Newsletter | Issue 4 | December 2016

The end of the year is almost upon us and, in amongst the celebratory events, this is a time to reflect on our achievements.

MD2 student Michael Li was recently invited to participate at the annual Australian National Piano Awards in Shepparton.

The Rural Clinical School, University of Melbourne held their 2016 RCS Graduation Celebration at Brown Bros Milewa recently.

University of Melbourne anaesthetists will use a $4.8 million research grant to study whether using the drug ketamine as part of a patient’s anaesthesia, and for post-operative pain relief, can help prevent them developing chronic pain after major surgery.

In an Australian first, leading researchers have come together to take bionic research to another level with the launch of the Advanced Biofabrication Centre at St Vincent's Hospital.

A new Centre for Research Excellence funded by the NHMRC will be established at St Vincent's Hospital precinct within the Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne.

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is launching a new award course – the Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership in 2017. Course coordinator Professor Jill Klein provides some top tips for clinical leaders below.

Personal genomic testing, what is it and what does it mean for Australians?

Associate Professor Lyndell Lim of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) is one of five recipients of the 2016 Ramaciotti Health Investment Grants.

The Department of Medical Education (DME) held its inaugural Research Forum on 25 October.

The primary goals of health services research are to identify the most effective ways to organise, manage, finance and deliver high-quality care; reduce medical errors; and improve patient safety.

Renewal of an Memorandum of Understanding has been a chance to reflect on the successes of an ongoing partnership between Melbourne and Lao Universities delivering outcomes for child health and medical education.

Health professional educators, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and community members came together in September for the Teaching about Health Literacy in Health Professional Education and Training Symposium.

Inspired by his aunt's illness, Professor Christos Pantelis has pursued a career in schizophrenia research in the hope of discovering better treatment for sufferers.

The 2016 Victorian Showcase of Educational Research in Health Professions gathered an engaged community of educational researchers to showcase some exciting new ideas developed as part of local clinical education programs and led by the EXCITE team at The University of Melbourne.

Professor Cassandra Szoeke and co-authors have published an article discussing factors from mid-life that predict memory in later life.

The NHMRC funded Australian arm pf TRoCS is bringing cardiac surgery units around Australia together as key players in this major international study into blood transfusion.

The University of Melbourne is leading a push for Australia to recognise sarcopenia, a muscle-wasting disease that affects one in three people globally over the age of 60.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the name given for a group of developmental disorders that include a wide range of symptoms, skills, and levels of disability.

Researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) have won $750,000 after competing the finals of the 2016 Google Impact Challenge held in Sydney.

Professor Cassandra Szoeke (Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital) discussed the Healthy Ageing Program on an episode of the ABC’s Catalyst program on 23 August 2016.