Faculty news stories
- 2011/02/02 The Michael Kirby Centre collaborates with UNAIDS
Description: The Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights is now a Joint United Nations Program with HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Collaborating Centre. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UNAIDS and the Kirby Centre has been signed by Monash University's Vice–Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne and Dr Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS. - 2011/02/10 Monash autism expert Professor Bruce Tonge awarded David de Kretser Medal
Description: Monash’s distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and international autism expert Bruce Tonge was recently honoured by Monash University’s Medical Foundation with the David de Kretser Medal. His colleague for the day, Australian of the Year Professor Ian Frazer AO, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. - 2011/02/10 Monash research project makes NHMRC top 10
Description: A Monash-led cancer research project has been named as one of the ten best research projects for 2010 by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). - 2011/04/19 Grant to further cerebral palsy research
Description: Dr Graeme Polglase has received a $151,000 Cerebral Palsy Alliance AVANT Innovative Research Grant to further his research into preventing brain injury in premature babies. - 2011/04/21 The Tim McArdle Memorial Fund
Description: The Tim McArdle Bursary is awarded to a first year student within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences who is from West Gippsland and undertakes studies at Monash University. - 2011/06/06 Chelsea resident commended in Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research
Description: A medical researcher whose investigation into the ‘flu virus’ has been welcomed by international scientists, today received a commendation in the 2011 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research - 2011/06/06 Melbourne researcher commended in Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research
Description: Melbourne researcher commended in Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research - 2011/06/13 ASCEND Research Network Program Launched
Description: The ASCEND (Asian Collaboration for Excellence in Non-Communicable Disease) Research Network was launched at Monash University Sunway Campus by Dr Lokman Hakim Solaiman, Deputy Director General of Health, Malaysia on Monday 13th June 2011. - 2011/06/30 Brett Williams cited by ALTC
Description: Monash's Brett Williams has been recognised by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, receiving a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning as part of the Australian Awards for University Teaching 2011. - 2011/07/19 World Congress Prize for Susan Davis
Description: Professor Susan Davis of the Women's Health Research Program at Monash University has been awarded the Henry Burger Prize at the World Congress on Menopause in Rome. - 2011/09/27 Public forum to raise stem cell awareness
Description: As part of Stem Cell Awareness Day, Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories will host free public seminars from Australian and International researchers and clinicians on Friday, 7 October at BMW Edge, Federation Square, from 10 am to 3 pm. - 2011/09/28 Monash leads the World in Climate Change Action
Description: Women adversely impacted by climate change was the focus for researchers, activists and policy makers from 24 countries gathered at a ground-breaking conference at Monash’s centre at Prato in Italy. - 2011/10/10 Celebrating the career and contributions of Professor Bruce Tonge
Description: Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Internalising Disorders were some of the topics covered at a full day seminar celebrating the career and contributions of Professor Bruce Tonge. - 2011/10/14 Another clue to how obesity works
Description: The effects of obesity - both on our bodies and on the health budget - are well known, and now, scientists are getting closer to understanding how the disease progresses, providing clues for future treatments. - 2011/10/19 The Monash Medical Orchestra
Description: When he was 5 years old, Tim Martin started playing the piano. Later in primary school he took up the clarinet, just for fun, and enjoyed playing music in his school band. Now a third year MBBS student, Tim is the founding member of the Monash Medical Orchestra (MMO), who performed their inaugural concert on 14 October in the Music Auditorium at Monash University. - 2011/10/24 Monash Stem Cell Researcher Lead New Way to Make Heart Cells
Description: Monash University-led collaborative research has been published in the prestigious journal, Nature Methods. Dr David Elliot, a Monash stem cell researcher from the laboratories of Professors Andrew Elefanty and Ed Stanley, is the first author of the paper that identifies a new way to make heart cells in the lab. - 2011/10/26 Midwifery award recognises dedication to remote health
Description: Monash graduate Vanessa Page has won a major midwifery award for her dedication to caring for pregnant women in the remote Kimberley, WA. - 2011/10/26 Unravelling the mysteries of the natural killer within us
Description: Scientists have discovered more about the intricacies of the immune system in a breakthrough that may help combat viral infections such as HIV. - 2011/10/27 Monash leading the way in Australian health
Description: Monash University’s research into the growing challenges to global health through diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease has been recognised with co-presidency of the 2011 World Health Summit. - 2011/10/31 Community Theatre more than just a show
Description: Community Theatre as a tool to communicate research findings is a unique form of knowledge transfer. Using theatre performance to engage and inform older people about key life events is the topic of Associate Professor Susan Feldman’s latest research, published in the prestigious journal, Educational Gerontology. This important research publication supports the Healthy Ageing Research Unit’s mission to improve the quality of life of older people through the development of evidence based services. - 2011/10/31 Monash awarded 72 NHMRC project grants
