Sydney Health Partners 2025 Roadshow - Translation in Action

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Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Sydney Health Partners is coming to you!

On March 31, our Roadshow is visiting the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network at Westmead for an afternoon of discussions about the Partnership’s activities and how they are supporting research translation at SCHN. 

  • Hear from SCHN staff involved in Sydney Health Partners Clinical Academic Groups and Implementation Science Academy
  • Learn about the importance of effective and sustained research translation for improved clinical practice
  • Find out about our research enabling initiatives in areas including clinical trials, research and governance, data access and consumer involvement

    • The second half of the event will feature concurrent information sessions on:

  • Pathways into research (panel discussion)
  • Setting up a research project for implementation and impact
  • Involving consumers in research in the paediatric setting
  • Getting help with an implementation science project

    • This is the first seminar of our 2025 Roadshow, which will also visit the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Local Health District and Western Sydney Local Health District. Dates and details for those locations will be announced soon.

    Who should attend?

    This event is designed for clinicians or managers at SCHN currently involved in research – or are interested in becoming involved in research.

    Where and when?

    1:30-4:30pm on Monday, March 31 at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research seminar rooms (next to the WIMR café).

    REGISTRATIONS at this link.

    The Program

    1:20 pm - 1:30 pm - REGISTRATION OPENS

    1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - EVENT BEGINS - LEARN ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

    WELCOME - Adjunct Associate Professor Cathryn Cox PSM,  Chief Executive, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network  

    INTRODUCTION TO SYDNEY HEALTH PARTNERS - Professor Don Nutbeam AO, Executive Director, Sydney Health Partners 

    OVERVIEW OF SHP - Capacity Building for Research Translation - presented by Associate Professor Angela Todd, Research Director, Sydney Health Partners 

    SHP-ENABLED RESEARCH AT SCHN - Moderated by Adjunct Associate Professor Paula Bray, Research Director, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network 

  • Overview of a SHP Clinical Academic Group (CAG) - Professor Russell Dale, Co-lead, and Professor Michael J Griffiths, Leadership Team, SHP Child and Adolescent Health CAG 
  • Pilot grant project - Dr Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Medical School, Children's Hospital at Westmead
  • Implementation Science Masterclass project and Research Translation Fellowship - Dr Alan Ma, Clinical Geneticist, Children's Hospital at Westmead

    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING

    3:00 pm - 3:40 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS

    Seminar Room 1 - How to set up a research project for implementation and impact - Presented by Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Lead, and Dr Zoe Szewczyk, Health Economics Initiative Lead  

    Seminar Room 2 - Pathways into research - Professor Adam Guastella, Co-Chair, Child Development and Mental Health CAG (Panel Chair); Professor Louise Baur AM, Co-Chair, Diabetes and Obesity CAG; Dr Laurel Mimmo, Leadership Team member, Child and Adolescent Health CAG; Dr Natalie Ong, Leadership Team member, Child Development and Mental Health CAG

    3:40 pm - 3:45 pm - 5 MINUTE BREAK

    3:45 pm - 4:30 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS

    Seminar Room 1 - Involving consumers in research in the paediatric setting - Presented by Associate Professor Angela Todd, SHP

    Seminar Room 2 - Getting help with your implementation science project - Presented by SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Leads - Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Lead, and Dr Zoe Szewczyk, Health Economics Initiative Lead  

    4:30 pm - Event Ends

    About Sydney Health Partners
    Since 2015, Sydney Health Partners has been accredited as a Research Translation Centre by the National Health and Medical Research Council. We aim to deliver the benefits of research innovation to our patients and communities more quickly and consistently.

    Our Partnership is led by the Sydney, Northern Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains and Western Sydney Local Health Districts, the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead) and The University of Sydney. Our partnership is strengthened by ten affiliated medical research institutes: Anzac Research Institute • Asbestos Diseases and Dust Research Institute • The Centenary Institute • Children’s Medical Research Institute • Chris O’Brien Lifehouse • Heart Research Institute • Kolling Institute • Melanoma Institute Australia • The Westmead Institute for Medical Research • Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.

    To find out more go to sydneyhealthpartners.org.au.