in 2022-2023 offers opportunities for graduate research students to take part in the IMNIS (Industry Mentoring Network In STEM) MedTech-Pharma Program. This is supported by the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE), and it is a program specifically aimed to tackle the disconnect between academia and industry by providing PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to engage with industry, extend their professional network, strengthen their implicit skills and get advice from a high-profile industry mentor.   Mentees have the opportunity to learn what it takes to succeed in any part of the STEM ecosystem, gain a better understanding of how industry works and learn about career opportunities beyond academia.

To read more about the IMNIS program please go to: https://imnis.org.au/, or review the IMNIS Prospectus.

To take part in the program PhD students must be confirmed and be willing to commit to the 12 month program, which includes the time to meet your mentor (1 hour per month for 12 months).  Meetings may be held by phone, online or face-to-face. You must be enrolled for the entirety of the program.

If you are interested in participating as a mentee in the program please fill out the Expression of Interest form and return it to me (kate.loveland@monash.edu): by 5pm Thursday 14/4/2022. 

From the EOIs received, up to 10 PhD students and ECRs from the School of Clinical Sciences will be chosen to take part in the IMNIS program in MedTech-Pharma 2022/2023 program.

If you have any specific questions about the program please do not hesitate to contact Priscilla Johanesen, the Associate Dean for Research Training in our Faculty (priscilla.johanesen@monash.edu).

FMNHS Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (Round 2) – Applications Now Open

Submissions close on Tuesday 26 April 2022 at 5:00pm (AEST)

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS) will provide competitive funding in 2022 to support the career development of promising newly qualified postdoctoral researchers and final year PhD students.

These FMNHS Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowships (BPF) are intended to provide initial support for recent PhD graduates and final year PhD students while they apply for externally funded fellowships (or an equivalent external funding scheme that provides salary support to the Fellow as a Chief Investigator). This includes recent PhD graduates and final year PhD students from Monash University Malaysia (Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences).

Applications should be made by the Fellowship candidate in consultation with their proposed Mentor, who must be employed in the FMNHS at Monash University. Mentors would normally be the Fellowship candidate’s line manager (for PhD graduates) or PhD supervisor (for PhD students), and therefore the mentor must be a member of staff.

Successful candidates will be invited to present on their work at an MNHS Town Hall session in the second half of 2022.

For further information and to apply, please click here. (You must be signed into Google with your Monash account to access further information).

Queries about this scheme should be directed to medicine.research@monash.edu.

INFORMATION SESSION - MRFF 2021 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity

The MRFF 2021 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity is currently open (submission due 13th July). This new MRFF scheme is a fantastic opportunity for the EMCRs, as it includes 2 streams which require an exclusive CI team of Early and Mid-career researchers.

Due to the widespread interest for this opportunity, the Monash Research Office (MRO) and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is hosting an information session (flyer attached) to provide support to the prospective applicants. Details below:

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Date: 5th April

Time: 1-2 pm 

Mode: Zoom  

Please click this URL to start or join. https://monash.zoom.us/j/81962668193?pwd=NUVZRkg0OXFsd2kvM1YxdHJTbFd6UT09

    Or, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 819 6266 8193  and passcode: 999397

Agenda:

Introduction: Prof. Ian Smyth (Chair) 

Scheme Overview and Application development process: Dr Swapna Varghese

Tips and Tricks:

• Prof. Ian Smyth 
• A/Prof. Zoe McQuilten 
• A/Prof. Trisha Peel
• TBA

Q&A 

Conclusion: Dr Karen McConalogue 

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Please reach out to mrff@monash.edu if you have any questions.

SCS virtual staff meeting - Friday, 1 April 2022 Time: 1pm - 2pm

All SCS Staff and HDR students are welcome to join the SCS staff meeting, to hear the latest updates from Head of School, Professor Eric Morand, and raise discussion on any school-related matters.

• Date: Friday, 1 April 2022
• Time: 1pm - 2pm
• via Zoom - HERE

Quiet Achiever Award nominations - please submit by Wed 30 March 2022 - HERE.

Opportunity: Early therapies sessional work

We have some availability for any Monash physicians (ideal for any Fellows/PhD candidates) who can help out with weekday/weekend work on the Early COVID therapies. Most helpful if a full day available.

It involves triaging for sotrovimab use, talking to patients on the phone and deciding whether appropriate for remdesivir or oral therapies and prescribing/consenting as appropriate.  Need to keep a bit up to date with changes to therapies. All can be done from home with EMR/telephone. 

For further information please contact Dr Lydia Upjohn: lydia.upjohn@monashhealth.org