Following the Doherty Institute coronavirus breakthrough, our Dean sat down with Drs Julian Druce and Mike Catton to discuss the rapid response, and Professors Kanta Subbaroa and Sharon Lewin to discuss treatments, vaccines and One Health.

In some bowel cancers clinicians are using chemoradiotherapy on patients before surgery when University of Melbourne research suggests it's not necessary

Genetic research, involving the University of Melbourne, has identified a vulnerability of lymphoma cells that may lead to a new approach for cancer treatment.

Our mouth microbes are important for our oral and overall health, but modern diets are causing problems finds a study including the University of Melbourne.

University of Melbourne researchers are helping to revolutionise cancer care as they map the human genome; to make cancer a manageable, chronic disease.

Globally, scientists have collaborated to create the most comprehensive map of whole cancer genomes; University of Melbourne researchers were part of the effort

University of Melbourne experts explain how mathematical modelling is helping to map the coronavirus outbreak – helping to predict the virus' global spread.

Congratulations to the MDHS staff and alumni who were recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours for their extraordinary contributions to Australian society

The Peter Doherty Institute have successfully grown the Wuhan coronavirus from a patient sample, which will provide expert international laboratories with crucial information to help combat the virus.

Professor Elizabeth Vincan at the University of Melbourne identified the genes in an ancient form of cell-to-cell communication, and a new target against cancer

Menstrual beliefs and taboos can place serious restrictions on a woman’s life, impacting her health and freedoms writes a University of Melbourne expert.

Professor Fabienne Mackay’s work led to the first new treatment for lupus in over 50 years but there is much more to do and she says researchers need to be bold

As thousands process the emotional impact of being affected by the Australian bushfires, a University of Melbourne expert gives some tips on providing support

On Tuesday 17 December, refurbished technical teaching spaces officially opened at the Melbourne Dental School.

The Faculty wishes to congratulate this year's Research Australia Health and Medical Research Awards recipients and finalists.

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural MDHS Staff Excellence Awards.

Now in its ninth year, the University and Florey Institute hosted the 2019 symposium last week bringing together leading experts to share research, foster new collaborations and celebrate recent achievements in neuroscience.

University of Melbourne Provost, Professor Mark Consodine, recently announced the promotion of 19 MDHS academics.

A collaboration between The University of Melbourne and Metro Tunnel’s Creative Program, Pretty Little Things is an award-winning public art installation that merges biomedical research with visual design to bring the complex, often striking beauty beneath the microscope’s lens to a general audience.

Congratulations to Prof David O’Neal on receiving the Outstanding Contribution Award 2019 at the Diabetes Victoria AGM on Monday 28 October. Please also join us in celebrating Prof Alicia Jenkins and A/Prof Glenn Ward, SVH Melbourne, who were honoured at the Australasian Diabetes Congress Annual Scientific Meeting earlier this year.

On 31 October 2019 the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences hosted the fifth PKS Oration and Conferring of Degrees Ceremony. Professor Sir John Savill, Executive Director of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health, delivered this year’s Oration. The Faculty also conferred 10 doctoral degrees and awarded Professor Glenn Bowes AO the title of Emeritus Professor.

A new light-weight portable ultrasound device is now being used at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). The ultrasound connects with your smartphone so staff can use the device anywhere in the hospital.

At the first annual research impact colloquium, researchers presented on the impact of the Trust, which is funding collaborative research programs across the precinct in the areas of cancer and developmental medicine.

The days are getting longer and the weather warmer. This change in season, means many staff and students choose to use the University facilities late into the evening, particularly as exams approach.

On Wednesday 16 October, the Department of Rural Health hosted the 5th annual Ngar-wu Wanyarra (listen and act in Yorta Yorta) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Conference in Shepparton.

The Faculty recently announced 35 recipients of the Dame Kate Campbell Fellowships.

Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean of MDHS, together with our Heads of Schools, recently presented the 2019 Dean's Honours Awards to high-achieving recent graduates from across the Faculty.

We are delighted to announce that Dr Lauren Ayton and Dr Michelle Hall received Young Tall Poppy Science Awards, with Dr Ayton being named the 2019 Victorian Young Tall Poppy of the Year.

