Congratulations to the Centre’s 2022 Honours students on their scholarship awards and we wish them all the best for their research and training
Validation of the Male Depression Risk Scale short form in a cross-sectional study of Australian men. Herreen D, Rice S, Zajac I. Brief assessment of male depression in clinical care:BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 28;12(3):e053650. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053650.
Contact: Dr Ian Zajac
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Centre is highlighting some of the fantastic women of men’s health that have been supported by the Centre and are achieving great work in the field. FCMHW encourages and commends the involvement of women in men’s health and hopes to further support it in the future.
Ex vivo culture of intact human patient derived pancreatic tumour tissue.
Kokkinos J, Sharbeen G, Haghighi KS, Ignacio RMC, Kopecky C, Gonzales-Aloy E, Youkhana J, Timpson P, Pereira BA, Ritchie S, Pandzic E, Boyer C, Davis TP, Butler LM, Goldstein D, McCarroll JA, Phillips PA. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 21;11(1):1944. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81299-0.
Contact: Lisa Butler
The androgen receptor is a tumor suppressor in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Hickey TE, Selth LA, Chia KM, Laven-Law G, Milioli HH, Roden D, Jindal S, Hui M, Finlay-Schultz J, Ebrahimie E, Birrell SN, Stelloo S, Iggo R, Alexandrou S, Caldon CE, Abdel-Fatah TM, Ellis IO, Zwart W, Palmieri C, Sartorius CA, Swarbrick A, Lim E, Carroll JS, Tilley WD. Nat Med. 2021 Jan 18. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-01168-7.
Contact: Wayne Tilley
Immunotherapy approaches for prostate cancer have been largely unsuccessful, despite many clinical trials. We propose that harnessing the immune system to treat prostate cancer first requires a better understanding of the unique biology of this disease. The objective of this research program is to investigate the interplay between androgen receptor signalling and immunity in prostate cancer
Contact: A/Prof Luke Selth
