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Day of Immunology public lecture packed out
Prof Sharon Lewin (pictured, left), after her presentation on HIV at the International Day of Immunology public lecture on 26 April. Other speakers were Dr Glen Westall, lung transplant specialist with the Alfred and researcher/clinician in Department of AIRMed, CCS & Prof Jim McCluskey, University of Melbourne. The packed event was hosted by the Australasian Society for Immunology. Reference Day of Immunology. Posted 7/5/12
Edwina Wright awarded 2011 VC's commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Recent CCS PhD graduate Dr Edwina Wright was awarded the 2011 Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. She was one of two nominated across the Faculty for the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal. Edwina finished her thesis in 2010. Her topic was "HIV Neurological Disease: Asia Pacific regional prevalence and response to different antiretroviral treatment strategies across international resource-varied settings". Her supervisors were Profs Steve Wesselingh and Bruce Brew (UNSW). Edwina is currently a senior consultant in Professor Sharon Lewin's Infectious Diseases Department. For detail of 2011 prize winners, see 2011 prize list.
NTRI awarded $3.34M Capacity Building grant by TAC
The National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI) has been awarded a $3.34 million Capacity Building grant by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) for three distinct programs of work over three years (2012-2014): to create a Centre of Excellence in Traumatic Brain Injury; to establish the NTRI Forum program to improve networks, collaborations and care of the injured; and to establish the Victorian Neurotrauma Council, an expert body, to inform clinical practice, development of policy and other functions. Contact Craig Sedgman c.sedgman@alfred.org.au. For more about NTRI, see www.ntri.org.au/.
New hope for treatment of perimenopausal women
During menopause, estrogen levels reduce, which is associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms. Researchers at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) in the Central Clinical School are beginning recruitment for a new study investigating the effectiveness of tibolone, a hormone treatment for menopausal women, in perimenopausal women with depression, used as a sole treatment or in conjunction with standard SRRI antidepressant medications. For more details about the tibolone study please see the MAPrc women's mental health clinical trials, download article, or contact: Scott Santinon (s.santinon@alfred.org.au or 9076 6589) or Tamsyn Van Rheenen (t.rheenen@alfred.org.au or 9076 6593)
MAPrc joins Central Clinical School
MAPrc is the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre and has joined the Central Clinical School, effective 1 Jan 2012. MAPrc has moved from Monash University’s School of Psychology and Psychiatry but remains part of The Alfred Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry. MAPrc is a clinical research centre with 155 staff and students and is using cutting edge neuroscientific discoveries to develop new treatments for people with mental illnesses, new understanding of the etiology of psychiatric disorders and translating research into clinical practice through innovative service delivery. For more details about MAPrc's research please see the MAPrc website.
