Forthcoming events (15-24 Mar)

See Announcements calendar.

Mon Mar 17, 2014	12:30 PM	►	Baker IDI seminar - Prof Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka
	2:00 PM	►	Building Partnership Relations Lecturer - Dr John Morrison
Wed Mar 19, 2014	1:30 PM	►	Immunology Lunchtime Seminar Series - Ms Jodie Abramovitch
Thur Mar 20-Fri Mar 21, 2014	9:00 AM	►	Lung Health Education Program 2014 - Managing COPD
Fri Mar 21, 2014	1:00 PM	►	Haematology Translational and Educational Meetings (HaTEM)

What's on for this week (10-14 Mar)

Tue Mar 11, 2014	11:00 AM	►	Confirmation of PhD Candidature seminar - Dr Sung Chiu
	12:00 PM	►	Issues in Research Translation Science - Prof Jeremy Grimshaw
	12:00 PM	►	ACBD and Dept Med Seminar Series 2014 - Sung Chiu & Jae Lee
	3:30 PM	►	PhD Mid-candidature review seminar - Mr Anmar Khan
Wed Mar 12, 2014	1:00 PM	►	Immunology Lunchtime Seminar Series - Dr Angela Pizzola
Fri Mar 14, 2014	12:30 PM	►	MIDS Seminar - A/Prof Edwina Wright, Dr Julian Elliott,  Prof Jenny Hoy
	12:30 PM	►	Confirmation of PhD Candidature - Ms Tingting Cao

Media Mentions (03-09 Mar)

07/03/2013 Prof Sharon Lewin, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, commented on the use of gene therapy to upgrade the immune system of HIV patients.  She mentioned that the idea of modifying a T-cell to make it resistant and showing it is feasible and they survive, is exciting.
BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26451427

 

07/03/2013 A/Prof Wendy Brown, Departmentof Surgery, commented on increased spending on supersized ambulances, hospital beds and reinforced toilets as hospitals struggle to cater for Australia's obesity epidemic.  She mentioned that facilities across Australia have had to enlarge hospital rooms, hallways and doorframes to improve access, and reinforce walls and ceilings to support the heavy-duty equipment, and that she'd expect to see more and more bariatric equipment in hospital wards.
Australian Doctor http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/millions-spent-on-fat-trucks-extra-large-loos

03/03/2014 Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Ian Haines, Department of Medicine, commented on prostate cancer surgery. He said there was

no real evidence that prostate cancer surgery changes the natural history of the disease and that we’re good at curing prostate cancers that are not a problem but not good at curing those biologically programmed to kill a person.

The Herald Sun, Geelong Advertiser, Northern Territory News and seven other regional online newspapers. 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/australian-men-wait-longer-than-women-for-cancer-surgery/story-fnii5yv7-1226841322445

Staff News

Welcome to the following new starters:

Dr Thomas Fulford Teaching Associate ACBD	Ms Lakshmi Krishnan Research Assistant ACBD	Miss Jessica Lee Research Assistant ACBD
Ms Claire Petitjean Research Assistant ACBD	Miss Lotte Toennesen Research Assistant ACBD	Miss Ashlee Conway Teaching Associate Immunology
Ms Christina Chang Research Assistant Infectious Diseases	Mr Michael Roche Research Fellow Infectious Diseases
Miss Chloe Ngo Teaching Associate ACBD Dr Donia Moujalled Research Officer ACBD Miss Lucy Taylor General Staff Gastroenterology Dr Simon Teteris Teaching Associate Immunology AdjClin AssP Patrick Fiddes Peninsula Clinical School Dr Hugh Kelso Teaching Associate Peninsula Clinical School Miss Orla O'Brien Assistant Lecturer Undergraduate Teaching, Alfred Hospital

Farewell and best wishes to the following staff: 

• Dr Elizabeth McRobert, Senior Research Officer, Medicine