Western Australian Health Translation Network

TGA SME Assist & WAHTN : Meeting Your Obligations workshop
2019-09-25 09:00 - 12:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands
Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) SME Assist in partnership with WAHTN is holding a ‘Meeting Your Obligations’ workshop in Perth on 25 September 2019.
This is a free workshop aimed at beginners who are unfamiliar with therapeutic goods regulation. This may include:

small to medium enterprises (SMEs),
start-ups, and
researchers.

If you are making therapeutic claims about a product or have a product that is likely to be considered a therapeutic good, this workshop will help you understand your responsibilities at different stages of the regulation process.
For more information, please visit the TGA website and register your interest if you wish to attend.

WAHTN Clinical Trial Forum
2019-09-19 17:00 | Fiona Stanley Hospital, Lecture Theatre G.3,Education Building, Fiona Stanley Hospital,Murdoch, WA 6961
The next WAHTN Clinical Trial Forum will introduce Professor Toby Richards who has recently moved from UCL to take up the Lawrence-Brown Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Western Australia. Professor Richards will be speaking on Student Networks – How to develop international audits incorporating 10,000 patients in 2 weeks.
For more information about the forum or to register, click here.

Commonwealth Data Sharing and Release Legislation roundtables
2019-09-16 | The Durack Centre, 263 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, WA, 6000
A Discussion Paper on the Data Sharing and Release (DS&R) legislation is now open for public comment until Tuesday 15 October 2019. The Office of the National Data Commissioner is hosting a roundtable series during September and October 2019 on the Discussion Paper. You can find out more and make a submission through the website.
Each session will go for two hours and seek your views on:

The purposes for sharing data, including data sharing for commercial purposes.
The Data Sharing Principles and risk management, including privacy risks and consent.
Guidance materials, including the Best Practice Guide to Applying Data Sharing Principles.
How the DS&R Framework could work for different users in practice.
The role of the National Data Commissioner.
Accreditation principles and criteria.
Higher standards of protections for sensitive data.
Adequacy of proposed transparency and accountability mechanisms.
Methods for dealing with complaints, redress options and review rights.
Enforcement and penalties.

For more information and to register for a roundtable in your state, please visit the website.
If your preferred roundtable session is booked out, please add yourself to the waitlist for that session. The waitlisted participants will be contacted if places become available.
A webinar will be held for those who are unable to meet face to face, where your pre-submitted questions can be answered by the panel. More information about this session will become available soon.
Written submissions on the Discussion Paper are also welcome. These can be lodged through the website.

Autism Training for the WA Health Sector
2019-09-03 - 2019-10-24
The Autism Association of Western Australia is partnering with the WA Health Sector and has developed training packages and resources to increase Autism awareness within the health sector.
The ultimate aim of this initiative is to improve access to health care and the health outcomes for individuals with Autism, in line with the WA Disability Health Framework 2015-2025, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
This event will be held at numerous locations around WA over two months. Please click here for more information and to RSVP to the event nearest to you.

Spinnaker Community Forum - Fremantle Diabetes Study
2019-08-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Fremantle Library, 70 Parry Street, Fremantle
Spinnaker Health Research Foundation has the privilege of hosting a community forum to share outcomes of the significant Fremantle Diabetes Study, commenced 1993.
Keynote speaker: Professor Timothy Davis, Chief Investigator of Phase I & II, Fremantle Diabetes Study
Prof Davis, Fremantle Diabetes Study lead since 1993, will be joined by medical practitioners and study participants to share outcomes of the study, improvements in patient care and the overall health impacts for the community.
“We started the Fremantle Diabetes Study in 1993 to better understand how to diagnose and manage the disease, but also to understand what the risks are for complications and how we can improve the overall wellbeing of people with diabetes.
Now, after more than 25 years and with the involvement of over 3,000 participants from the Fremantle community, we know so much more. Importantly, so does the rest of the world”
– Professor Tim Davis, Chief Investigator, Fremantle Diabetes Study
Places are limited so please let us know via the link below if you would like to attend.
RSVP: YES
For further enquiries, please email:
Dani Ryder, Development Officer at dani.ryder@health.wa.gov.au or call 6152 6278.

