The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has expanded its early stage drug discovery capacity to create the National Drug Discovery Centre (NDDC). Thanks to generous investments from the Australian and Victorian Government and leveraging the Institute’s own contribution and philanthropic gifts, the Centre will increase medical researchers’ access to advanced robotic high-throughput screening, addressing a … Continued

The Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (AADDM) Conference will be held on 3 - 4 October 2019 at the Telethon Kids Institute at Perth Children's Hospital. This national conference will be of particular interest to clinicians, allied health workers and researchers who specialise or have an interest in improving the health and function of … Continued

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) are holding a breakfast during Mental Health Week in recognition of World Mental Health Day. The Auditor General, Ms Carolyn Spencer, will be addressing her recent report on access to state mental health services in WA. The event is a networking opportunity for researchers, practitioners and others in WA working in the … Continued

Are you related to someone with a dementia disease or Alzheimer's? Do you have an interest as to how your genetics and lifestyle impacts and interacts with the possibility of developing a dementia related disease? Would you like to know more about the link between genes and dementia? Researchers from Edith Cowan University would like … Continued

The WA BioInnovation Symposium will provide industry and investors with intimate access to promising WA life sciences research projects nearing translation and provide entrepreneurs, clinicians and researchers the chance to receive vital feedback and learn about industry sector requirements. Hear about the latest WA biotech and healthcare investment and partnering opportunities, Learn about WA’s R&D … Continued

The 2019 Research Impact Summit features over 20 speaker sessions led by knowledge translation and research impact experts, researchers, proven practitioners and influencers from government, policy and business. The Summit consists of content across the themes of: Translation, Implementation Science, Collaboration & Engagement, Dissemination, and Research Impact. The summit is for researchers, research support and administrators, … Continued

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The Lions Eye Institute (LEI) will share important developments in research into vision loss and blindness during the inaugural LEI Research Week. LEI Research Week will comprise a series of free events, including: Eye health and research lectures for the community: McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun St Nedlands, 10am – … Continued

The WAHTN are offering a Clinical Research Support Service for anyone currently involved in or interested in conducting clinical research in Western Australia. This service is provided by the Clinical Trial and Data Management Centre (CTDMC) who will be visiting WAHTN member partners. Please click here for flyer

Curtin University's Centre for Data Linkage is running a short 1 day introductory workshop on Data Linkage. This is an introductory course that will expose participants to some of the technical aspects of data linkage, including: Different methodologies of linkage (deterministic, probabilistic, SLK), Different grouping strategies, Errors in data linkage (types & how to measure them), … Continued

You're invited to a WACRA Symposium Day with invited international guest Professor Cathy Shanahan (King's College London, UK) and key WA Cardiovascular researchers. Professor Cathy Shanahan was educated in Australian and obtained a PhD in Genetics from the University of Adelaide. She began research in the field of cardiovascular medicine in the Biochemistry Department at … Continued

Are you interested in turning your research idea into a well prepared grant application? With funding rounds always around the corner, it is never too late to spend an hour looking at strategies for putting together a high quality grant application. This seminar will provide practical tips on writing applications, grant review processes, and responding … Continued

Places are still available for this workshop. The WAHTN and UWA School of Population and Global Health are proud to host Professor Merrick Zwarenstein  (Department of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, Ontario; see profile here ) in Perth in early-November 2019 as part of the WAHTN’s Distinguished Visiting Professor Program. Merrick is an internationally-renowned … Continued

This workshop is fully booked. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email info@wahtn.org   Topics: Introduction; The Research Question; Overview of evaluative research designs; Rationale for undertaking a Pragmatic RCT - internal and external validity The WAHTN and UWA School of Population and Global Health are proud to host … Continued

This workshop is fully booked. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email info@wahtn.org Topics: Randomisation & Sample Size; Data Collection, Analysis & Interpretation Collecting data, understanding it and interpreting results - Primary, Secondary and Post-hoc Analyses The WAHTN and UWA School of Population and Global Health are proud to … Continued

This workshop is fully booked. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email info@wahtn.org   Topics: Ethics in Pragmatic Trials; Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials Complete Protocol exercise The WAHTN and UWA School of Population and Global Health are proud to host Professor Merrick Zwarenstein  (Department of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & … Continued

The Cancer Council WA and Western Australian Clinical Oncology Group invite you to attend their Proton Radiotherapy Education Event. The event will be chaired by Dr Martin Ebert, Director of Physics Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Visiting speakers include: Dr Scott Penfold- Principal Physicist, Bragg Centre, SA; Dr Hien Le – … Continued

Please save the date for the Accelerating Child Health Research: A Systems Biology Symposium co-hosted by the Respiratory Research Centre and the Centre for Personalised Medicine for Children. The key themes for this symposium include: Precision health, Multi-omics applications, Systems epidemiology and Date integration and visualisation. Abstract submissions are open now. Please submit your abstract to respiratory.research.centre@telethonkids.org.au … Continued

WAHTN will host a talk and short Q and A on the newly established Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC). The talk titled, Clinical and population phenomic approaches to augment clinical actionability and preventive medicine strategies, will be presented by Professor Jeremy Nicholson (Director of the Australian National Phenome Centre, Pro Vice Chancellor for Health Science … Continued

This talk is a unique opportunity to hear from Professor Roberto Solari about the process of commercial drug discovery. It will cover the basic techniques of target discovery and validation and how new technologies have influenced productivity in Pharma. Roberto Solari is a research biologist and is a Visiting Professor at the National Heart and … Continued

You're invited to participate in a Research Priority Mapping Workshop aimed at gaining an understanding of the issues which face individuals living with a neurological disorder and potential avenues for future research. At the Workshop, the research team will present an overview of the research program, followed by group discussions, sharing and brainstorming ideas about … Continued

The South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) is holding a full day Research Showcase on Thursday 28 November, 2019. The day will feature a number of events including a: CSIRO Breakfast Research Forum: Research Potential of Emerging Technologies, SMHS Innovation Presentation: Kaartdijin: Big Dreaming - What is it all about?, Podium Presentations, Consumers in Research, Technology … Continued