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Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences news archive 2008
Monash University feature stories
- Medical alumnus flies high
Dr David Mitchell (MBBS 2000), who served in East Timor, Bali, Cyprus and Lebanon as a GP with the Royal Australian Air Force, has received one of the 2008 Monash Distinguished Alumni Awards.
- Link between poor language skills and problem behaviour
A Monash University researcher has called for early detection of poor language skills in children because of the link to disadvantage and offending.
- Life skills
They deal with the most severe medical emergencies, victims of road, rail and air disasters, house fires and crime. They are elite Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedics, unique to Victoria. They are trained by Monash University.
- Human diet gives pathogens something to eat
An international research team led by Monash University scientists has uncovered the first example of a bacterium-causing disease in humans by targeting a molecule that is incorporated into our bodies through what we eat.
- Rhodes to success: Monash University student secures scholarship
A final year Monash University medical student has been named the 2009 recipient of the Victorian Rhodes Scholarship Prize.
- New $5.4m regenerative medicine research facility opened
Monash University has established the largest zebra fish research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Media features
Faculty news stories
- 2008-01-17 Young scientist awarded for knowing stem cells, to a T
Description: Young scientist Anne Fletcher has won the inaugural Kay Patterson Award for Research Excellence for her work in identifying cells that could stop donor tissue rejection in transplant patients.
- 2008-02-13 Grand new path for lifesaver cells
Description: A new initiative between Monash and Peking University promises sweeping advances in stem cell research.
- 2008-02-28 The Robots have Landed
Description: The Monoclonal Antibody Technologies Facility unpacks for business.
- 2008-03-27 New Deputy for ARMI
Description: The Director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Professor Nadia Rosenthal has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Currie as Deputy Director and Head of the Regenerative Biology Unit of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute.
- 2008-03-31 New base for Indonesian medicos
Description: The Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences will host up to 70 Indonesian medical students each year in a pivotal arrangement with one of Australia's closest neighbours.
- 2008-03-31 Social Work student to attend Australia Youth Summit
Description: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) student Naomi Godden, has been been selected to attend the Australia Youth Summit in Canberra, in the lead-up to Australia 2020.
- 2008-04-16 Student prize night
Description: 2008 Student prize night
- 2008-04-16 Student prize night slide show
Description: 2008 Student prize night slide show
- 2008-04-17 Misdiagnosis and treatment leads to unnecessary deaths
Description: One of the world's leading experts in human error in patient treatments has told a Monash University lecture that Australian doctors could be misdiagnosing patient conditions in at least 20 per cent of cases.
- 2008-04-24 Monash researchers recognised with Federation Fellowships
Description: Professor James Whisstock and Associate Professor Trevor Lithgow have been named among the top Australian scientists for the year and awarded a Federation Fellowship.
- 2008-05-16 Identikit for new life
Description: Monash researchers are the first to use DNA fingerprinting to identify viable embryos
- 2008-05-20 Snapshots of Mortality
Description: Showing until recently at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Reveries: photography and mortality presented images inspired by the cycle of life and death.
- 2008-05-21 School of Primary Health Care find new home
Description: Monash University's School of Primary Health Care officially has opened its new premises.
- 2008-05-23 Monash alumnus appointed new Director of MISCL
Description: Professor Richard Boyd has been appointed as the new Director of the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell laboratories, the latest event in a long relationship with the University.
- 2008-05-23 Seeing the world in double vision
Description: Renowned visual neuroscientist Melvyn Goodale says that two different visual systems guide our lives, one of which is largely unconscious.
- 2008-05-23 Seeing the world in double vision - Extended interview
Description: Renowned visual neuroscientist Melvyn Goodale says that two different visual systems guide our lives, one of which is largely unconscious.
- 2008-05-28 Country commitment
Description: A program that trains doctors in rural and regional Victoria has recognised the talent of two students who have shown a commitment to their country communities.
- 2008-06-18 Rocky and Spike make a splash
Description: These Barrier Reef stonefish aren't your typical aquatic specimen. They're venomous: one sting from their spines can cause intense pain, temporary paralysis, and sometimes death - if untreated.
- 2008-07-02 Furry friend or fearsome foe?
Description: Research by PhD candidate Kate Mornement has resulted in the BARK protocol, a tool to help shelters determine the adoption suitability of dogs.
- 2008-07-07 Doctor de Morton measures up
Description: A simple test is revolutionising the way that clinicians measure mobility in older patients.
- 2008-07-30 Medical student to attend world conference
Description: Gippsland-based medical student Anneliese Willems will represent Australian medical students at an international conference in Jamaica in August.
- 2008-07-30 Remembering a mentor to many
Description: Dr Leo Cussen has passed away after 37 years of service to Monash and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
- 2008-08-04 Intuition in action
Description: A research paper in emergency nursing finally names a remarkable phenomenon.
- 2008-08-12 Monash researchers uncover cancer survival secrets
Description: A team of Monash University researchers has uncovered the role of a family of enzymes in the mutation of benign or less aggressive tumours into more aggressive, potentially fatal, cancers in the human body.
- 2008-08-12 On the ground in Segamat
Description: A Monash project based in a small Malaysian town is at the centre of public health efforts to improve the prevention and management of chronic 'lifestyle-related' diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
- 2008-08-14 Powerful antibody facility a first for southern hemisphere
Description: A new Monash University facility that produces a key agent central to many types of scientific research and treatment options is officially up and running.
- 2008-08-28 Killer Carbs - Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age
Description: A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.
- 2008-08-29 A short history of Australian child welfare
Description: A research project within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences delves right back to the First Fleet to seek lessons for today's policy makers.
- 2008-08-29 Blood count
Description: A new Monash collaboration with the Red Cross seeks more information on one of the most common clinical practices.
- 2008-09-23 Unwrapping the secrets of the ancients
Description: The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine is the perfect setting for scientific investigations into mummified human remains - whatever the era.
- 2008-09-25 Aiming high
Description: A generous gift from a leading business figure will help scientists to investigate the third-most common form of muscular dystrophy.
- 2008-10-16 Key Gippsland role in Doctor training boost
Description: Sale and Bairnsdale hospitals will play a key role in helping give on-the-job experience to the new generation of doctors being trained in Gippsland.
- 2008-10-30 Bad Medicine
Description: The boundary between doing no harm and participating in state-sponsored crime can be a murky area for doctors, a theme to be explored through a forum at the Jewish Holocaust Centre.
- 2008-11-04 Victoria's Minister for Health Updates on National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
Description: The Minister for Health (and Monash alumnus), the Hon. Daniel Andrews MP, has released an update on progress towards the establishment of a national scheme for registration and accreditation of health professionals.
- 2008-11-20 Iconic GP's refresher still on course after three decades
Description: Professor John Murtagh AM reached a milestone in medical education when he convened his 30th Annual Update Course for General Practitioners.
- 2008-11-26 When office chemistry fizzles
Description: A researcher in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences wants to learn all about what happens after workplaces romances turn sour.
- 2008-12-08 Low blood pressure in preterm infants may be linked to increased SIDS risk
Description: Melbourne scientists have shown that infants born prematurely have lower blood pressure during sleep in the first six months of life, compared to healthy, full-term infants.
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