Monash University Translational Research Symposium
2021 symposium details
The 2021 Monash University Translational Research Symposium is hosted by School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS) in conjunction with Central Clinical School (CCS) and Eastern Health Clinical School (EHCS). The scientific program will include talks by leading translational researchers from Monash University’s clinical schools, with keynote speaker Professor Sharon Lewin AO, Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity presenting on the "Major Scientific Advances from COVID: Implications for research and other infectious diseases".
This event will be held virtually via Zoom given the uncertainty with possible snap lockdowns and restrictions. All Monash University clinical schools staff and HDR students are welcome to attend. Feel free to get together in person and join the meeting as a group by Zoom, ensuring room caps on numbers (at the time) are adhered to. Program and registration link below.
Date: Monday 12 July 2021 1:00PM – 5:15PM
Registration link: HERE
Join by Zoom: LINK
Please refer to the Booklet for all speaker bios
For further information, email: jinleng.graham@monash.edu
Keynote Speaker
Professor Sharon Lewin
Professor Sharon Lewin AO
FRACP, PhD, FAHMS
Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity As an infectious diseases physician and basic scientist, Professor Lewin’s laboratory focuses on basic, translational and clinical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV and understanding the interaction between HIV and hepatitis B virus.
Program | |
Timing | Title/Speaker |
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1:00pm – 1:05pm | Welcome Professor Eric Morand, Head, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health |
Site Chairs: Prof Eric Morand (SCS); Prof Terence O’Brien (CCS); Dr Pavel Sluka (EHCS) | |
1:05pm – 1:35pm | Atrial Myopathy: The link to cryptogenic stroke Dr Jithin Sajeev, Eastern Health Clinical School |
1:35pm – 2:05pm | Durability of immune memory following SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination Associate Professor Menno van Zelm, Central Clinical School |
2:05pm – 2:35pm | Integrating telehealth for the delivery of antenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time series analysis Dr Kirsten Palmer, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health |
2:35pm – 3:15pm | The major scientific advances from COVID: implications for research and other infectious diseases Keynote Speaker – Professor Sharon Lewin AO Director – The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity |
3:15pm – 3:30pm | BREAK |
3:30pm – 3:45pm | Cell Penetrating Peptides for Therapeutic Protein Delivery Jacques Ma, PhD student-TRM6002 - Poster Competition Finalist |
3:45pm - 4:00pm | Betacellulin - a potential biomarker or treatment target? Sharvada Raju, PhD student-TRM6002 Course - Poster Competition Finalist |
4:00pm – 4:15pm | Deletion of Cell Division Autoantigen 1 (CDA1) to retard diabetic kidney disease in db/db diabetic mice Jiali Tang, PhD student-TRM6002 Course - Poster Competition Finalist |
4:15pm – 4.45pm | Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease - a model of disrupted host-microbe interaction Dr Ed Giles, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health |
4:45pm – 5:15pm | Identifying mechanisms of leukaemia development, a pipeline to translation Dr Catherine Carmichael, Central Clinical School |