Description: Monash University has been awarded an impressive 72 NHMRC Project Grants valued at $41,121,297 in the latest Grants' announcements made in Adelaide on 17 October 2011 by the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler. - 2011/11/02 2012 Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program recipients
Description: The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences congratulates the following students who have gained a place on the prestigious Vice-Chancellor's Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program in 2012 - 2011/11/04 BreastScreen: balancing benefits and harms
Description: New research has questioned the relative impact of mammographic screening in reducing deaths from breast cancer, concluding that it is not responsible for most of the recent reduction in mortality rates and may in fact cause unnecessary surgery through over-diagnosis. - 2011/11/09 Master of Social Work broadens professional horizons
Description: The first cohort of students in the new Master of Social Work (Qualifying) will complete their course at the end of this semester. The newly established course is providing graduates with exciting career opportunities in welfare and community work in Australia and overseas. - 2011/11/10 Professor Michael Cowley elected ATSE Fellow
Description: Professor Michael Cowley, Director, Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute has been nominated a Fellow of the esteemed Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). The prestigious Academy has approximately 800 members who are peer nominated to Fellowship in recognition of their impact and excellence of achievement. - 2011/11/14 Healthy ageing more important than aged care
Description: Deep-seated ageism is at the core of our culture and at the heart of an unproductive government approach to healthy ageing, says Professor Colette Browning, Director of Monash Research for an Ageing Society at Monash University. - 2011/11/15 Stop signal discovered for skin cancer cells
Description: An extraordinary breakthrough in understanding what stops a common form of skin cancer from developing could make new cancer treatments and prevention available to the public in five years. - 2011/11/16 Changes would leave little time for nurses to teach and learn
Description: The dispute between the Baillieu government and the nurses has revealed a disconnection between the two parties about the best way to achieve productivity improvements. By Dr Jennifer Newton - 2011/11/16 The future is bright for 43 Monash researchers
Description: The importance of Monash University research has been recognised by the Australian Research Council with 43 researchers attracting funding in the Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) schemes. - 2011/11/25 Australia's first guidelines for problem gambling
Description: Australia's first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of problem gamblers highlight the importance of professional help for thousands of Australians who struggle to control their gambling. - 2011/12/05 Graduation day arrives for Gippslands home-grown doctors
Description: From Warragul to Wonthaggi, Moe to Mallacoota, and every town in between, communities in Gippsland are soon to benefit from a growing number of doctors working in the region, with the inaugural graduation of medical students from Monash University’s Gippsland Medical School. - 2011/12/05 Malaria's Achilles' heel found
Description: Scientists have discovered new ways in which the malarial parasite survives in the bloodstream of its victims, paving the way for the development of novel drugs to treat the deadly disease. - 2011/12/05 Monash researcher to chair historic AIDS conference
Description: Leading HIV/AIDS researcher Professor Sharon Lewin will co-chair the largest medical conference ever to be held in Australia, AIDS 2014. - 2011/12/06 ARC Grant Success
Description: From Warragul to Wonthaggi, Moe to Mallacoota, and every town in between, communities in Gippsland are soon to benefit from a growing number of doctors working in the region, with the inaugural graduation of medical students from Monash University’s Gippsland Medical School. - 2011/12/08 The use of the contraceptive pill by Catholic nuns
Description: Catholic nuns should be encouraged to use the oral contraceptive pill as a way of reducing the likelihood of developing ovarian and uterine cancer, according to a paper published by The Lancet online. - 2011/12/13 The Gift of Sight
Description: The Monash Vision Group (MVG) has an ambitious goal. The group plans to create a technology which will give enough sight perception for clinically blind people to be able to navigate and orientate themselves, and thereby have an increased degree of independence in daily life. There are presently close to 50,000 clinically blind people in Australia, and the number will grow with an ageing demographic and its attendant losses of function. - 2011/12/14 GP course renamed to honour lifetime contribution
Description: For the past 33 years the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has offered an Annual Update course for general practitioners. In recognition of John Murtagh's extraordinary contribution this course has been renamed in his honour. - 2011/12/14 Graduation day arrives for Gippsland’s home-grown doctors
Description: Monash University’s commitment to increasing the number of doctors in country Australia has been further strengthened with the inaugural graduation of 45 medical students from the Gippsland Medical School. - 2011/12/14 Monash well-represented at occupational therapy congress
Description: Leading occupational therapists from across the Asia Pacific have gathered in Thailand to exchange ideas about the development of their field. - 2011/12/14 Top medical student makes history
Description: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Dean, Professor Christina Mitchell has congratulated Yo Wee Shaun on becoming the first Monash Sunway student to win the prestigious Sophie Davis Memorial Prize. - 2011/12/21 Sleep disorders affecting police officers
Description: In a landmark study, more than 40 per cent of police officers screened positive for a sleep disorder, contributing to outcomes such as falling asleep while driving, uncontrolled anger towards suspects and health problems.
