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UNSW Medicine Newsletter - 5 November 2008
General News
Research News
Student News
IT News
Library News
Current Events
General News |
Volunteer 'patients' required at POWCS (two only)
Two 'patients' are required on Tuesday 25 November (note this is Graduation Day) to assist with Phase 2 exams at Prince of Wales Hospital
Time: 8.30am – 11.30am
Location: Adult Outpatients “B”, prince of Wales Hospital.
If you can assist please contact Jenny Ryall:
Email: | Tel: 9382 2645
Dean's List - nominees announced
The Dean, Professor Peter Smith, will award certificates at the following ceremony:
Time: 4pm
Venue: NOTE changed to Room 305 Samuels Building
Date: 26 November 2008
Successful applicants, their nominators and heads of units are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Wendy Wartho by 17 November on 58210 or w.wartho@unsw.edu.au
Congratulations to the following for their successful nominations to the Dean's List:
Applicant | School/Centre | Nominator |
| Weng Ng MBBS(Hons), FRACP | SWSCS - Liverpool Hospital | Professor Michael Barton |
| Arun Krishnan | POW Clinical School | Associate Professor Matthew Kiernan |
| Anne Poljak | SOMS | Professor Perminder Sachdev
Associate Professor George Smythe (Conjoint) |
| Nicola Newton | SPHCM (NDARC) | Professor Maree Teeson |
| Alexander Hoare | NCHECR | Dr David Wilson |
| Christine Y. Lu | SOMS/St Vincent’s | Professor Richard O. Day |
| Yiquan Chen | SOMS | Dr Gilles Guillemin |
| Brahmaputra Marjadi | SPHCM | Associate Professor Mary-Louise McLaws |
| Cristan Herbert | Pathology/SOMS | Professor Rakesh Kumar |
| Nicole Tan | CVR | Professor Levon Khachigian |
| Shafqt Inam | CVR | Professor Levon Khachigian |
| Yewon Chung | SWSCS | Professor Rick Day |
| Helen Wu | Psychiatry/Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre | Professor Henry Brodaty |
| Gerald Fogarty | St Vincent’s Clinical School | Associate Professor Gerard Carroll, Rural Clinical School |
| Bill Giannakopoulos | St George Hospital Dept Immunology, Allergy, Infectious Disease | Professor Steven A Kirilis |
| Kristine Malabanan | CVR | Professor Levon Khachigian |
| Bronwy Jeremy | Rural Clinical School – Port Macquarie | Professor Louis Pilotto – Professor Peter Reed |
| Adam Honeybrook | Rural Clinical School – Port Macquarie | Professor Louis Pilotto – Professor Peter Reed |
| Yun Ju Christine Song | SOMS | Associate Professor Pascal Carrive |
| Cristina Kim | SOMS | Dr Gila Moalem-Taylor |
| Angela Dawson | SPHCM | Dr Chris Hughes
Professor Raina MacIntyre |
| Sarah Cruikshank | SOMS | Professor Michelle Haber, CCIA |
| Waridibo Allison | NCHECR / SPHCM | Professor John Kaldor |
| Sarah Sasson | NCHECR/St Vincent’s CS | Associate Professor Anthony Kelleher |
| Kai Brown | NCHECR | Associate Professor Anthony Kelleher |
| Estella Sanchez-Guerrero | CVR | Professor Levon Khachigian |
| Fernando Santiago | CVR | Professor Levon Khachigian |
| Ming-Han Hugo Lee | Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital | Professor Richard Day |
Medical Schools Outcomes Database (MSOD) & Longitudinal Tracking Project
Australian medical schools have joined forces to create a national tracking system for all medical students in a venture to reduce politicking and guesswork in medical workforce planning.
Through Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, all 20 medical schools in Australia and New Zealand have agreed on a minimum data set to be collected about medical students commencing a medical program.