Following the annual intramural competition, a team of six graduate students have been selected to compete in next year's international Global Health Case Competition at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

This Sunday 13 of October will mark Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day.

MDHS recently celebrated learning and teaching excellence across the Faculty when it announced the 2019 winners of the Awards and Dean's Fellowships for Learning and Teaching Excellence.

Professor Alastair J Sloan announced as the new Head of the Melbourne Dental School.

After nearly two decades leading the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Professor Terry Nolan AO will be stepping down at the end of his current term.

Researchers from the Faculty have won three of the 2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. The awards recognise excellence in the fields of research & innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science.

Seven early to mid-career researchers from the Faculty were invited to pitch their innovative projects to the Dean Professor Shitij Kapur and a panel of judges as part of the Dean’s Innovation Grants.

On Monday August 5, some of our most generous donors, volunteers and supporters were thanked at an exclusive reception and viewing of the latest NGV’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition.

After the success of last year’s inaugural Reunion Weekend we are delighted to present this year’s program. Reunion Weekend 2019 will take place on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November.

A sculpture to commemorate those who have donated their bodies for scientific teaching has been installed at the Parkville campus.

Congratulations to Faculty staff who won prestigious University of Melbourne Excellence Awards this year.

A West African Ebola outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people has helped inspire two courses that aim to minimise the impact of such epidemics globally.

20 works from the Medical History Museum exhibition The Art of Healing: Australian Indigenous bush medicine are travelling to London and Berlin. The works are currently on display at King’s College London, and will travel to Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in October.

On Monday 15 April The Women's: Carers, advocates and reformers exhibition and catalogue were launched at the Medical History Museum.

On Thursday 14 March, the Faculty held an event to commemorate the Melbourne origins of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.

A team of six University of Melbourne graduate students have won this year's Emory Global Health Case Competition.

On Friday 22 February, the Faculty was pleased to host Dr Janice Hirshorn, Dr George Jacobs and Mrs Bella Hirshorn to meet the recipients of the Michael Hirshorn Medical Research Commercialisation Fund.

Female trailblazers in medical research bust five industry myths as they seek better balance for themselves, and future generations. By Harriet Edmund

Which test, which treatment? Amanda Pereira-Salgado is connecting real-world data to help oncologists make complex decisions.

You couldn’t by any stretch of the imagination call Carolyn Nickson’s youth misspent, but there were some detours before she felt sure enough to bet on her childhood passion for mathematics.

Advancement of women in medical research remains a challenge but there are several making amazing scientific breakthroughs in their fields. This International Women’s Day, we celebrate their work and ask them what #Balanceforbetter means to them.

Colourful displays surrounding the Metro construction on the Grattan Street makes a nice change for staff and students walking past the site. “Pretty Little Things” is a collection of images from under the coverslip of a microscope and will be around for much of this year.

Dean Professor Shitij Kapur will hold roadshows for staff at our six schools in late February and early March.

Congratulations to the MDHS staff and alumni who were recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours for their extraordinary contributions to Australian society.

Friday 1 February marked the twentieth anniversary of a successful partnership between the Shepparton community and the University of Melbourne Medical School.

SPARK Melbourne – a 12-month program to upskill researchers in the early stages of commercialisation with milestone-based funding and mentoring – kicked off in November 2018 with a boot camp for six teams from MDHS.

The Crossroads project is a 15-year follow-up study designed to understand the prevalence of chronic health conditions in the Goulburn Valley and the impact of access to care.

Two of our prominent researchers, Eric Reynolds and Glenn Walker are gaining world recognition for study finding evidence that a pathogen involved in gum disease can be found in the brain of Alzheimer's patients.

MS Research Australia has announced researching funding to support and strengthen the crucial international collaborations needed for this to happen.

Professor Alan Lopez donates the proceeds of his Gairdner award to fund a new grant for emerging global health researchers.

Dr Elizabeth Kennedy from the University’s Shepparton Medical Centre has been honoured with one of four national teaching awards following Australia wide nominations from medical students.

Professor Emeritus Henry Jackson has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Founders Medal of the Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR).

