Clinical Sciences at Monash Health

Monash University Wound Care were privileged to host Prof Probst on his recent sabbatical in Australia. This is the first in a program of research that we were fortunate to undertake during his visit. We found that whilst health professionals believe in the importance of empathy in wound care, there are multiple barriers to being able to provide the care that patients deserve. Let's place a greater importance on the role of empathy in the care of people with wounds. Sebastian Probst Shan Bergin

We are delighted to congratulate Emily Whalen on receiving the prestigious PRS-PSANZ Mont Liggins Early Career Award at the 2025 PSANZ Congress! Emily, a final-year MD-PhD student at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health's Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, was recognised for her exceptional presentation on "Investigating the Maternal-Fetal Transfer of Sulforaphane". Her innovative research focuses on sulforaphane as a potential therapeutic for #preeclampsia, addressing a critical gap in women's healthcare. This remarkable achievement includes an invitation to present at the Perinatal Research Society conference in Colorado, USA, with financial support from PSANZ and PRS. Emily's dedication to improving maternal and infant health outcomes globally is truly inspirational. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dRhe-97M Monash Health Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Short course opportunity! We are excited to announce that enrolments are now open for Monash Nutrition's innovative short course: Transforming Retail Food Environments to be Health-Enabling. This professional development short course is ideal for those who are looking for the skills and knowledge to transform food environments to enable healthier – such as public health practitioners, dietitians, and nutritionists. A collaboration between Monash Nutrition (Clinical Sciences at Monash Health), the @Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH) and the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) this course is led by world-leading researchers and is a rare opportunity to learn directly from those who have built the evidence in this rapidly growing practice area. This course is a nine-week short-course with weekly live sessions with experts and self-directed study. The course starts on 31 July 2025 and places are limited! Register here now: https://lnkd.in/e4n2W8Mn

The Little Food Festival starts today! Held at Fed Square (April 9–10), this free event welcomes 10,000 primary school-aged kids to explore how food shapes our health, environment and future — all through fun, play-based learning. Since the festival’s inception, Monash Nutrition, part of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health has been a proud partner – evaluating the event, leading the pickling tent, and creating crowd favourites like the ‘Ugly Food Game’, which encourages kids to celebrate imperfect fruits and veggies 🍎🥕. In partnership with Farm My School, students will also run the Farm Dash – a hands-on race against the clock tracing a tomato’s journey from paddock to plate. This year, Monash nutrition students are testing new approaches to evaluate the festival. They’re asking: How can fun, play-based education inspire and empower children to reimagine our future food system? 🌏🍽️ “The Little Food Festival is an invaluable opportunity for our students to engage with the community and apply their knowledge in meaningful ways,” said Dr Liza Barbour, Senior Lecturer, Monash Nutrition. “It’s a joy to see their enthusiasm and the positive impact they have. We hope to see you there!” 📍 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/g2D9CQM #LittleFoodFestival #FoodSystems #MonashNutrition #CommunityEngagement #MonashHealth #SchoolOfClinicalSciences #KidsInScience #FoodEducation

A fascinating webinar and discussion of the Promises and Perils of #AI in #Healthcare by The Australian Academy of Science this evening. Timely as much of the work I do in my current research role in Clinical Sciences at Monash Health in the Supportive and Palliative Care Unit with Peter Poon, and in collaboration with our wonderful Monash Information Technology colleagues (Rashina Hoda), is focusing on #digitalhealth technologies, and hopefully soon to be moving into the AI space. Our present and future will involve AI, so I'm enjoying learning more about how it works, how to interrogate it with curiosity and cautiousness, and noticing how it's being used in everyday life right now!

Interesting conversations, inspiring ideas. Enjoyed presenting alongside Alexander Beiner and Eleanor Cheetham Gammell on the potential of psychedelic-assisted programs in social cohesion, ecological belonging, ethical action. Thanks for the invitation Small Giants Academy 🙏

Today is #WorldHealthDay! We’re highlighting the World Health Organization's theme ‘Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures’, which urges governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and to prioritise women’s longer-term health and wellbeing. Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Clinical Sciences at Monash Health is an obstetrician and maternal fetal medicine specialist. Here’s what she had to say on the topic. “Pregnant women have long been excluded from participating in clinical trials. This has led to a lack of evidence to ensure they receive the best care. There has also been a global lack of investment in the development of new medications for use in pregnancy, which has resulted in the stagnation of advances to improve outcomes for women impacted by hypertension in pregnancy and preterm birth, which are major causes of maternal and perinatal death and disability, along with many other conditions. At Monash, we’re addressing this inequity by creating a pregnancy clinical trials team to achieve ‘healthy beginnings and hopeful futures’. “This team is currently supporting over 16 clinical trials at all stages of pregnancy. Through our collaborations with Monash Health and the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, we have developed a translational pipeline of therapeutics, which includes the world's first trial of melatonin for fetal neuroprotection in the setting of fetal growth restriction, early stage research progressing sulforaphane for preeclampsia and creatine for fetal protection from birth asphyxia. All these treatments are developed with a global focus to ensure our outcomes are accessible to women around the world, being all heat stable, orally available and cheap. “Women who experience the poorest outcomes in pregnancy are often those who lack access to care. We have been exploring approaches to improve women's access to high-quality care and how digital technologies can support this. We have already been able to show that telehealth-integrated care can support access to care without compromising care outcomes. “Models of care integrating digital health will likely be crucial in supporting women following birth to support hopeful futures through improved access to perinatal mental health support, as well as education and care to minimise the long-term poorer health outcomes women can have after pregnancies complicated by hypertension, diabetes, or preterm birth.” Learn more about World Health Day 2025 Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures' campaign: https://lnkd.in/d8nVsj82

Delighted to be invited to present at this symposium. I’ll be arguing that the perinatal period is a golden opportunity to engage fathers to prevent or reduce intimate partner violence…but is there evidence for what works? Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium

An invigorating presentation on the journey from pre-clinical to clinical stem cell treatments and critical ongoing research for reducing brain injury in preterm born infants. 🚼🧫 Thanks 🙏🏼 Courtney McDonald and Atul Malhotra for your work. Hudson Institute of Medical Research & Monash University. We can’t wait to have Atul speak at the PREMSTEM conference in May this year. #PSANZ2025 #PSANZ #stemcells #preterm #prematurity #neuroprotection

An honour to be invited to contribute to this workshop at Tresillian Family Care Centres. In our work in perinatal mental health research and care provision, it’s important to be thoughtful about engaging #fathers as well as mothers. Clinical Sciences at Monash Health The Marcé Society - Australasian Chapter Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium