Newsletter | Issue 3 | December 2016
Department of General Practice News
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Welcome to our December edition of the Department newsletter.
Professor Jane Gunn
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MAEVe would like to congratulate the team of investigators (including co-directors Kelsey Hegarty and Cathy Humphreys) who were successful in obtaining a Centre for Research Excellence grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
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Prof Jane Gunn was recently elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).
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PapScreen Victoria is offering scholarships for nurses wishing to undertake cervical screening courses in 2017.
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The GP-OSMOTIC trial has commenced recruitment across Melbourne. If you would like to find out more or to register your interest in participating.
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Laura Tarzia, Kelsey Hegarty, and researchers at the Melbourne Networked Society Institute have come together to build a resource for women who have experienced domestic violence.
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Associate Professor John Furler travelled to the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) conference in Munich, and Dr Jo-Anne Manski Nankervis travelled to Scotland to meet with colleagues at the University of Glasgow.
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Collaborations are strengthened with a recent invitation to present the Australian perspective on Multi-morbidity in primary care and the role of e-mental health in the management of depression
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The Department of General Practice welcomes its new PhD Candidates and congratulates completing Honours students, wishing them farewell for the next step in their career journey.
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The Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence Against Women and their Children (MAEVe) welcomes their newly appointed Academic Convenor, Dr Kate O’Halloran.
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Congratulations to our PhD students, Amita Tuteja and Nicole Iturrieta Guaita, on being recipients of the inaugural Department of General Practice Graduate Research Student Travel Grants.
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The Department of General Practice welcomes international visitors: Professor Frances Mair and Dr Markus Haun.
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Kirsty Forsdike-Young of the Research Abuse and Violence team (RAVE) attended the Tri Nations Symposium organised by the Australasian Services Care Network.
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In 2017, a new suite of higher education programs in youth mental health will be launched through a collaboration between Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, and The University of Melbourne.
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Our Department’s recent publications.