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 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).

    Spaces are limited. Register now so you don’t miss out.

    REGISTRATION at this link.

    The Program

    1:20 pm - 1:30 pm - Registration 

    1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Learn more about the Partnership

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

    INTRODUCTION - Professor Don Nutbeam AO, Executive Director, Sydney Health Partners 

    OVERVIEW OF SHP - Associate Professor Angela Todd, Research Director, Sydney Health Partners 

  • Enabling research translation  
  • Clinical trials  
  • Consumer and community involvement 
  • Data access and research governance  
  • Implementation science and health economics initiatives  
  • Clinical Academic Groups and support for early career researchers

    • SHP-ENABLED RESEARCH AT SCHN 

  • Overview of a Clinical Academic Group (CAG) - Professor Russell Dale, Co-lead, 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 - Dr Alan Ma, Clinical Geneticist, Children's Hospital at Westmead

    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Afternoon Tea  

    3:00 pm - 3:40 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Choose from one of the following:

  • Pathways into research  - Professor Adam Guastella, Co-Chair, Child Development and Mental Health CAG (Panel Chair); Professor Louise Baur AM, President, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences; Dr Laurel Mimmo, EMCR Leadership Team member, Child and Adolescent Health CAG; Dr Natalie Ong, Leadership Team member (Child Development and Mental Health CAG)
  • 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  

    • 5 MINUTE BREAK

    3:45 pm - 4:30 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Choose from one of the following:

  • Involving consumers in research in the paediatric setting - Presented by Associate Professor Angela Todd, SHP
  • Getting help with your implementation science project - Presented by SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Leads - Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, Dr Mitchell Sarkies, Associate Professor Heather Shepherd

    • 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.