Clinical Trial and Data Management Centre (CTDMC) : Need help with Clinical Research?
2019-08-20 09:30 - 13:30, 2019-06-18 09:30 - 13:30, 2019-04-30 09:30 - 13:30 | SR 612, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Institute, Nedlands
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

Women in STEM
2019-08-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Fiona Stanley Hospital, Lecture Theatre G.3,Education Building, Fiona Stanley Hospital,Murdoch, WA 6961
In collaboration with Murdoch University, JTSI and Fiona Stanley Hospital, three Free Seminar Talks will be held at Fiona Stanley during National Science Week.
Reach for the Stars: Women in Stem presenters will be :

Professor Elaine Holmes, Premiers Research Fellow, Health Futures Murdoch University
Dr Reuy Leng Loo, Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University
Dr Sam Lodge, NMR Manager Australian National Phenome Centre, Murdoch University.

Sam will look at the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) for clinical diagnostics on Thursday 15th August 1-2pm
Click here to book

Women in STEM
2019-08-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Fiona Stanley Hospital, Lecture Theatre G.3,Education Building, Fiona Stanley Hospital,Murdoch, WA 6961
In collaboration with Murdoch University, JTSI and Fiona Stanley Hospital, three Free Seminar Talks will be held at Fiona Stanley during National Science Week.
Reach for the Stars: Women in Stem presenters will be :

Professor Elaine Holmes, Premiers Research Fellow, Health Futures Murdoch University
Dr Reuy Leng Loo, Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University
Dr Sam Lodge, NMR Manager Australian National Phenome Centre, Murdoch University.

Reuy Leng will discuss the susceptibility of human phenotypes to dietary modulation and the downstream impact on health on Wednesday 14th August 1-2pm
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Women in STEM
2019-08-12 13:00 - 14:00
In collaboration with Murdoch University, JTSI and Fiona Stanley Hospital, three Free Seminar Talks will be held at Fiona Stanley during National Science Week.
Reach for the Stars: Women in Stem presenters will be :

Professor Elaine Holmes, Premiers Research Fellow, Health Futures Murdoch University
Dr Reuy Leng Loo, Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University
Dr Sam Lodge, NMR Manager Australian National Phenome Centre, Murdoch University.

Elaine will be looking at Metabolic Phenotyping and its role in 21st century medicine on Monday 12th August 1-2pm
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13th National Allied Health Conference
2019-08-05 08:00 - 2019-08-08 17:00 | Brisbane Convention and Entertainment Centre
Authors are invited to submit an abstract summarising interesting and topical research, quality or other initiatives within any of the conference themes listed on the conference website.
Submissions are sought for Oral Presentations, Lightning Oral Presentations (with ePosters) and ePoster displays. All abstract submissions not accepted for oral or lightning presentation will be considered for an ePoster display.
Call for abstracts closes 11 February 2019

Applied Cultural Proficiency Upcoming Workshops in South West Sydney
2019-07-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Campbelltown Campus – Western Sydney University, Building 21, Ground Floor Room 18, Narellan Rd & Gilchrist Dr
The SPHERE Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing CAG will be hosting two Applied Cultural Proficiency workshops across South Western Sydney.
Please click here for flyer
Please feel free to share within your networks if anyone is interested to attend, they are welcome

2019 Australian British Heath Catalyst Delegation
2019-07-08 - 2019-07-11 | London & Cambridge, UK
Integrated healthcare in a Digital World
Aimed at healthcare leaders to facilitate greater two-way trade and investment between the United Kingdom and Australia.

INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE IN A DIGITAL WORLD

The care network of the future
Cybersecurity – patient safety, data privacy and security solutions
Developments in precision medicine, AI and biotechnology.

PURPOSE

The Australian British Health Catalyst (ABHC) is designed to facilitate and promote the exchange of ideas and experience in healthcare in Australia and the UK.

Participants in the programme will be Healthcare leaders from Australia and the UK. Health care professionals, Technology and research experts, financiers, public health administrators, private health executives, academics and innovators will be represented.
OBJECTIVES

Supporting the Business Objectives of the Australian Healthcare industry.
Aligning the Australian and UK healthcare sectors through shared best practice against a back drop of advancing technology, Brexit and a potential future free trade agreement.

RPH Research Foundation: The impact agenda and how to approach the new NHMRC funding schemes
2019-06-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Level 2 Seminar Room, RPH Medical Research Foundation,rear 50 Murray St, Perth
The RPH Research Foundation invites you to attend Dr Tamika Heiden’s FREE one-hour presentation to help you prepare to apply for NHMRC Funding.
To register please email: sandra.peterson@health.wa.gov.au
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Perth Biomedical Translation Bridge Program Information Session
2019-06-25 10:00 - 11:30 | The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands
The Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) Program is an initiative of the Medical Research Future Fund, providing up to $1 million in matching funding to nurture the translation of new therapies, technologies and medical devices through to the proof of concept stage.
The BTB program is operated by MTPConnect in partnership with BioCurate, UniQuest, the Medical Device Partnering Program and the Bridge and BridgeTech programs.
Please join us and our partners at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research this Tuesday 25th June 2019, 10am – 11.30am to find out more about the BTB Program.

