The effects of COVID-19 has been far reaching with negative impacts being felt globally. While most industries have suffered greatly, the medical industry is operating at two speeds. Quests for vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 are being fast tracked to clinical trials while other innovations have slowed or put on hold. This webinar focuses on … Continued

This short seminar will discuss current COVID-19 research activities and their coordination in WA, including WAHTN's role in funding, coordination and prioritisation. Presenter: Professor Gary Geelhoed MBBS, FRACP, FACEM, MD Professor Geelhoed is Executive Director of the Western Australian Health Translation Network and was previously WA's Chief Medical Officer and Assistant Director General of Clinical … Continued

Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA), PRAXIS Australia, ARCS Australia and CT:IQ have come together to create, Beyond COVID-19: a solution-focussed forum, after identifying a need for the clinical trial sector to collaborate and share information. Beyond COVID-19: a solution-focussed forum, is an exciting new initiative for people working in clinical trials to share their learnings … Continued

Fireside conversations is a regular series of informal Q&A sessions between the WA community and experts from WA Health. Health Consumers’ Council Executive Director, Pip Brennan puts your COVID-19 research-related questions to Assistant Director General of WA Health’s Clinical Excellence Division, Dr James Williamson. When you register you can pose your questions about development of … Continued

In partnership with the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC), RMIT's Health Transformation Lab and Flinders University Digital Health Design Lab, CISCO is bringing together a unique delegation of Hospital CEO's, CIO's and Clinical Executive Directors from across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The focus of the delegation is to work with the leading hospitals and … Continued

Organised by Medicine by Design and the Rotman School of Management in Toronto and now in its fourth year, Summer by Design brings together trainees from the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals and other Canadian and international universities to learn from experts in clinical translation and commercialisation, explore the city's dynamic life sciences … Continued

The third in the Health Consumers’ Council’s series of Fireside Chats will be held on Thursday 11 June with Dr Denise Sullivan. It will tackle your questions about how to minimise the risk of infection, how the impact of the pandemic is being tracked and preparation for recovery. It will also explore what it’s been … Continued

The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) is holding an Asia-Pacific Cardiovascular Webinar: Cancer therapies and the heart. A/Prof Nicole Beard, University of Canberra will address cancer treatment, cardiotoxicity and calcium and A/Prof Doan Ngo, University of Newcastle will address cardiovascular toxicities associated with cancer treatments. Please register for this webinar. You can view the Asia-Pacific time zones … Continued

Join a workshop to help imagine the future of the outpatient e-Health experience. About this Event COVID-19 has shown that our health system can pivot to deliver telehealth outpatient services which ensure quality and support patient choice. The success of maintaining connectivity during COVID-19 has been exciting, and is a gain we don't want to … Continued

This Q&A session will explore how the WA health system has prioritised responding rapidly to the risks posed to, and the needs of, Aboriginal communities in Western Australia during COVID-19. The WA Aboriginal Advisory Group was established in March 2020 and has been working through the many challenges posed during this time of a pandemic. … Continued

The High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (HBPRCA) is holding a free online event on the pathophysiology, management and treatment of hypertension. Internationally renowned speakers include President of HBPRCA Prof. Markus Schlaich (University of Western Australia), President of the International Society of Hypertension Prof. Alta Schutte (University of New South Wales) and many more! … Continued

This virtual event will discuss the battle against COVID-19 which almost literally put WA’s Health Department in wartime mode. The urgency to save lives, respond to an unprecedented and rapidly changing environment and communicate factually to the public, are some of the factors WA’s Director General of Health, Dr David Russell-Weisz and WA’s State Health … Continued

In this webinar, you will hear from key personnel in the data linkage world on how to access cross-jurisdictional linked data. The keynote speakers will cover topics including the PHRN Online Application System (OAS), what data is currently available in Australia, the role of a state data linkage unit in accessing cross jurisdictional data, what … Continued

Clinician Scientists have been leading the charge in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether searching for new treatments and vaccines, advising on public health measures or addressing the broader impacts such as mental health, they have been crucial to the response so far. Join the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences for a free webinar … Continued

This workshop will showcase existing research in medical imaging in WA and provide a forum to discuss opportunities and future direction. Quantitative imaging is a convergence of medical imaging, computer science, multi-omics and the clinical sciences. It is focused on the extraction of image features, which can be used as actionable biomarkers regarding disease and … Continued

The focus of this panel discussion is delivering quality and culturally responsive telehealth services to people from culturally and linguistically diverse populations, through the pandemic and beyond. COVID-19 quickly thrust us into using telehealth (phone, online and video consultations) which has resulted in a range of great benefits as well as numerous issues, particularly for … Continued

Cardiovascular disease remains a significant contributor to the health inequities experienced by Aboriginal people. It is heartening that the CVD mortality gap has been narrowing and that daily smoking rates have reduced by 12.6% since 2004 in the Aboriginal population. In fact, between 2006 and 2018, the WA Aboriginal mortality rate has improved by 27%, … Continued

The Respiratory, Sleep, Environmental and Occupational Health Clinical Academic Group (RSEOH CAG) aims to bring together expertise to progress the results/outcomes of current projects, build collaborations and partnerships for further larger-scale projects and foster improved healthcare delivery and outcomes. The RSEOH Annual Conference 2020 will provide all stakeholders with the opportunity to: Learn more about … Continued

RPH Research Foundation's Annual Research Symposium and Awards Day celebrates some of the cutting-edge research that's currently being produced within the East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS). This year, the event has been tailored to support and encourage early career researchers, while also enabling established clinicians and scientists to showcase their work. This event will be … Continued

The 2020 International Population Data Linkage Network Conference - Data Linkage: Information to Impact, will be held virtually on 1 - 13 November 2020. The Conference Organising Committee and Scientific Committee are very pleased to offer a comprehensive package that will include a structured program with invited keynote addresses and presentations from selected papers, as … Continued

How can implementation research and practice-based learning be transformative during times of great change? And what role does health system resilience play in controlling a pandemic? Sydney Health Partners (an Australian Health Research Alliance translation centre) are hosting their fourth annual Implementation Science symposium and will debate these questions, mindful of the challenges currently confronting … Continued

The ACTA Summit 2020 will be a ‘virtual’ gathering of Australian and international experts in the design and conduct of clinical trials, embedding research into service delivery, digital health care and data custodianship, healthcare policy and regulation, health economics, and consumer engagement. The ACTA Summit 2020 will focus on the opportunities and challenges facing the … Continued

The WA Health Translation Network (WAHTN) is delighted to announce that Professor Paul Glasziou will provide a webinar on "How can we reduce the waste in health care research?" on Tuesday 1 December 2020. Professor Glasziou, Professor of Evidence-Based Practice at Bond University and the Director of the Institute for Evidence Based Healthcare, was the … Continued

The Indo-Asia Digital Health Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation is holding the Digital Health and Telemedicine workshop in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Medicine. This year new and exciting topics will be discussed including applications relevant to COVID-19. Experts from around the globe will discuss successful telemedicine and digital health … Continued