More Information: Newsletter - Issue 1: September 2008
Inaugural Inventor of the Year Awards 08
Submissions have opened for the inaugural Inventor of the Year Awards 08, hosted by NewSouth Innovations (NSi).
The NSi Inventor of the Year Awards 08 recognise and reward the development of innovative technology that has potential benefits for the community and the environment. The Awards carry a total prize pool of $20,000, and are open to UNSW staff and students.
Inventors from across the university are invited to make submissions in one of four award categories – biomedicine, science, the environment, and information and communication technology. Researchers from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. The Awards also recognise an NSi Inventor of the Year selected from the Awards' four category winners.
For more information and application forms go to the NSi website: http://www.nsinnovations.com.au/news/Inventor_awards_08.html
Biological Resources Update
Christmas/New Year arrangements
Orders -The last order date for animals sourced from outside of Biological Resources for delivery before Christmas or in the first week of 2009 is Tuesday 2nd December. No orders will be processed after this date until Monday 5th January, 2009.
Shutdown - The office will be unattended during the University shutdown period from 20th December until Monday 5th January, 2008. To comply with University enforced leave provisions our laboratory will be operating on minimum staffing levels from 22nd-24th December and on 2nd January. Emergency contacts during the Christmas shutdown will be displayed adjacent to the sign-on diaries in each facility.
Animal Care & Ethics Course – An Introduction to the Ethical & Scientific Issues December 1-3, Rm 204 Wallace Wurth. This course is compulsory for all researchers conducting animal research at UNSW who have not previously attended this course. Inquiries can be directed to Aruna Lobo at the Ethics Secretariat on 9385 4234
Renovations/Refurbishment in Wallace Wurth for additional animal holding rooms has commenced.
Our contact phone numbers: Office: 9385 8456 Fax: 9385 8457
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Research News |
NHMRC Grant Writing Workshop
A workshop has been arranged for applicants currently writing grant applications. Talks and advice will be given on successful grant writing by Professor Denis Wakefield, Professor Peter Gunning and Professor Phil Mitchell.
Date: 26 November
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: NOTE changed to Pioneer Theatre, Ground Floor, AGSM Building (near Gate 11 Botany St)
If you have not already registered, please email Wendy Wartho on if you wish to attend.
Goldstar Awards
Congratulations to the UNSW Medicine recipients of the 2009 Goldstar Awards.
The Faculty of Medicine received the most awards this year, with a total of $720,000, closely followed by the Faculty of Science.
A total of fifty-three Goldstar grants were awarded to UNSW researchers who just missed out on an ARC or NHMRC grant in the latest funding rounds.
Denis Wakefield
Associate Dean (Research)
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Student News |
NSW students win AMSA National Executive 2009
UNSW medical students combined with other NSW medical students were announced at the 2009 National Executive of the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) in Brisbane on October 19. AMSA is the peak representative body for Australia's 13,000 medical students and aims to ensure that all levels of government, as well as other stakeholders in the medical education arena, are aware of student perspectives and continually work towards ensuring a well trained and effective medical workforce for the betterment of Australia's health care system.
The NSW-based team underwent a rigorous selection process before being elected by representatives from each of the 19 medical schools across the country. This is the first time in over eight years that NSW has held the role. "It has been a long time coming, and New South Wales has never been better placed to make a difference," says incoming President, fourth year UNSW student Tiffany Fulde.
The team is comprised of 14 medical students, including 8 from UNSW: Tiffany Fulde (Med IV), Cameron Korb-Wells (V), Jamie Alexander (V), Chris Mulligan (III), Shannon Nott (III), Kieran Owens (III), Yogeesan Sivakumaran (III) and Sally Holden (IV). Other students on the team include 5 from The University of Sydney and one from the University of Wollongong, allowing the team to represent the spectrum of a diverse medical student body- including undergraduate, graduate, metropolitan and rural background students. The team shares a wealth of first-hand experience in medical issues and representation as well as practical skills relating to their portfolios.