The Faculty has awarded four honorary doctorates during a special Conferring of Degrees Ceremony.

For half a century, the Med Building on the corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade in Parkville has been the home of the Melbourne Medical School and the nucleus for medical education at the University of Melbourne, including, more recently, biomedical education.

In July this year, two outstanding MDHS researchers – early career researcher Dr John Karas (Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics) and PhD candidate Lisseth Burbano-Portilla (Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health) joined 26 PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers and clinicians from around the world in attending a 14-day International SPARK Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship training course in Berlin.

Under the Coverslip is the largest annual microscopy and imaging competition open to all RHD students across Australia. This year the judges will include Professor Fabienne Mackay (Head of School of Biomedical Sciences) and Rose Hiscock (Director Science Gallery Melbourne).

The team of six postgraduate students selected to represent the University in the annual international competition held at Emory University, Atlanta includes five students studying MDHS courses.

Last month the Faculty welcomed Dr Ilse Treurnicht, former CEO of Toronto's MaRS Discovery District, to Melbourne.

Long-time staffer and education enthusiast Joan Vosen was presented with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) by the Victorian Governor last month for services to education.

A University of Melbourne academic has been awarded a Victorian Cancer Agency Mid-Career Research Fellowship.

The latest episode of the 3010 podcast features Melbourne Medical School alumna Dr Katherine Franklin (MBBS 2011).

Coming together to celebrate their 45-year reunion in 2017, the Class of 1972 wanted to make a difference for tomorrow’s health professionals. They embraced the opportunity to do this through Reunion Giving.

Tickets are on sale now for the Melbourne Medical School Reunion Weekend!

The annual Melbourne Medical School Scholarship Celebration Dinner was held on Tuesday 7 August at University House at the Woodward.

Year 10 and 11 students go behind-the-scenes working alongside GTAC scientists and exploring the biomed zone.

Seven early to mid-career researchers from the Faculty were invited to pitch their innovative projects to the Dean Professor Shitij Kapur and a panel of judges as part of the inaugural Dean’s Innovation Grants on Tuesday 31 July.

Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean, joins special guest Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer of England, on ABC's The Conversation Hour.

Three outstanding PhD researchers at MDHS were awarded the prestigious Picchi Award in cancer research at a ceremony last month. The awards, supported by the Picchi Brothers Foundation, aims to inspire and encourage the next generation of cancer research leaders.

The fellowship will support an Early Career Clinician Researcher (up to 3 years post PhD) undertaking a project of significance in clinical translational neuroscience, to be used in 2019.These funds will be used to build capacity in the space between clinical research and fundamental science.Applications close 5pm Friday 17th August, 2018 AEST.To apply: please complete the application form attached below.Applications including supporting documentation should be saved as a single pdf file and submitted to research-mni@unimelb.edu.au.

We analyse the question of whether and, if so, how neuroscience allows for mathematical descriptions.Speaker: Professor J. Leo van Hemmen, Chair of Theoretical Biophysics, Technical University of Munich, GermanyDate: 11am-12pm, 2 August 2018Venue: Ian Potter Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building (Melbourne Brain Centre), Building 144

On Monday 9 July Maringka Burton, Betty Muffler, and Tinpulya Mervyn – Ngangkaṟi (healers) from the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council in Alice Springs – delivered a joint Dean’s Lecture with Professor Marcia Langton AM.

England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies visited the Faculty for a few days and was awarded a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by the University.

Leading artists and scientists will examine storms scientifically, artistically and metaphorically as part of a public exhibition on how art and science can combine to communicate and solve problems.

The Department of Rural Health, in collaboration with Primary Care Connect and Murray Primary Health Network, will collectively honour local Indigenous women of the Goulburn Valley region to ensure the voices are heard clear and loud.

A project aimed at helping young people of all abilities participate in sports has won the 2018 University of Melbourne award for Excellence in Engagement for teaching.

During the first week of July, the Faculty hosted 14 Indigenous undergraduate students from across the country as part of the recently established Ngurra-Jarradjak (Healthy) Indigenous Graduate Study Options Program.

A special Dean’s Lecture Series seminar brought together palliative care leaders, practitioners, and advocates to engage in a public discussion on end-of-life care, with a keynote address given by Californian palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller.

