Prize news and congratulations

Lukas being congratulated by Professor
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, HOD Surgery,Alfred

Congratulations to all of our recent winners and awards:

• Lukas Sahhar wins 2014 Robert Power Surgery prize
• Bernadette Fitzgibbon wins Young Tall Poppy Science award
• Prof Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld made a Knight of Grace in the St John's Order
• AIRmed researchers NHMRC collaborative grants

Two new prizes have been created for CCS medical students:

• Hatem Salem Award for Medical Research Excellence
• Nip Thomson Award for Medical Student Clinical and Research Excellence

Emeritus Professor Hatem Salem AM was the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases founding director until his retirement at the end of 2012 and Emeritus Professor Nip Thomson AM was Head of Central Clinical School for 10 years (2000-2010).

Media mentions

14/10/2014 PhD student Marina Iacovou, Department of Gastroenterology, is recruiting breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding mothers with babies under eight weeks that have colic and those without it to test a diet therapy: Research study.

Herald Sun, Brisbane Courier-Mail, Adelaide Now and three other online publications.

14/10/2014 Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, is launching a “tool kit” on family violence for doctors. Herald Sun
19/102014 Our mental health system is failing people on the edge. Herald Sun

19/10/2014 3AW interview with Dr Sally Cockburn aka "Dr Feelgood"

14/10/2014 Emeritus Professor Hatem Salem, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, on a new study has revealed many Australians are unaware of the dangers of blood clots. 2CC Canberra, 936 ABC Hobart, ABC Southern Queensland and five other media outlets. 

http://www.9news.com.au/health/2014/10/13/00/08/clots-as-bad-as-heart-disease-experts