27 Jul 2014
EMCR Times #13 published
Media mentions
24/07/2014 Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Steven Ellen, MAPrc, spoke about the rise in HIV infection in the
context of the current AIDS conference in Melbourne.
4BC
23/07/2014 Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Head of the Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, on a lecture about being a brain surgeon.
Only Melbourne
23/07/2014 Emma Halmos, Department of Gastroenterology, commented on the low-FODMAP diet. She mentioned that the functional significance and health implications might lead to caution about reducing FODMAP intake in the longer term.
6 Minutes, Gastroenterology Update
23/07/2014 Dr Kim Murphy and Dr Fabien Vincent, both in the Department of Immunology, discuss exercise and its impact on the immune system.
http://theconversation.com/
22/07/2014 Professor Sharon Lewin, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, commented on the case of recurrence of HIV in a toddler, who was thought to have been cured of the virus. She said that it was a surprising and disappointing result, not only for the child herself, but also that we've been reminded about how difficult it will be to find a cure or a way for people to safely stop treatment. Radio National
22/07/2014 Professor Lewin suggested that it is possible to cure HIV but we need to proceed with caution. The Conversation
23/07/2014 Professor Lewin commented on the AIDS 2014 conference.
Channel 7 Melbourne, Channel 7 Adelaide, Channel 7 Sydney, Prime 7 Wagga Wagga, Southern Cross Tasmania.
25/07/2014 Professor Lewin updated on the International AIDS Conference.
774 ABC Melbourne and syndicated to 164 regional radio stations
28/07/2014 One of the most effective treatments for digestive problems such as IBS is following a diet called FODMAP, an acronym for the various carbohydrates that produce gas in the large intestine. Woman's Day (NZ Edition), p.54
ACBD/Department of Medicine Photo Competition
Enter your research/clinical based photo for a chance to win a slab of Coopers Pale Ale!
Rules:
• Photo needs to be research or clinical focused. Creative entries highly sought!
• Entrants need to be from the ACBD or Department of Medicine.
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Photos may be used on Facebook - make sure there are no copyright
issues (animal photos such as embryos can be submitted, but they will
not be used/viewed outside the department)
Staff news: Welcome to Dr Ian Mosley
Welcome to Dr Ian Mosley, who joins the National Trauma Research Institute team. Ian comes from The Howard Florey Institute where he was the Inaugural Clinical
Research Fellow at the Spinal Research Institute. He is a former nurse, with degrees in business and a PhD ("Emergency Recognition and Management of Stroke"). Ian
has brought his ISCRR Development grant "Management of Acute Spinal
Trauma (MAST)" to the NTRI and will work a minimum of 2 days a week for
the next year. Ian is keen to connect with colleagues at the NTRI and Alfred to create new opportunities in trauma research.Social media milestone: CCS Google+ page reaches 100,000+ views!
20 Jul 2014
Photo of the week
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| Prof Jenny Hoy giving the public lecture |
You can follow AIDS 2014 updates on Twitter, by following:
- 10 July 2014 CCS public lecture photo gallery
- CCS Monash's Google+ page for more photo albums.
HDR seminars and major CCS events
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: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/events/seminars.html
What's on for this week
Tue Jul 22
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9:30 AM
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Animal Ethics Information Session
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PhD Pre-submission review seminar: Ms Emma Tavender
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12:30 PM
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Immunology Seminar: A/Prof Menno Van Zelm
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Forthcoming events
Tue Jul 29
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11:00 AM
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PhD pre-submission review - Mr Michael Cangkrama
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11:30 AM
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PhD Mid-candidature review seminar - Ms Maria Daglas
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3:30 PM
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Mid-candidature review seminar - Ms Gulcan Sarila
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Wed Jul 30
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12:30 PM
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PhD Pre-submission review - Mr Damien Easton
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1:00 PM
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Major CCS events
2014 CCS 3MT competition
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2013 CCS 3MT winners
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Central Clinical School HDR students regularly compete in the "Three Minute Thesis" competition (3MT), offered in every Australian university. The CCS 3 Minute Thesis Competition is an opportunity for HDR students to convey the relevance and importance of their research in just 3 minutes. 2014 CCS 3MT will be held on Tuesday 12 August 10-11am at Lecture theatre, Level 5, Alfred Centre. Please come along and support the participants. All welcome. CLICK HERE to RSVP. Please visit the CCS 3MT competition page for participants' profiles and other information.
Please see: 2015 CCS Postgraduate and Honours project index booklet (806 kb pdf) for the projects on offer for 2015.
14 August 2014 AMREP student information night
Please see: 2015 CCS Postgraduate and Honours project index booklet (806 kb pdf) for the projects on offer for 2015.- Time: 6-8pm
- Venue: AMREP lecture theatre, 80 Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004
- Enquiries: hdr.ccs@monash.edu ph +61 3 9903 0027
- To RSVP: CLICK HERE
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