New Report Pledges for New Model of Care for Osteoarthritis

Triple R's Einstein a Go Go Hosts Professor's Peter Choong and Jane Gunn

We all look forward to holidays. But does it ever seem that as soon as you take a break, you get sick?By Kate Stanton, University of Melbourne

Find out more about the Department of Medicine's new professional development course called "Diabetes Academy - What’s new in diabetes?"

Applications for the FACULTY TRUST FELLOWSHIPS are now open and review the eligibility criteria and the application process for the FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWHIPS SCHEME.

Prizes awarded to Teresa MacDonald and Carole-Ann Whigham at the inaugural Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departmental Research Student Symposium.

New warning sign that may indicate a baby’s life is at risk in late pregnancy

A number of colleagues in the Department of Medicine and Radiology have been elected Fellows to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, in recognition of their outstanding leadership and contributions to health and medical science in Australia.

Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen, from the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry was highly commended for mental health research.Early Career Research Fellow,  Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen (pictured with Professors Susan Rossell and Christos Pantelis) was highly commended in the 2017 Research Australia Health and Medical Research Award for her work investigating cognition in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

We are pleased to announce the five winners of the inaugural round for one-year seeding grants of $20,000 each through the Department of Surgery for 2017.

St Vincent’s Surgical Forum – "Quality, Audit and Outcomes"

A/Prof Mark Mackay, has been awarded both the Chancellor’s Prize and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis

Two brilliant minds A/Prof Andrew Steer, Principal Research Fellow, and Dr Josh Osowicki, PhD Candidate, have been recognised for their outstanding work

Anaesthesia has come a long way from its origins in dentistry in 1840s America, but just how it works remains a medical mystery. Professor David Story discusses the history and challenges of this medical procedure with Pursuit.

Have your say on the Faculty's Green Paper Towards 2027, which marks the final stage before we present our new Strategic Plan.

Congratulations to Erin Crellin, the 2017-18 recipient of the Helen R Freeman Scholarship (Master of Biomedical Science), awarded for academic merit.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of medical education at the Austin Clinical School.

Melbourne babies as young as 16 months are having ovarian tissue frozen in the hope they can have children later in life.

While most students are on break in June, Doctor of Medicine (MD) students gather at the Melbourne Convention Centre for the MD Student Conference (MDSC). MDSC is an educational initiative unique to the Melbourne Medical School, and for the last seven years, the annual event has been well received by students.

Professor Darren Kelly from the Department of Medicine and Radiology has been profiled in a recent edition of Grow magazine.

The Department of General Practice is pleased to present our short course program for 2017.

Three medical students go home to study at the Rural Clinical School in Shepparton.

Research led by neurologists at the Royal Melbourne Hospital showed that two highly potent therapies for multiple sclerosis – alemtuzumab and natalizumab – are very similar in their effect on the disease.

Making primary health care more accessible for students most in need.

An international collaboration led by the Translational Obstetrics Group (TOG) has discovered a treatment that could save many of the 60,000 lives lost each year to preeclampsia.

An Australian-first research program will help improve treatment for military personnel and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Clinical School Awards and Family Night was held in early February to honour the 2016 prize winners. Many prizes are awarded on this night, but the most recently established prize is the RMH Clinical School Long Case Prize.

Elizabeth (Liz) Molloy has been appointed Professor in Work Integrated Learning in the Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School.

A test being developed by Melbourne doctors to detect the risk of having a premature baby will be fast-tracked after securing international backing.

A decade-long mission to make epilepsy better understood has resulted in a new way of classifying the condition, promising more effective treatment for patients

PhD student Roxanne Hastie from the Translational Obstetrics Group received the Award for Best new investigator poster presentation at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, March 15 - 18, 2017 in Orlando, US.

PhD student Caitlyn Nguyen-Ngo and Senior Research Fellow Dr Natalie Hannan were recipients of Harold Mitchell Foundation travel awards for 2017 ($5000 each).

Professor Peter Choong, who is director of orthopaedics at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, learns a lot from his patients and cares deeply about making their lives better. Warning: graphic surgery content.

View all events happening in December 2016.

Professor Geoff McColl, Head of the Melbourne Medical School and Professor of Medical Education and Training, has been announced as the new Chair of the Medical School Accreditation Committee (MedSAC) and Director at the Australian Medical Council (AMC) – an independent national standards body for medical education and training.