Please register here: Perth Biomedical Translation Bridge Program Information Session

Applied Cultural Proficiency Upcoming Workshops in South West Sydney
2019-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Liverpool City Campus of Western Sydney University, Room 03.4.01,100 Macquarie St, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia

Save the date: CSANZ 3rd Indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference 2019
2019-06-12 08:00 - 2019-06-13 17:00 | TBA, New Zealand
Download the flyer here

REDCap Workshop
2019-06-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Computer Learning Centre, Education Centre, Level 5 West, Perth Children’s Hospital, 15 Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
Open to all Telethon Kids Institute, Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) researchers, bookings are essential
The next session is Intermediate. You must have completed a Basic training session or be able to demonstrate an advance knowledge of REDCap

Wise Realities - Immersive Technologies in Healthcare: An Introduction
2019-06-05 08:30 - 11:00 | Stanley College, West Perth, 69 Outram Street, West Perth, WA, 6005, Australia
The Immersive Technologies workshop aims to educate health and medical professionals, researchers, students within WA Health on immersive technologies and their application in healthcare. The workshop includes a one hour lecture, a one hour hands-on session and followed by a 30min discussion and Q&A

2019 Science on the Swan Conference
2019-06-05 08:00 - 2019-06-07 17:00
WAHTN and partners will be hosting the Science on the Swan 2019, WA’s annual premier health and medical research conference. Featuring a keynote address from science journalist, producer and presenter Dr. Michael Mosley, this conference will be your chance to hear from the very best medical professionals about the future of neuroscience and the senses.
Theme: Neuroscience & The Senses – Healthy Ageing across the Life Course
Please visit www.scienceontheswan.com.au to fill in the expression of interest form to be kept up to date with information.

WAHTN Clinical Trial Forum : Research and Clinical Trials in General Practice
2019-05-27 16:30 - 18:00
Our main speaker will be Prof Chris Reid from Curtin University who is a Principal Investigator on several cardiovascular clinical trials that recruit through General Practice. Prof Reid will present the ASPREE study which has just been announced as the winner of the 2019 Clinical Trial of the Year award by ACTA. The ASPREE Trial looked at the efficacy of people 70 and above taking aspirin daily in preventing age-related illness including heart attack and dementia.
The Health systems and Health Economics group will be presenting on their research activity with primary care and general practice. Through their research and development activity the group aim to generate an evidence base that supports the strengthening of primary care and general practice as the cornerstone of Australian health system.
Presenters include:
Professor Suzanne Robinson who will provide an overview of the team and the research and capacity building activity
Mitchell Sarkies presenting on the Belmont initiative- a quality improvement project for primary care management of chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Richard Varhol presenting on his work supporting GP with data analytics for use to inform business intelligence and quality patient care
LOCATION: Curtin University Building 108, Room 118
Date: Monday 27th May 2019
Time: 4:30 pm for a 5pm start
COST: Free
Light refreshments will be available.
Visitors to Curtin University may park for free after 4:30 pm in Blue, Yellow or Green Zones.
To register for the forum please click on the URL below
https://www.trybooking.com/book/event
Bookings are not essential but are preferred.

2019 CCRM Australia – WAHTN Technology Evaluation Workshop
2019-05-23 14:30 - 16:30 | SR 612, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Institute, Nedlands
WAHTN in partnership with the Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative medicine (CCTRM) and the Centre for Commercialisation of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) Australia are happy to announce the 2019 CCRM Australia – WAHTN Technology Evaluation Workshop.
The Workshop coincides with the visit of the Canadian CEO of CCRM, Dr Michael May, who will be visiting Perth in May this year. Dr May will be in attendance at the Workshop and will be able to provide feedback on participant presentations. In previous Technology Evaluation Workshops participants have received valuable feedback from Dr May, and in some cases, participants have been referred to other contacts in the same research area.
CCRM is a leading Canadian not-for-profit which develops new cutting edge technologies in the field of regenerative medicine, including cell and gene therapy.
While CCRM are open to new technologies which advance the field of regenerative medicine, the following are also of interest:
Cell and gene therapy:

T cell immunotherapies (CAR-T), target discovery platforms, and biomarkers to identify potent T cell subsets
Generation of universal antigen specific T-cells
Genetic modifications for enhanced cell targeting
Exosomes-based delivery of therapeutics
Cardiac/neural cell therapies
Small molecules for endogenous repair

