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Congratulations to Order of Australia recipients

Congratulations to Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Science colleagues and alumni who were recognised with an Order of Australia Award on 26 January 2023. The Australian Honours and Awards system recognises the outstanding service and
30 January, 2023 Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

The increase of fungal infection

Late last year the WHO published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health.
30 January, 2023 Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Study into workplace injuries faced by our paramedics

A Monash University study into occupational injury in Victoria’s paramedics has found they have a significantly higher, and often hidden, rate of work related injury by comparison to other Australian workers.
30 January, 2023 Primary and Allied Health Care
Marshall Prize 2022

A team effort confirms new technology can identify pain in neonates and infants

Congratulations to Assia Comella and Svetlana Ivanic who have won the Marshall Prize in Surgical Training for 2022.
25 January, 2023 Clinical Sciences - Monash Health
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Epilepsy register helps deliver healthy babies, huge savings, finds Monash study

An Australian register set up to help pregnant women with epilepsy has helped dramatically reduce the number of stillbirths and birth defects such as spina bifida, and the resulting costs to the community, a new Monash University study reveals.
25 January, 2023 Clinical Sciences - The Alfred

Australian-first study aims to capture migraine burden in our community

A pilot study aims to fill a big gap in migraine knowledge by determining the most efficient way to capture its prevalence, burden, and treatment gaps in the Australian community.
24 January, 2023 Clinical Sciences - The Alfred

Turning the corner: Preparing for a world with Alzheimer’s treatment

When the US Food and Drug administration approved Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab in June 2021 — against the advice of its own expert committee — it triggered much hand-wringing in the research and medical community.
23 January, 2023 Neuroscience

Partnership with global pharma Roche driving innovation in multiple sclerosis research

Congratulations to Dr Vilija Jokubaitis, Group leader, MS Genomics and Prognostics group, Department of Neuroscience (Central Clinical School) who has entered into a long-term scientific partnership with Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company
23 January, 2023 Clinical Sciences - The Alfred

Preventing weight gain can help avoid total knee replacement: study

Maintaining our young adult weight could reduce knee replacements by almost 30 per cent and save $373 million per year, Monash University research reveals.
21 January, 2023 Public Health and Preventive Medicine