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Western Sydney University, CSIRO and the University of Sydney have all made significant commitments to the Westmead Health Precinct, while research capacity is also growing rapidly at Blacktown, Auburn and Mount Druitt.
Read more of the post Billions in infrastructure, millions in grants and cutting-edge drug trials: a new era of western Sydney health research
Consumers are becoming more involved in research than ever, however both consumers and researchers need to “feel loved and supported” if consumer involvement in research is to progress in a meaningful way. So concluded Luke Escombe, consumer advocate, musician and comedian, echoing comments made by fellow consumer George Kiossoglou, in a panel discussion he chaired at the Consumers Health Forum’s virtual summit, Shifting Gears, on Thursday 18 March. “Consumer advocacy … Read more
Read more of the post More Support Needed to Foster Meaningful Consumer Involvement in Research
Exciting plans are being made our second annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Showcase. This year’s conference will be held on the 27th and 28th of July in the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. For this year’s event IRNet has received the support of the University of Sydney … Read more
Read more of the post Big Plans for National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Showcase in July
For the first time in Australia, researchers at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR), along with their clinical colleagues at Westmead Hospital, have performed normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) on donated kidneys. Now, as part of a clinical trial, kidneys treated with NMP have been successfully transplanted into patients.
Read more of the post Australia’s first ‘revived’ kidney transplant
Seven projects have received pilot grants of $25,000 each after being shortlisted by the inaugural Sydney Health Partners Implementation Science Grant Program in 2020. The grants are in addition to the four projects funded directly by Sydney Health Partners last August as part of the program. SHP Executive Director, Professor Don Nutbeam, says the extra … Read more
Read more of the post Sydney Health Partners and Health Districts Support Implementation Science
The Sydney Health Partners calendar makes it easier for researchers to find the next available, relevant HREC meeting across the Partnership to which they can submit their research for ethics review. By displaying all dates in a single place, the calendar allows users to filter for meetings depending on their research needs. Researchers who want … Read more
Read more of the post Combined Calendar of Human Research Ethics Committee Meetings Helps Sydney Health Partners’ Researchers
Sydney Health Partners has teamed up with hospital consumer groups to produce a unique brochure which encourages consumer involvement in health and medical research. The brochure outlines the common steps in the research process and shows the many ways consumers can work with researchers to improve healthcare in Australia. Co-produced by consumers, researchers and communications … Read more
Read more of the post Demystifying the Health Research Experience for Consumers
With COVID-19 dominating medical science and human concern, our chemists have developed a method to quickly and safely synthesise protein vaccines for respiratory diseases for pre-clinical tests.
Read more of the post New Method to Assist Fast-Tracking of Vaccines for Pre-Clinical Tests
Musculoskeletal researchers are working to improve access to educational material for clinicians, and patients with musculoskeletal conditions, in a new SHP-funded project. The team are scouring the literature to create a series of resources with clear, consistent messaging about how to best treat common musculoskeletal conditions, that can then be adapted for different conditions and … Read more
Read more of the post Clinicians Work to Improve Access to Effective Resources for Treatment of Common Disorders
HRI has won ‘Best Workplace 2020’ for providing an exceptional work environment for staff, awarded by consultancy firm Voice Project.
Read more of the post HRI wins ‘Best Workplace 2020’ Award
Applications open next March, with separate application streams for projects in urban and rural areas across Australia. Individual grants will be a minimum of $250,000 up to $10 million, for projects which must be completed within five years. The grant opportunity forms part of the Medical Research Future Fund and builds on the RART Initiative … Read more
Read more of the post RART Grant Scheme Receives Big Boost
The team will look at how the vast amounts of data collected from patients during their treatment by the District’s virtual hospital, rpavirtual can be better integrated into their electronic medical record (eMR) and aims to develop a universal Australian platform that is compatible with most monitoring devices. Launched on 3 February 2020, rpavirtual was … Read more
Read more of the post Enhanced Remote Monitoring of COVID-19 Patients at SLHD Receives Federal Funding