Dr Ros McDougall – senior lecturer in health ethics at Melbourne School of Population and Global Health – has been named one of ABC’s Top 5 Humanities researchers for her work in medical ethics.

Professor Mei Krishnasamy recognised for her contribution to cancer nursing by the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

Swinburne University invites Professor Peter Choong to deliver this year's Chancellor's Lecture.

Dr. Catherine Granger - Royal Melbourne Hospital and a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne named one of ABC's the "Top 5 scientists for 2018"

Two MDHS researchers will soon be on their way to Berlin after being awarded University of Melbourne travel scholarships for the SPARK Global program for emerging biomedical entrepreneurs.

From stillbirths in South Africa to anaesthesia in Mongolia, the local and global impact of our researchers has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours.

The Mendelsohn Student Lecture was established in 2016 in honour of Frederick Mendelsohn, AO FAA, Emeritus Professor of the University of Melbourne and past Director of the Howard Florey Institute and R Douglas Wright Professor of Experimental Physiology and Medicine from 1997 to 2009. He held a Personal Chair in Medicine at the University of Melbourne until 1996 and during this time was the Scientific Director of the Positron Emission Tomography Centre, Austin Hospital.

University of Melbourne snakebite experts have welcomed the World Health Assembly’s adoption of a resolution that aims to reduce the global death toll of this neglected tropical disease.

Professor Bernhard Baune (PhD, MD, MPH, FRANZCP) has been appointed as our new Cato Chair and Head of the Department of Psychiatry and will take up his position from 13 August 2018.

“These are graduates that we expect to be leading, indeed likely transforming, healthcare and research." MDHS Dean Shitij Kapur announces the Faculty's top-performing students in 2017 at the Dean's Honours Celebration.

On Tuesday 1 May, the Melbourne Dental School was pleased to hold an afternoon tea celebration to announce the inaugural recipient of the Marina and Alexis Keskevich Scholarship.

Up to three awards of $25,000 each will be made each year to Australian female researchers who demonstrate excellence in the area of quantitative biomedical science.

The team of six graduate students competed against 24 other university teams at Emory University.

Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences made a clean sweep of the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research, winning in five out of five categories, as well as accounting for 14 of the 17 shortlisted entries.

The Faculty launches Science in Our Hands: Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, 1895–2010 by former Head of the School of Physiotherapy, Professor Joan McMeeken.

Associate Professor Elif Ekinci interview on ABC Drive. ( Audio)

Neuroscience PhD students - you are invited to the Inaugural General Meeting (IGM) for the Melbourne Neuroscience PhD Program (MNPP) Student Association.

The University of Melbourne has cemented its place as Australia’s leading university for Medicine and Life Sciences, at No. 14 worldwide, in the prestigious 2018 QS World University Rankings.

Securing a child’s future must begin in parents’ teen years.

University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded grants by MS Research Australia for four projects: preclinical drug trials, evaluation of a web-based program that may help memory, analysis of genetic changes in the brain, and predicting disease progression.

Melbourne Medical School alumnus and former refugee, Dr Garang Dut, delivered the speech at the Western Chances 2017 Good Business Forum.

The Building Healthy Communities in Melbourne's West Wave Three Report was launched at the official opening of a project-supported sensory garden at Derrimut Primary School.

Department of Surgery PhD Candidate and Neurosurgery Registrar Dr Ruth Mitchell will be in Oslo, Norway on December 10th to celebrate the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Professor Kathryn North AM delivered the third Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Oration on Health, ‘Precision Medicine – The Future is Now’.

A new initiative is successfully encouraging those at higher risk of lung cancer to act sooner when symptoms appear.

The Faculty awarded four honorary doctorates and presented the Brownless Medal at the Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Oration on Health and Conferring of Degrees Ceremony.

Professor Simon Marginson delivers the 2017 R Douglas Wright Lecture and is presented with the R Douglas Wright Medallion.

Dr Lin Zhang and Dr Tianhong Wu represented the University and Faculty at the annual forum in Beijing.

