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  • 2019 Perth Cardiovascular Research Symposium

    The 2019 Symposium is a free of charge event open to all Western Australian Cardiovascular Researchers. The participation of WA Cardiovascular researchers during the workshop is key to designing an inclusive research action plan.

     

    Featuring Professor Burns Blaxall, from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, as the Plenary Speaker. There will also be a workshop “Attracting investment and building CV research in WA” drawing on the success of New South Wales and Victorian researchers. Panellists will include the Chief Scientist of WA, Professor Peter Klinken, and WAHTN Executive Director, Professor Gary Geelhoed.

     

    Click here to register your attendance

    Contact: Livia Hool

    Date: Tuesday, March 5 2019

    Time: 0830- 1700

    Location: School of Human Sciences, The University of WA, Seminar Room 1.81, First Floor, Anatomy Building

  • 2019 Ramaciotti Foundation Grants

    The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations are collectively one of the largest contributors to biomedical research in Australia. The Foundation has granted over $57 million to research projects since 1970.

     

    Applications are now open for the following:

     

    Please have a look at the guidelines to see if you qualify. Remember to check with your organisation for any internal deadlines.

  • Save the Date! CSANZ 2019 Indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference

    The 3rd Indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference is heading to Wellington, New Zealand between 12 – 13 June, 2019.

     

    The call for Abstracts shuts Friday March 1, 2019. This years’ themes are:

    • Embedding Culture and Indigenous models into the prevention and management of CVD
    • Acute Rheumatic Fever / Rheumatic Heart Disease
    • Rehabilitation and long term care in CVD
    • Improving quality and outcomes of Acute Hospital Care for Indigenous Peoples
    • Community engagement and leadership in CVD control
    • Building the Indigenous CVD workforce
    • CVD in pregnancy
    • CVD in Indigenous children and adolescents
    • Overcoming social inequalities to improve CVD outcomes
    • Improving access to the best care for Indigenous peoples
    • Novel models of care to reduce the burden of CVD in Indigenous Peoples
    • Translational research in Indigenous CVD – From the Bench to the Community

     

    For more information check out the conference website

     

     

  • International Congress on Emotional Intelligence

    The 7th Annual International Congress on Emotional Intelligence will be held in Fremantle, 14 – 17 July 2019.

     

    A call for abstracts for the Congress is now open. Professionals within the areas of medicine or health sciences are invited to apply. Themes for the Congress are:

    • Theoretical aspects of Emotional Intelligence: Application to measurement, neurosciences, emotion and cognition
    • Emotional Intelligence in Education: Education and social emotional learning, perception and appraisal of emotion
    • Emotional Intelligence from Individual and Organisational Perspectives: Individual / organisational / cultural issues, emotional facilitative thinking
    • Emotional Intelligence in the Professions: Leadership, consultation and coaching process, employing emotional knowledge
    • Application of Emotional Intelligence to Health and Wellbeing: Health and optimal development, clinical application, work engagement and burnout

     

    Abstracts can be submitted through the ICEI Abstract Submission Portal before 22 February 2019

  • 2018 NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation videos now available

    The 7th Annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Symposium on Research Translation was held in Sydney, on 27 – 28 November 2018.

     

    Under the theme of “Ensuring Value in Research” the Symposium explored how Australian researchers can develop the right questions from the start of their projects, that the studies are necessary and well-designed, and the results are reported in a fashion which is unbiased and widely usable.

     

    320 delegates, and 100 speakers attended the Symposium in 2018. The theme for 2019 Symposium will be “Research Translation in the digital age: harnessing the power of data and analytical technologies”.

     

    View the videos from all of the 2018 plenary and keynote presentations 

  • WA’s future leaders in health research recognised

    Eleven of the leading Western Australian early career researchers have been awarded the inaugural WAHTN Early Career Fellowships in Translational Health Research. This means the Fellows will receive a share of a $1 million fund from the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund, matching funding from WAHTN partner organisations and external agencies.

     

    Health Minister Roger Cook, has congratulated the new Fellows and praised the State Government’s continual investment in health research. If you would like to read the full statement from the Minister click here

    Read on below for a full list of the successful Early Career Fellows:

     

     

