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Southern Health Research Week
14-18 April 2008
Research Week 2008 was a very successful event conducted at Monash
Medical Centre Clayton, with satellite sessions held at Dandenong
Hospital, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, and Kingston Centre.
There were keynote addresses; symposia on paediatric medicine,
inflammatory disease, cardiovascular medicine; workshops; a poster
display and competition; poster ‘Road Show’ of the winning posters to
other Southern Health sites.
Keynote speakers
- Silagy Seminar of the Monash Institute of Health Services
Research.
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“Using research to make health care safer and better:
priorities of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in
Health Care”
Prof Chris Baggoley,
Chief Executive, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in
Health Care, Canberra.
- “Understanding, maintaining and using human embryonic stem
cells”
Prof Martin Pera,
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Director, Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, Keck School
of Medicine, University of Southern California.
- Inaugural David de Kretser Lecture.
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“Clear thinking versus
wishful thinking”
Dr Alan Finkel,
Chancellor, Monash University, Melbourne.
Poster competition
Congratulations to the prize winners, listed below. There were
120 posters submitted in 4 categories.
Allied health research:
1st Catherine Lombard, MIHSR
2nd Cjeng Toh, Pharmacy Dandenong Hospital
3rd Julia Wunderlich, Audiology MMC Clayton
Biomedical research:
1st Claire Greenhill, MIMR
2nd Brad Edwards, Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research
3rd Amanda Rickard, PHI
Clinical research:
1st Megan Cock, Andrology Australia
2nd Elizabeth Gillespie, Infection Control, MMC Clayton
3rd Mary Danoudis, Kingston Centre
Nursing research:
1st Mary-Anne Austin, MonashHeart
2nd Ann Hutchings, Anaesthetics Dept MMC Clayton
3rd Catherine Tran, Deakin-Southern Health Nursing Research Centre
Overall winner:
Claire Greenhill for her poster titled: “The role of Interleukin
6 and the regulation of STAT1 and STAT3 during TLR4 mediated
inflammation.”
Program and Abstract Booklet
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Workshop:
Fitting research into a busy research career.
Click here to see the Barriers and Enablers to getting your project
‘up & running,’ highlighted during the workshop.
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