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.
Aberrations in circulating ceramide levels are associated with poor clinical outcomes across localised and metastatic prostate cancer. Lin HM, Huynh K, Kohli M, Tan W, Azad AA, Yeung N, Mahon KL, Mak B, Sutherland PD, Shepherd A, Mellett N, Docanto M, Giles C, Centenera MM, Butler LM, Meikle PJ, Horvath LG.
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2021 Mar 21. doi: 10.1038/s41391-021-00338-z.
Contact: Lisa Butler
Effect of depression on health service utilisation in men: a prospective cohort study of Australian men aged 35 to 80 years. Martin S, Zajac I, Vincent A, Adams RJ, Appleton S, Wittert GA.
BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 17;11(3):e044893. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044893
PMID: 33737438
Contact: Sean Martin
Effect of Testosterone treatment on bone microarchitecture and bone mineral density in men: a two-year RCT.Ng Tang Fui M, Hoermann R, Bracken K, Handelsman DJ, Inder WJ, Stuckey BGA, Yeap BB, Ghasem-Zadeh A, McLachlan R, Robledo KP, Jesudason D, Zajac JD, Wittert GA, Grossmann M.
.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar 8:dgab149. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab149.
Contact: Gary Wittert
ELOVL5 is a critical and targetable fatty acid elongase in prostate cancer
Centenera MM, Scott JS, Machiels J, Nassar ZD, Miller DC, Zininos I, Dehairs J, Burvenich IJG, Zadra G, Chetta P, Bango C, Evergren E, Ryan NK, Gillis JL, Mah CY, Tieu T, Hanson AR, Carelli R, Bloch K, Panagopoulos V, Waelkens E, Derua R, Williams ED, Evdokioou A, Cifuentes-Rius A, Voelcker NH, Mills IG, Tilley WD, Scott AM, Loda M, Selth LA, Swinnen JV, Butler LM. Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 5:canres.2511.2020. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-2511.
Contact: Maggie Centenera
Removal of optimal cutting temperature (O.C.T.) compound from embedded tissue for MALDI imaging of lipids
Truong JXM, Spotbeen X, White J, Swinnen JV, Butler LM, Snel MF, Trim PJ. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2021 Feb 9. doi: 10.1007/s00216-020-03128-z.
Contact: Jacob Truong
Why are some drought-affected farmers less distressed than others? The association between stress, psychological distress, acceptance, behavioral disengagement and neuroticism
Gunn KM, Turnbull DA, Dollman J, Kettler L, Bamford L, Vincent AD. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 2021 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12695.
Contact: Kate Gunn
Evaluating a web- and telephone-based personalised exercise intervention for individuals living with metastatic prostate cancer (ExerciseGuide): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
Evans HEL, Forbes CC, Galvão DA, Vandelanotte C, Newton RU, Wittert G, Chambers S, Vincent AD, Kichenadasse G, Brook N, Girard D, Short CE.
Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2021 Jan 11;7(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00763-2.
Contact: Camille Short
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
Ethanol Extract of Achillea fragrantissima Enhances Angiogenesis through Stimulation of VEGF Production
Hammad HM, Imraish A, Al-Hussaini M, Zihlif M, Harb AA, Abu Thiab TM, Lafi Z, Nassar ZD, Afifi FU. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2020 Dec 29. doi: 10.2174/1871530321666201230113018.
Contact: Zeyad Nassar
Reducing health inequities facing boys and young men of colour in the United States
Smith JA, Watkins DC, Griffit DM. Health Promot Int. 2020 Dec 27:daaa148. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa148.
Contact: James Smith
A thematic analysis of men's help-seeking on an Australian health helpline
Lopriore S, Turnbull D, Martin SA. Health Promot J Austr. 2021 Jan 19. doi: 10.1002/hpja.458.
Contact: Sean Martin
Screening and referral is not enough: a qualitative exploration of barriers to access and uptake of mental health services in patients with cardiovascular diseases
Collopy CM, Cosh SM, Tully PJ. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jan 8;21(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-06030-7.
Contact: Phil Tully
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
The diversity and breadth of cancer cell fatty acid metabolism.
Nagarajan SR, Butler LM, Hoy AJ.
Cancer Metab. 2021 Jan 7;9(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s40170-020-00237-2. (Review)
Contact: Lisa Butler
Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation by MicroRNA-194 Promotes Neuroendocrine Transdifferentiation in Prostate Cancer.
Fernandes RC, Toubia J, Townley S, Hanson AR, Dredge BK, Pillman KA, Bert AG, Winter JM, Iggo R, Das R, Obinata D; MURAL investigators, Sandhu S, Risbridger GP, Taylor RA, Lawrence MG, Butler LM, Zoubeidi A, Gregory PA, Tilley WD, Hickey TE, Goodall GJ, Selth LA. Cell Rep. 2021 Jan 5;34(1):108585. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108585.
Contact: Luke Selth