    Early Career Fellow Project Title Organisation
    Dr Gail Alvares Establishing an autism phenomics platform for Western Australia Telethon Kids Institute
    Ms Jodie Armstrong The Learn, Engage and Play (LEaP) Study: The Development and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Playgroup for Children with Developmental Delay Child and Adolescent Health Service / Curtin University
    Associate Professor Fenella Gill Unifying systems for recognition and response to paediatric clinical deterioration in Western Australia Child and Adolescent Health Service / Curtin University
    Dr Ariel Mace FeBRILe3 – Fever, Blood cultures and Readiness for discharge in Infants less than 3 months old Child and Adolescent Health Service / South Metropolitan Health Service
    Dr Luke Marinovich Impact of consensus guidelines on margins for breast conserving surgery: translation to clinical care in WA Curtin University
    Dr Ashleigh McEvoy Translation of ‘Liquid Biopsy’ Research into Clinical Practice Edith Cowan University
    Dr Belinda McLean Implementation of an evidence-based allied health intervention to improve functional outcomes of children with cerebral palsy Child and Adolescent Health Service / Curtin University
    Dr Jing Pang Translational research for improving the care of familial hypercholesterolaemia: closing the gaps The University of Western Australia
    Dr Janessa Pickering Developing laboratory diagnostics for Strep A carriage: an essential step to progress vaccine and acute rheumatic fever primary prevention Telethon Kids Institute
    Dr Roslyn Ward B2: I Can Communicate Child and Adolescent Health Service / Curtin University
    Dr Yue Wu Prospective evaluation of a clinical decision-support tool to guide antibiotic selection for empiric treatment of urinary infections in children Telethon Kids Institute

     

  • Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) Grant Applications Open for Round 3

    The Western Australian Health Translation Network (WAHTN) in partnership with the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is offering grants to support translational research, innovation, education and training to improve the healthcare of Western Australians.

    Round 3 applications for Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) grants are now open. WAHTN is offering to fund up to 12 projects with a maximum of $250,000 per project (i.e. $125, 000 per annum) in the following two categories:

    • WA Health – Health Service Provider Applications:
      • Open to the five WA Health, Health Service Providers (HSPs) listed below for 10 projects (two each)
        • North Metro Health Service (NMHS)
        • South Metro Health Service (SMHS)
        • East Metro Health Service (EMHS)
        • Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS)
        • WA Country Health Service (WACHS)
      • Applications must be submitted by the Coordinating Principal Investigator to the HSP’s nominated Central Research Office via email by 5pm, Friday 1 March 2019
    • PathWest, WA Primary Health Alliance or Private Health Sector Applications:
      • Funding to support two projects
      • Applications must be submitted directly to WATHN via email at mailto: info@wahtn.org by 5pm, Friday 1 March 2019

    Projects must have the ability to produce outcomes of value to the health system and align with the MRFF 2018 – 2020 Priorities and the MRFF RART program priorities

    For further information:

  • 2019 BridgeTech Program

    Expressions of Interest are now being sought for the 2019 offering of The BridgeTech Program.

    BridgeTech is a unique professional development program tailored for early to mid-career researchers who are interested in commercializing medical technology including medical devices and diagnostics.  The program will select 100 participants from across Australia to take part in face-to-face and online training in the scientific, legal, financial, clinical, regulatory and reimbursement disciplines that contribute to research translation and the commercialisation of medical technology.  This is the second year it is being offered and we had a great response last year.

    UWA in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology, MTP Connect and 19 University and industry partners and organizations in the medical-biotechnology sector, is offering the opportunity to participate to its staff.  The program will consist of online training, seminars (held at different locations nationally) which will also be accessible via webinars and the three day intensive residential training program which is ear marked for mid- May 2019 in Melbourne (details yet to be confirmed).  There is no registration fee but participants will have to pay for travel and accommodation to attend the three day intensive program.

    Expressions of Interest close on 15 February 2019

    EOIs to be submitted online, accompanied by a two-page CV. Successful applicants will be advised by email. The EOI form can be found here: https://research.qut.edu.au/bridgetech/

    For further information and the Expression of Interest form please visit: https://research.qut.edu.au/bridgetech/

    • Course flyer
    • All enquiries can be directed to bridgetech.program@qut.edu.au

  • Position Vacant: The Kerry M Stokes AC, Chair of Child Health

    This prestigious position, named in honour of Mr Kerry M Stokes AC and the enormous contribution he has made to child health research in Western Australia, will create and drive an ambitious research program in child health and development. The Chair will undertake ground-breaking health and medical research for the benefit of children and the adults they will become.

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     Candidate information booklet 

     Position Description 

    To apply please click here

     

  • Position vacant: Allied Health Research Director – Fiona Stanley Hospital

    This position is a jointly funded position between the South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) and Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University which provides leadership and fosters excellence in allied health research and articulates with research across the different professions and programs of research. It also provides relevant research education, while supervising and mentoring allied health staff across SMHS engaged in, or seeking to engage in research.

    This is a Fixed Term Full Time appointment for five years with the possibility of extension.

    Applications from suitably qualified and interested individuals are invited.

    Click here for more information Allied Health Research Director