14 - 01 - 2022
Join us for this week's roundup of inspiring Scholar news...
New study may steer the future of cancer therapy
Professor Mark Dawson, 2006 John Monash Scholar has led a team of Australian researchers who have developed a new single-cell expressed barcoding strategy termed SPLINTR (Single-cell Profiling and LINeage Tracing). SPLINTR was used in a recent study which could ultimately demonstrate how to reduce the fitness of a single cancer cell.
Featured Podcast – Dr Martin Seneviratne
Our first podcast for the year features Dr Martin Seneviratne, 2017 Roden Cutler NSW John Monash Scholar. Don’t miss this episode in which Martin shares what it’s like to work for Google Health and how bringing together fragmented data silos can revolutionise the healthcare we receive in the future.
RACGP announces National Winner for GP in Training award
Congratulations 2022 BHP John Monash Scholar Dr Isabel Hanson, on being awarded the 2021 National Winner for General Practitioner in Training of the Year by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). The award recognises Isabel’s commitment and passion for advancing the primary and preventative health care system in Australia, and her vision to secure a future where there is no gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health management. Watch Isabel’s acceptance speech here.
Hannah Gandy championing youth empowerment and social justice
Hannah Gandy is this year’s 2022 Victorian Government John Monash Scholar who is set to commence a Master of Laws at UCL, specialising in law and social justice. Hannah is most interested in how issues impact youth and aims to improve and uphold the rights of young persons in the law. Hannah is a La Trobe University graduate and was recently featured in the Northern Star Weekly and Lawyers Weekly, sharing the story of her childhood whilst opening our eyes to how one brush with the law can place a young person on a negative path.
Milan Gandhi working towards safely steering us through the metaverse
If the embodied internet becomes the next phase of our online experience, we need to ensure it advances, rather than undermines, our health and humanity. Milan Gandhi, 2022 Lee Liberman John Monash Scholar is at the forefront of the metaverse with a mission to ensure that big technology companies are held to account when designing their monetisation strategies into the future. He has recently been interviewed by Lawyers Weekly in a fascinating article that highlights the need for more innovative thinking with the use of technology in law.
Governments called to manage cyber risk
A new CyberCX Cyber Intelligence Insights report has highlighted key cyber threats to local government organisations. Katherine Mansted, 2016 Roth/Segal John Monash Harvard Scholar is currently the Director of Cyber Intelligence and Public Policy. She hopes the report will trigger conversations across local Australian governments that operate critical infrastructure such as energy networks. These essential services could be vulnerable to cyber-attacks, causing catastrophic consequences for local residents.
Big Muddy Film Festival winner
The Big Muddy Film Festival is housed within Southern Illinois University’s Cinema and Photography Department and is among the oldest student organised film festivals in the United States. Alies Sluiter, 2015 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholar, has won their 2021 award for Best Short Narrative for her short film, Ayaan.
Tourism and research in the Antarctic could unbalance the ecosystem
Lead researcher and 2017 Commonwealth Bank John Monash Scholar Arlie McCarthy has recently worked with scientists at the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey to publish a new study, showing how incoming ships could be upsetting Antarctica’s ecosystem. With over 1,500 tourism and research ships entering, researchers were shocked to find creatures attaching themselves to the outside of ships and creating entirely new habitats, which could threaten the amazing creatures and animals in the Antarctic.
Earthquake risk mitigation
Special attention to the urbanisation of developing countries needs to be considered in relation to population growth in earthquake prone areas. Dr James Daniell, 2009 John Monash Scholar has recently co-authored a journal article that has been published in Springer Link: A Global Analysis of the Relationship Between Urbanization and Fatalities in Earthquake-Prone Areas. The study cites Haiti, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh amongst 94 countries that will pass an urbanisation turning point within earthquake prone areas before 2050.
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