"This is important as we are at a vital time in AMSA's history; medical student numbers are increasing exponentially and there are a host of issues challenging medical education and the health workforce". With such pertinent issues facing medical students, the upcoming Executive is looking forward to a busy and challenging year ahead.
Also see AMSA Media release news story
Honours Student Awards for Access to EMU Facilities in 2009
All students, including undergraduate students, are currently charged at the rate of $30.00 per hour to access facilities in the EMU. A limited number of access awards for Honours students will be granted on the basis of scientific merit. The awards will allow access to EMU facilities without incurring a usage charge.
Information
Each award will provide access for the approved project and associated Honours student from Feb - Nov 2009 only.
These awards are oversubscribed. It is expected that the student will access EMU training and facilities by 1 May 2009, otherwise the award will be re-allocated to a short listed project that can demonstrate a more immediate need for EMU access.
Submit applications to
Ms Tricia Koh, EMU, UNSW Analytical Centre, Tel: 9385-4425, ()
Deadline for proposal to be submitted is 5pm on 14 November 2008.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Late applications will not be considered.
One award only will be offered per supervisor.
Offers will be announced on 25 November 2008.
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IT News |
AntiVirus software and .ZIP files
Warning: Symantec AntiVirus doesn't check .ZIP files
Please note all .ZIP files received via email attachments are NOT scanned by our Symantec AntiVirus software, potentially allowing infection by harmful computer viruses. As per standard practise - if in doubt - just delete.
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Library News |
New databases available via Sirius
1) Patents database
Derwent Innovations Index provides access to more than 14 million patents with links to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and full-text patent data sources.
2) Conference Proceedings database
The ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index has been incorporated into Web of Science. You can search across all citation database subsets, or deselect ones not required.
3) BMJ OnExamination (trial access until 27/11/08)
BMJ OnExamination is a revision tool for medical students with over 5,000 questions which are delivered in a variety of formats to familiarise students with the many ways in which their knowledge may be tested.
The majority of the resources have been added within the last four years and are applicable internationally. Click on the i button on Sirius for information on how to access the trial.
For further information please contact the Faculty's Outreach Librarian Kate Dunn ( or (02) 9385 8241)
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Current Events |
Global Health Journal Club
Back by popular demand from GlobalHealth@UNSW, the Global Health Journal Club will be up and running again in 2008-2009. The two sessions remaining for 2008 are:
Topic: Climate Change and Forced Migration | Topic: Climate Change and Public Health
Date: Monday, 10th November 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Room 305, Level 3, Samuels Building, UNSW Kensington Campus
Further Information (including documents)
RSVP by 6 November if you wish to attend.
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We are looking for two volunteers to present at the December meeting scheduled for -
Date: Thursday, 11th December 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Room 241, Level 2, Samuels Building, UNSW Kensington Campus
Chair: Dr. Husna Razee
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2009 Dates
In 2009, the Journal Club meetings will begin in February and will be held on the first Thursday of each month at 12:00-1:00pm in Room 241. The schedule for 2009 is as follows: 5 February | 5 March | 2 April | 7 May | 4 June | 2 July | 6 August | 3 September | 1 October | 5 November | 3 December
For those unfamiliar with the Global Health Journal Club format, two presenters choose one journal article each, and the articles are circulated in PDF format prior to the meeting. In the one hour timeslot, the presenters will briefly summarise and analyse their text, highlight key issues raised by the article, and stimulate discussion. A chair will be identified for each session to keep ideas flowing and discussion lively.
GlobalHealth@UNSW are eagerly looking for volunteers to present at the 2009 sessions. If you are interested in taking on this role, please email Stephanie North at with your preferred date/s. No experience is necessary, and suggestions for articles can be made if requested.
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Keep in touch with faculty news and events on our website. If you have an upcoming event or story please submit it for display.
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/News+and+Events (Staff ID and UniPass required to submit)
If you have any research in press, which would be of interest to a general audience, please contact Susi Hamilton in the Media unit at UNSW on 9385 1583 or
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