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Participant recruitment has been commonly identified as a major barrier to clinical trials success, with anecdotal evidence indicating only about 60 per cent of trials in Australia recruit all the patients they are seeking and only 20 per cent meet their recruitment timeline. With the support of the NSW Office of Health and Medical Research, … Read more
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Consumer and community involvement (CCI) is fast moving from nice to have, to must have. And while there is growing recognition of the value of genuine and meaningful engagement of consumers and the community in clinical trials, some researchers are unsure how or where to start. In response, Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre and … Read more
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Building on the success of the inaugural program in 2020, SHP is once again providing four $25,000 grants for essential work pilot testing the implementation of an evidence-based intervention, program or innovation into practice. Sydney Health Partners funded four pilot projects in 2020, but the high quality of applications subsequently attracted funding from Sydney Local … Read more
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The Respiratory Technology team at the Woolcock will be involved in exciting new research in the fight against COVID-19 following the announcement of a $15-million investment by the State Government to be led by the newly-formed NSW RNA Production and Research Network.
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Implementation Science Health Conference Australia 2021 (ISHCA 21) will bring together international and Australian leaders in implementation science to explore contemporary themes in health equity and how implementation science can be harnessed to increase the benefits of health and medical research to all. You are invited to submit your research relating to the field of … Read more
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Funded by Sydney Health Partners as part of their Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant program, the Virtual Wound Care Command centre provides expert care and advice to wounds patients across NSW, saving them from travelling hours to see a doctor and preventing possible readmission to hospital. “There are 400,000 Australians currently living with a chronic … Read more
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The fellowships, each of up to two years’ duration, will provide protected time for clinicians and researchers to upskill in research translation methods and implement health care improvement projects whilst remaining in their substantive position. Primarily funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), the Fellows will commence by October 2021 and conclude their fellowship … Read more
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SHP was successful in its application to become one of nine Infrastructure Development nodes of the Health Studies Australian National Data Asset (HeSANDA) network. The nine nodes cover 72 health research organisations in Australia, including 18 universities, ten medical research institutes, 19 health service operators, 16 clinical trial networks, and nine other organisations. HeSANDA seeks to … Read more
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The grant will establish Sydney Cancer Partners, a five-year program that will optimise cancer research translation by building capacity, capability and consumer involvement. A key element of the program will involve embedding research as a discipline in the multi-disciplinary care of patients with cancer. One novel approach will include pairing clinicians with researchers through joint … Read more
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The Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA) has awarded grants of up to $15,000 to the women in the early and mid-stages of their careers to engage, train and connect with other women in women’s health research and translation. The Deputy Chair of AHRA’s Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network (WHRTN), Professor Debbie Loxton, says … Read more
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A gene therapy project to save infants’ lives has been named the top ranked National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant for 2020.
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Held in the new Susan Wakil Health Building at the University of Sydney, the Forum featured a keynote address from the Secretary, NSW Health, Elizabeth Koff – and concluding remarks from the Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Belinda Hutchinson. Panel discussions included lessons learned about research translation during the COVID-19 pandemic, how to maximise … Read more
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