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23.01.2022 One of our clinicians has posted a reflection about the current COVID-19 pandemia as a letter to her daughter. You can read her letter in https://westmead-dermatology.sydney.edu.au//covid-19-a-cl/ Stay safe and keep everybody safe!

18.01.2022 Our Research SRMO positions at Westmead Hospital are currently being advertised. Please, read carefully the Position Requirements and the Selection Criteria. For further information and how to apply go to https://nswjmo.erecruit.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx

16.01.2022 Are you interested in Honours at the University of Sydney? Through Honours in Applied Medical Science program at the University of Sydney, Westmead Campus, CTSR will be offering many exciting projects that will cover your interests. Our research projects cover basic and translational studies of diseases such as melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and psoriasis. Our research laboratories are located at the Westmead Institute Medical Research (Westmead) and the Research and Education Building Laboratories (Westmead Hospital), and we also have access to various Research Core Facilities and laboratories at the University of Sydney’s main campus in Camperdown. Please follow this link for a list of projects that will be offered in 2021.

16.01.2022 PhD scholarship opportunity in melanoma implementation research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University Macquarie University will provide a suitably qualified candidate with a scholarship to work on a topic related to the CRE in Melanoma. See below for the link and a summary of the project. PhD scholarship opportunity in melanoma implementation research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University.... Melanoma has been described as Australia’s ‘national cancer’. We have the highest rate of melanoma in the world and in response to this Australia is leading the world in melanoma research. The CRE in Melanoma is a collaboration of Australian clinicians, researchers and implementation scientists from melanoma centres and universities in New South Wales and Victoria and is funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science at the Australian Institute for Health Innovation, Macquarie University works closely with the CRE in Melanoma to support the implementation of research evidence to improve health service and patient outcomes in melanoma care. Our work spans the melanoma care continuum from screening and prevention, through diagnosis and treatment, to supportive and psychosocial care with a focus on how to get evidence-based interventions into widespread use in the real world. Some of the current implementation projects include: exploring the barriers and facilitators to use of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with invasive melanoma; implementation of a fear of cancer psycho-educational recurrence intervention; implementation of biomarkers in melanoma and the potential for biomarkers to change clinical practice; and implementation of tailored risk information, education and surveillance schedules in dermatology clinics. Supervision team: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Director (AIHI) Professor Frances Rapport (AIHI) Dr Andrea Smith (CRE in Melanoma and AIHI) Professor Anne Cust (CRE in Melanoma and University of Sydney) The scholarship available through Macquarie University / the CRE in Melanoma is for a project using qualitative or mixed methods research methods. Applicants interested should have fieldwork experience using one or more qualitative research methods or extensive experience in a healthcare context. Experience or an interest in implementation science is also important. To find out more visit goto.mq.edu.au/cre-melanoma-phd

12.01.2022 Did you miss our recent blog post? Read it hear. By Steven Jabbour

11.01.2022 Have you checked our recent blog post? Click on the link below and see what Rachel Teh has to say about her recent trip to Melbourne and Lorne.

09.01.2022 NEW PUBLICATION: We are delighted to have our research paper entitled Investigating proteome changes between primary and metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma using SWATH mass spectrometry accepted for publication in the Journal of Dermatologic Science. Please follow this link to read more about this paper in our blog:

06.01.2022 Recently, an open competitive grant application by members of the CTSR (Prof Pablo Fernandez-Penas as PI and Dr Ali Azimi as Sub-PI) was approved for funding by Pfizer through its Global Medical Grants Programme. The study is a 1.5 years long Phase IV clinical trial involving the investigation of the effect of nonsteroidal phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor (PDE4) ointment, Crisaborole, on Atopic Dermatitis (AD)... more on the link below. https://westmead-dermatology.sydney.edu.au//phase-iv-clin/

05.01.2022 THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK. PLEASE MONITOR THIS PAGE FOR THE NEW DATE. STAY SAFE The 2nd CTSR Networking Seminar will be held at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research on Friday 27 March 2020, from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please refer to our blog post for a list of confirmed speakers and an online link for free registration.

05.01.2022 The current CoViD-19 pandemic has lead to the cancellation of all face-to-face meetings and multiple changes in all our clinical, teaching and research activities. The safety of all our patients and personnel is our priority. Clinical activity has been reduced but not canceled yet. We have developed contingency plans to address the most urgent activities as soon as possible and to manage the workload if members of the team get infected. Our teaching activities have been moved... online. Unit of Study, Workshops, etc have been updated. Our research is still ongoing, but with plans for short-notice lockdown. Writing papers and planning are still ongoing. Stay safe and keep everybody safe!

05.01.2022 Congratulations Ali Azimi for being awarded the Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre (SW-TCRC) Early Career Accelerator Grant. More information in our blog... #SWTCRC #Skin #Proteomics University of Sydney Cancer Institute NSW

03.01.2022 "Proteomics: an emerging approach for the diagnosis and classification of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and its precursors" We are pleased to announce that our recent review article on the application of proteomics in non-melanoma skin cancers has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Dermatological Sciences. The pre-print can be accessed from the journal website using the link below. https://www.jdsjournal.com/article/S0923-1811(20)30117-1/pdf

01.01.2022 The CTSR and its members would like to congratulate Professor Fernandez-Penas for his 13 years of leadership and unconditional Dermatology services as well as Dermatology research and teaching at the Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney. We are proud of having you with us, Prof.

01.01.2022 10 year anniversary of the Dermatology Comprehensive Clinical Centre at Westmead Hospital Read everything in the blog: https://bit.ly/2XMOAER