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SCP’s Anniversary Forum was held on Wednesday 20 July and attracted 50 people to The University of Sydney, to reflect on achievements to date and opportunities to enhance translational cancer research. The Forum guest speaker was recently appointed Chief Executive of Cancer Institute NSW, Professor Tracey O’Brien, who provided an overview of the NSW Cancer … Read more
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The conference, held at the University’s Susan Wakil Health Building, discussed the innovation and change that had been evident in local health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director – Health Protection NSW, Dr Jeremy McAnulty PSM, gave a keynote address which provided an insider’s view of the unfolding of the public health crisis … Read more
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A new podcast has been launched by three NSW Research Translation Centres to support researchers and clinicians prepare for clinical trial audits as a new national framework comes into effect. “Audits are perceived to be quite scary; but they don’t have to be,” said Rebekah Freckleton, Manager of Research Strategy and Partnerships at Northern Sydney … Read more
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Clinicians and researchers from across Sydney have come together to launch Sydney Health Partners’ new Clinical Academic Group (CAG) program. An inaugural workshop at Westmead Hospital gathered the leadership teams of the six recently appointed CAGs – Cardiovascular, Geriatric Medicine, Perioperative Care, Sydney Cancer Partners, Sydney Musculoskeletal and Virtual Care. Attendees heard a keynote presentation … Read more
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Research success begins with good planning and preparation. But knowing where to begin and what processes to put in place can be confusing and overwhelming. Sydney Health Partners is hosting the first of a series of webinars to introduce a range of free resources and tools on our website to help you understand the processes … Read more
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An improved system to report adverse drug reactions to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), now being trialled at Blacktown Hospital, is set to increase both the quality and quantity of reports sent to the TGA. Reporting of adverse drug reactions is consistently low in Australian hospitals, but by linking the electronic medical record (eMR) system … Read more
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Two Centenary Institute scientists have been awarded grants totalling $4.3 million from the Cancer Institute NSW to undertake critical cancer related medical research.
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Sydney Health Partners has awarded a total of $100,000 in pilot grants to support collaborative teams of researchers and clinicians to test the implementation of research innovation in clinical practice. For the second year in a row, the SHP Implementation Science Grant program has provided pilot grants of approximately $25,000 to four projects: in-hospital education … Read more
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Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) has joined Sydney Health Partners, becoming the 16th health organisation and 11th Medical Research Institute in the growing Partnership. MIA is a nationally-affiliated network of melanoma researchers and clinicians based in Sydney at The Poche Centre– the world’s largest melanoma research and treatment facility. The membership builds on MIA’s existing affiliations … Read more
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Sydney Health Partners has commenced a new era by appointing six research translation collaborations as Clinical Academic Groups (CAGs). Each new Group will deliver a program of activities which supports more rapid and systemic translation of research evidence into improved clinical practice and addresses the health and medical priorities of SHP’s health service partners. The … Read more
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Sydney Health Partners has awarded five Research Translation Fellowships as part of its sharpened focus on building research translation capacity and capability in the workforce. The inaugural Fellows are: Dr Jillian Eyles – Research Fellow, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney Merran Findlay – Executive Research Lead in Cancer Nutrition, … Read more
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Health and medical researchers have been told that integrated consumer and community involvement needs to exist as a partnership between the researcher and the community, and not just look like one. That was the message from Breast Cancer Trials Australia Chief Operating Officer Heath Badger during a national webinar on consumer and community involvement (CCI) … Read more
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