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🥳Congratulations to postdoc and clinician Dr Tracie Tan @MonashSTM @AlfredHealth for being awarded a @brainfoundoz grant for her work in understanding the role of #neuroinflammatory pathways in drug-resistant #epilepsy🧠Listen to hear more - brainfoundation.org.au/research-grant…

Today we had our first early-mid career researcher learning development session presented by Prof @AmyBrodtmann @MonashSTM on how to get your paper published. Key take away - Make your science clear, convoluted and complex does NOT equal clever!😊#scicomm #EMCR #AcademicTwitter

Calling all Alfred Health and Monash researchers: Lived experience perspectives are increasingly at the centre of clinical research. In the leadup to Alfred Research Week, there's a great opportunity to hear from a consumer advisor who has been involved the research cycle, in a webinar next Mon, 20 Oct on The Consumer Perspective. @shyamrith has sat for many years on the NHMRC/MRFF Consumer Advisory Group, championing the integration of consumer insights into medical education and health policies. Register: alfredresearchalliance.org.au/events/alfred-…

🧠🎧Hear more fromA/Professor @PabloCasillasE1 @MonashSTM talking with @VJNeurology at the recent #IEC2025 in Portugal about biases in #neuroscience research and pushes for more understanding on sex difference in #epilepsy youtu.be/LJzDFxNG96M

Chronic pain affects 1 in 5 young Australians and costs billions each year. Could the gut microbiome hold a key to relief? Find out in our free public webinar with Prof. Richelle Mychasiuk | @richelle_ndopl 📅 Sept 25, 11AM AEST 🎟️ go.monash.edu/pain-webinar

@MasturaMonif Congratulations Hannah!

Hot of the press today, check out our neuro AT now PhD student Dr Hannah Ford's paper below - highlighting the importance of clinical acumen in ordering autoantibody tests. Well done Hannah👏👏 @MonashSTM onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/br…

@GI_DREAM_ @EmmaHalmos @MonashFODMAP Thanks for the repost!

Our Head of Research @EmmaHalmos will be presenting at the annual @MonashSTM public lecture with the @MonashFODMAP team! Come along in person or online 👇🏼 tickets available!

Check out this special episode for #WomensHealth week featuring our deputy head of department @vjokubaitis @MonashSTM @MonashUni @AlfredHealth sharing her insights and updates for the #MultipleSclerosis community

For 20 years, the Monash #FODMAP team have been giving Irritable Bowel Syndrome a gut punch ✊🥊 Their Low FODMAP Diet is now an evidence-based therapy recommended in clinical guidelines for #IBS management ... with courses and resources for dietitians and patients, a chart-topping app, and a cookbook! On Tue 16 September 2025, to celebrate this milestone, three FODMAP team members will take us behind the scenes of how this ground-breaking diet evolved, at @MonashSTM's annual public lecture. If you're one of the estimated 1 in 7 people worldwide living with IBS, a health professional, or you're simply interested in the latest research on diet and health, sign up now for this in-person and online event. #Monash #TranslationalMedicine #Womenshealth #Endometriosis #GutHealth @D_ECCO_IBD @EmmaHalmos @NTforIBD @Jacinta_Parsons monash.edu/medicine/news/…

🚨 Don’t miss our July GIN Seminar! Prof. Sharath Sriram on “Translating ideas from labs to products: examples, opportunities, and barriers” Come for the talk, stay for the lunch + chats 🍎 ✅RSVP now: bit.ly/rsvp-july25-gin

MIME newsletter June issue. Read about the latest news and events across the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering at: bit.ly/43S5xPf. Subscribe to our newsletter at: monash.edu/mime/news #mimemedtech

🎇Congratulations to Professor @NatashaLannin @RecoveryBrain, who has *again* been ranked the world's No. 1 researcher in #OccupationalTherapy! Natasha is a world-renowned clinician scientist and leads a team of multi-disciplinary researchers here at @MonashSTM and @AlfredHealth dedicated to advancing research in stroke and brain injury rehabilitation. Natasha's research has a key focus on complex intervention trials and the science of implementation to translate evidence into practice. Expertscape drew on 38m+ @pubmed citations over 10 years to arrive at its ranking of research quality and impact. 🎥At the recent @ESOstroke Congress, Natasha explained her vision for the future of stroke rehabilitation. #Monash #TranslationalMedicine #ResearchImpact #Neuroscience #ImplementationScience #ClinicalTrials #ValueofRehab #VoiceofRehab #ESOstroke youtube.com/watch?v=SIXIbz…

Podcast: Critical incidents can have a significant psychological impact on those involved. The 'hot debrief' is a process to enable those involved in such an event to have the opportunity to debrief in a safe and supportive environment. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/per…

We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients awardees of the @Alfred_Research Alliance Honours Scholarships. 🥁Kurea Adrian (Psychiatry) is researching how #ADHD influences #EatingDisorders. She's supervised by Dr @EvaGregertsen and Dr Romi Goldschlager.  🥁 and Joshua Lay (#InfectiousDiseases), supervised by Dr Nenad Macesic and Dr Ben Vezina.  Joshua is looking into clinical reservoirs and antimicrobial resistance of Serratia marcescens. These scholarships are awarded to our highest achieving Honours students. Both Kurea and Joshua are enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours) degree. We wish them all the best in their studies! If you're interested in doing an Honours (BMedSc, BSc or BBiomedSc) year with @MonashSTM (or a Masters or PhD), save the date: Thu 7 August for our annual event at The Alfred Innovation and Education Hub, with @Monash_SPHPM, @BakerResearchAu and @BurnetInstitute. Visit our website for more: monash.edu/medicine/trans… #MonashUni #TranslationalMedicine #Honours

Let's bust some common heart myths this #WorldHeartRhythmWeek With this news, coffee lovers can enjoy their morning brew that bit more. #atrialfibrillation #AF #A-fib #WHRW2025 #OneHeartManyRhythms @peterkistler3 @drlouisesegan @Rosecrowley1991 @CurtinAnnie1 @SoniaAzzopardi1

@BakerResearchAu @peterkistler3 @drlouisesegan @Rosecrowley1991 @CurtinAnnie1 @SoniaAzzopardi1 Personally very grateful for that myth busted! ☕️

🌟Congratulations to @KelWyres & @yuequ77222 on being named recipients of the @ASMicrobiology 2025 Frank Fenner Award 🌟 @MonashSTM @Monash_FMNHS @AlfredHealth #AMR #antimicrobialresistance #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #FrankFenner #AustralianResearch