About us
As of 1st March 2024, the Central Clinical School has rebranded and is now known as the School of Translational Medicine.
Executive Summary
The School of Translational Medicine (STM) is a recognised hub of clinical and biomedical research excellence offering medical, undergraduate and postgraduate study programs. Our approach is highly collaborative within Alfred Research Alliance (A+) precinct partners but also nationally and internationally, linking us with world leaders in biomedical and clinical research.
Overview
The school is is co-located with the Baker and Burnet Institutes at A+ but activities extend across Peninsula Health as well as the Cabrini and Epworth hospital campuses. Strong links across the A+ consortia enable us to rapidly contribute to improved patient care. Our multidisciplinary research approach attracts elite researchers, teachers and students to our state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching facilities. The school partners with industry to translate research into practice by developing treatments and cures for a wide variety of diseases and conditions. To this end the school is currently participating in more than 330 active clinical trials.
Research
Home to elevel departments and five centres and institutes, STM connects leading medical and healthcare experts from a cross-section of specialisations. Our School encourages multidisciplinary research across separate fields and attracts elite students, researchers and teachers to its well equipped research laboratories and facilities. To contribute to the treatment and cure of several specific diseases the school incorporates its research products into clinical practice and joins with commercial ventures.
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Education
i. Medical Education Alfred
STM coordinates the teaching of Monash’s medical students at the Monash-affiliated teaching hospitals of Alfred Health, Cabrini Health Australia and Peninsula Health, overseen by STM Medical Student Education.
Students benefit from The Alfred's breadth of operation, as it has a unit in every specialist medical and surgical discipline, except Paediatrics and Obstetrics, and has major trauma, burns and heart & lung transplant departments.
STM has a structured clinical teaching program that extends beyond Patient and Theme Based Learning with timetabled teaching in most specialist medical disciplines offered by the hospital. Emphasis is based on bedside skills as well as theoretical knowledge. An extensive lecture and tutorial program is given by senior clinicians. Access is available to the latest in research and development advances in medicine and a challenging and supportive learning environment is offered with a recent extensive refurbishment of teaching space in the Alfred Centre.
ii. Undergraduate science teaching and Honours
STM also teaches more than a thousand undergraduate students annually in immunology and human pathology in science and biomedical science streams, which recruit into a substantial Honours cohort.
iii. PhDs and Graduate research
Many opportunities for PhD studies are available. Graduate research students benefit from two recently launched initiatives: the Translational Research themed PhD run through Monash’s clinical schools and the accelerated milestone PhD for medical education students. Check our Departmental web sites for details of projects available.