The third episode of the Re-Translate Symposia, run by the Melbourne Medical School Student Ambassadors, brought together some of our best minds to discuss potential solutions to this urgent global health threat.

On 9 August 2017, the Faculty welcomed a senior delegation from Peking University Health Science Center.

The newly refurbished Medical History Museum has celebrated 50 years with the launch of its latest exhibition – The Cancer Puzzle: Patterns, Paradoxes and Personalities.

Save the Children and the University of Melbourne are collaborating to achieve generational health improvements among Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Earlier this year medicine, dentistry and optometry students from the University of Melbourne ran a Teddy Bear Hospital and conducted health checks at Derrimut Primary School.

Dr Doa El-Ansary (Department of Physiotherapy, MDHS) was selected as one of the Australian delegation (with Dr Anne Aly MP and Captain Mona Shendy) to attend the Inaugural Egyptian Women Abroad conference “EGYPT CAN 2” in Cairo, Egypt to mark the International Year of Women.

Have your say on the Faculty's Green Paper Towards 2027, which marks the final stage before we present our new Strategic Plan.

Congratulation to Dr Michelle Hall on being selected through a competitive process to take part in the 2017 round of the “Researcher in Residence” Scheme, run by BioMedVic. This is a credit to her excellence as an early career researcher and to her mentors and colleagues in CHESM.

The memoir tells the story of Don's struggle to overcome dyslexia and become an eminent surgeon with the encouragement and support of the University.

In hectic hospital emergency rooms communication is critical but often difficult. Part of the answer is cleverly designed spaces for staff to talk in that can help reduce mistakes and stress loads.

Professor Anne Kavanagh shares how changes in her own life led her to question our understanding of the health of those living with a disability.

Melbourne researchers have been awarded US$650,000 each over five years as part of a prestigious international scholarship.

More than 1200 medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, audiology, optometry, biomedical, science, speech pathology and social work students raised $26,429 by running a Teddy Bear Hospital for the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal.

Data from nearly 14,000 men shows those who strongly identify as self-reliant are more likely to have suicidal thoughts.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is designed to provide access to personalised supports and services for all Australians with a disability. However, the NDIS specifically excludes prisoners.

A recent article published in the International Journal of Epidemiology has shed a light on trends of first authorship in global health research.

When it comes to integrating health care into our schools, Victoria is leading the way.

Research has linked the Australian Government’s Closing the Gap measures, which reduced the cost of medicines for Indigenous Australians, with a decrease in the rates of hospitalisations for chronic health conditions.

Professor Melissa Little has been named the new head of the Stem Cells Australia initiative by the University of Melbourne.

Professor Jennifer Philip selected from global field of candidates to fill the prestigious position of Chair of Palliative Medicine.

Sister Dr Mary Glowrey was a leading humanitarian who is currently on the path to become Australia’s second Saint.She was the first woman to be given papal dispensation to be both a nun and a medical doctor and had a remarkable impact on the health system of India.

Friends and family of the late Dr Mike Helal, who died at the age of 28 from metastatic Ewing sarcoma in February 2015, have raised $100,000 for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) through health promotion charity Steer North.

On November 14, four honorary degrees and a Brownless Medal were awarded to distinguished academics for their exceptional contributions to the field of Medicine.

Our congratulations to Professor Jim McCluskey (formerly HOD), and to PhD candidate Sarah Baines and Dr Hamish McWilliam, on winning these prestigious prizes.

This year’s University of Melbourne Awards have been announced, with bronze plaques installed along Professors Walk on the Parkville campus to recognise awardees.

British scientist and writer Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE shared her personal journey in science and research in a keynote address at the University of Melbourne’s Athena SWAN seminar on Monday 28 November.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Erica Fletcher has been recognised with the internationally acclaimed American Academy of Optometry’s 2016 Glenn A. Fry Award and lecture.

The goal to close the gap in Indigenous eye health by 2020 is closer than ever to being achieved, according to the 2016 Annual Update on the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision.

Professor Geoff McColl, Head of the Melbourne Medical School and Professor of Medical Education and Training, has been announced as the new Chair of the Medical School Accreditation Committee (MedSAC) and Director at the Australian Medical Council (AMC) – an independent national standards body for medical education and training.