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Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre staff March 2014

Row 1 (L-R): Richard Thomson, Takashi Saeki, Ting Ting Cao, Natalia Contreras, Shainal Nathoo, Kimberley Meates, Laura Blair-West, Paul Fitzgerald, Jayashri Kulkarni, Anthony de Castella, Dean Whitty, Amita Roy, Georgia Walter, Sophie Lindsay, Atima Saxena Row 2(L-R): Sung Wook Chung, Kirsty Raymond, Cindy Zahrany, Rebecca Amanda, Elizabeth Lim, Jessica Myles, Erica Neill, Jasmin Grigg, Roisin Worsley, Mira Stokjovic, Susan McQueen, Penelope Analytis, Katie Napier Row 3 (L-R): Bodil Hook, Macarena Aguilar, Anisa Ramadhianti, Elsa Anggraini, Melissa Kirkovski, Phillip Law, Julia Quirk, Cassie Thomson, Heather Gilbert, Gayan De Mel Row 4 (L-R): Stephanie Louise, Sean Carruthers, Daniel Valladeres, Anne Crawford, Hannah Coyle, Aron Hill, Melanie Emonson, Rod Anderson, Neil Bailey, Caroline Gurvich, Rebecca Segrave, Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Marty ElsumRow 5 (L-R): Oscar Murphy, Shayden Bryce, Neil Thomas, Susan Rossell, Eric Tan, Jerome Maller, Emmy Gavrildis, Stuart Lee, Steve Waite

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Events calendar

All event notices are maintained on the CCS Events calendars (including local events such as professional development and trade fairs and HDR calendars). For a consolidated view, details of events and to see all events and deadlines, see Announcements. Various Departments have their own calendars, see CCS seminar index: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html
What's on for the week (24-28 Mar 2014):

Mon Mar 24	7:45 AM	►	MIDS Seminar - Prof Charles Farthing
Tue Mar 25	12:00 PM	►	Issues in Research Translation Science - Prof Jeremy Grimshaw
	12:00 PM	►	ACBD and Dept Med Seminar Series 2014 - Dr Stefan Sonderegger & Dr Andre Samson
	3:30 PM	►	PhD Confirmation of Candidature - Miss Maria Zaldivia
	4:00 PM	►	PhD Pre-submission review seminar - Mr Jay Jha
Wed Mar 26	9:00 AM	►	Seminar - Improving healthcare and patient outcomes through research translation
Fri Mar 28	8:00 AM	►	MasterClass: Stem Cells and Immunity
	10:00 AM	►	HR: Professional Conduct & Ethics in the Workplace
	12:30 PM	►	PhD Pre-submission review - Mr Phillip Hall

Forthcoming events:
See Announcements calendar for all listings.

Tue Apr 1, 2014	1:00 PM	►	PhD Confirmation of Candidature seminar - Ms Caroline Tuck
Tue Apr 1, 2014	1:00 PM	►	BMedSc(Hons)midyear students oral presentations #2
Wed Apr 2, 2014	1:00 PM	►	Clinical Pathology Review
Fri Apr 4, 2014	1:00 PM	►	Haematology Translational and Educational Meetings (HaTEM)

Congratulations to our 2014 completing PhD students

Congratulations to Jeremy Wrobel for receiving his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Jeremy's thesis, "Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 11 March 2014. Jeremy was supervised by Professor Trevor Williams and A/Professor Bruce Thompson who both work at Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed).

Congratulations to Perdita Cheshire for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Perdita's thesis, "Is dysfunction of the serotonin system responsible for L-DOPA induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease?", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 4 March 2014. Perdita was supervised by Professor Elsdon Storey and A/Professor David Williams who both work in the Van Cleef Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases.

Well done to Chindu Govindaraj for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Chindu's thesis, "The role of TNFR2+ regulatory T cells in cancer", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Wednesday 19 February 2014. Chindu was supervised by Professor Magdalena Plebanski, Dr Andrew Spencer (Associate), Dr Andrew Wei (Associate) and Professor Michael Anthony Quinn (External). Professor Magdalena Plebanski is head of the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Laboratory.

Well done to Danielle Michell for receiving her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Danielle's thesis, "Hypertension induced inflammation in the endothelium: The signalling pathways involved", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 28 January 2014. Danielle was supervised by Dr Jaye Chin-Dusting and Ms Karen Leanne Andrews who head the Vascular Pharmacology research group at Baker IDI.

Well done to Nigel Rogasch for receiving his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Nigel's thesis, "The relationship between depression and dysfunctional coordination of neural activity as measured by EEG Activity", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Monday 27 January 2014. Nigel was supervised by Professer Paul Fitzgerald who is the Deputy Director and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre.

Congratulations to Amanda Au on being awarded her degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Amanda's thesis, "Investigating the effects of platelet-released factors (PRFs) on the brain", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 7 January 2014. Amanda was supervised by A/Prof Robert Medcalf and Dr Andre Samson who head the Fibrinolysis and Gene Regulation Laboratory.


Congratulations to Devy Deliyanti, who has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Devy's thesis, "An evaluation of aldosterone's pathogenic role in the ischemic and diabetic retina", was accepted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree by the Graduate Research Steering Committee on Tuesday 7 January 2014. Devy was supervised by Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka and Dr Antonia Miller who are based at the Diabetes and Vascular Biology Laboratory.

Staff news

Welcome to a new MAPrc staff member, Ms Bodil Hook. Bodil started on 17 March in the Psychopharmacology Clinical Trials (PCT) Team, and will be replacing Lauren Rawlings. Bodil has extensive experience in conducting and managing clinical trials, having previously worked at Neurotherapy Victoria under Dr Peter Farnbach, and at the Monash School of Public Health as a research manager on the ASPREE trial. See a photo of the PCT team.

Media mentions (17-21 Mar)

17/03/2014 Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Director, MAPrc, commented on smoking and the addictive properties in nicotine.   She mentioned that those who're thinking of giving up smoking can get assistance from Quitline, they can also use nicotine patches and
other replacement treatments.

4BC

19/03/2014 Dr Jane Muir, Department of Gastroenterology, commented on research into sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome.  She discussed the low-FODMAP diet, noting its ability to help many people with digestive woes gain back their life.

4BC Brisbane, Healthy Food Guide

17/03/2014 Professor Peter Gibson, HoD Gastroenterology and Dr Jane Muir, were involved in the development of an app that assists people with understanding the foods that trigger IBS reactions. The app has received very good reviews.

Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times