Archive
December 2008
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Monash researcher awarded $1 million Pfizer Research Fellowship
17 December 2008
Pfizer Australia has awarded Monash University scientist, Professor Michael Cowley a $1million research fellowship to further his research into diabetes.
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Monash experts available for Christmas/New Year issues
17 December 2008
Monash University experts are available over the Christmas break for media comment.
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Monash awarded $89.9m funding for New Horizons project
15 December 2008
Monash University has today received $89.9 million from the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund (EIF) to create a new platform for excellence in Future Manufacturing research and teaching.
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Top VCE students choose Monash
15 December 2008
Victoria's best Year 12 students have been offered a scholarship of up to $15,000 to study at Monash University and in an Australian-first they received the good news via a text message on their mobile phone.
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High risk move on climate change
15 December 2008
The Federal Government's five per cent emissions reduction target falls well short of what is required to prevent massive changes to life as we know it, Monash University climate change experts warn.
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Jean Hailes Chair for Women's Health receives NHMRC achievement award
12 December 2008
Director of Research at the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health and Head of Diabetes at Southern Health, Professor Helena Teede has received recognition by the National Health and Medical Research Council for her outstanding contribution to key nati
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Human Rights recognition for Monash author
11 December 2008
Professor Chris Goddard, director of Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia at Monash University has been recognised by the Human Rights Commission for research into Australia's immigration and detention processes.
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World class facility opens at Monash University
10 December 2008
Monash University has become home to one of the world's most powerful electron microscopes, part of a new facility to study the structure of materials.
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Construction to commence on state-of-the-art facility
3 December 2008
The first sod has been turned on the new purpose-built Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), which will be developed next to Monash University's Clayton campus.
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New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
2 December 2008
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work.
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Improving quality of life for aged care patients
1 December 2008
A research team from Monash University together with Austin Health, Northern Health and the North East Valley Division of General Practice in Melbourne will develop a new model of care to improve the continuity of treatment for elderly patients as they tr