Small molecule and mimetic alternatives to protein factors (e.g. growth factors) to be used for manufacturing
Novel defined (recombinant proteins only) medium formulations for production of commercially relevant cell types

Gene therapy approaches

Enabling Technologies:

Human PSC differentiation
Label-free cell isolation
Gene/epigenome editing and non-viral delivery

Cell engineering (genetic switches, rapid clone selection, hot-swappable regions, integration site targeting, expression stability, etc)

Lentiviral transfection and transduction

High-efficiency cell transduction (e.g. process related or new LVV envelope proteins)

AAV for targeted delivery including novel AAV capsids

Manufacturing:

Non-enzymatic passaging of cells in bioreactors
New bioreactor technologies relevant to manufacture of commercially relevant cell types

High efficiency volume reduction and washing, should be scalable (e.g. from 1L scaled to a magnitude of 100 or more)

Virus filtration/clarification/isolation methods (LVV and AAV)

High efficiency and high purity continuous enrichment of virions (lentivirus and AAV) from cell culture broth

Rapid assays for quantification of functional viral titre (lentivirus and AAV) new approaches to support manufacturing workflow i.e.:

Tracking technologies (materials, equipment, products and people)
Process data capture/monitoring and interrogation
Procedural tracking
Process modelling and scheduling

Media development and formulations

New algorithms/methods for efficient exploration of high dimensional design spaces in media development and culture optimisation
Low cost, high efficiency, scalable cell enrichment

Sensors to measure cell viability and biomass:

In-reactor analysis of media composition (metabolites, proteins, physico-chemical parameters)
In-reactor or rapid at-line and automated analysis of cell phenotype

In both cases preferably g-irradiation stable and single use

Rapid assays for detection of microbiological contamination

Event Details:
Date: Thursday 23 May 2019
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Location: Seminar Room G 24, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North)
Please click here for the agenda
Bookings are essential and will fill up fast. Place yours now

Cancer Council 14th Behavioural Research in Cancer Control Conference
2019-05-15 08:00 - 2019-05-17 17:00 | Hyatt Regency, Perth
The conference provides a unique opportunity to discuss the latest developments in cancer control research, helping us to optimise our impact in preventing cancer and improving cancer outcomes. It provides an excellent forum to network with colleagues and to share your ideas and expertise.
Keynote speakers will include:
Professor Brian Southwell, Program Director – Science in the public sphere, RTI International
Professor Tanya Chikritzhs, Program Leader, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Professor Frank Chaloupka, Director of the Health Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
Assoc Prof Marina Reeves, A/Head Health Systems & Policy Division, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Preconference workshops will be held on Tuesday 14 May 2019.
Please find information at the link below:
https://cancerwa.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/brcc2019/home

Research seminar with visiting scholar : Harnessing the Power of Our patient’s Voice
2019-02-27 15:00 - 17:15 | Education Building, Fiona Stanley Hospital – Lecture Theatre G1
Presenter: Dr Lewis Kazis
Program:
3:00 – 4:00pm – Lewis will present and answer questions about his experiences in development of patient response outcomes (PRO’s) to measure quality of life and return to participation + IT solutions for response capture (and extensive research while studying at Harvard University)
4:00 – 5:15pm – Australian experiences
Lisa Martin – Quality of life and post-traumatic growth after burn / Paediatric outcomes after Burn
Graeme McLeod – Development of data capture solutions – virtual clinic system and MICE
Michelle Byrne – Psychological Outcomes
Stuart Andrews – Establishing predictive psychological screening
Beamed in from Sth Australia – Sarah Fraser – The Coolaman study – survey of clinicians working with Aboriginal children after burns – improving outcomes
Quick break for coffee – thank you to Diane Lim and Fiona Wood Foundation
5:30 – 6:00pm – W. Prof Fiona Wood led hypothetical – using PRO’s (patient voice) to shape local and national policy

“Dial in” details:
Internet link for Scopia-Help: (ask them to contact 08 63831879 if they have any trouble installing/testing Scopia-Desktop)
https://healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/S_T/Telehealth-appointments-at-home
Once installed simply enter your display name and the meeting ID (Your Dial in Number/Meeting ID is: 6586 )
Please mute your microphones as you dial in (on top left of the page) to avoid any feedback.

Clinical Trial and Data Management Centre (CTDMC) : Need help with Clinical Research?
2019-02-19 09:30 - 13:30

Cancer Symptom Trials (CST) - Concept Development Workshop
2019-02-08 09:45 - 16:00 | Cancer Council WA Seminar Room, 15 Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park, Perth, WA, 6008, Australia
Presenters:
Professor Jane Phillips
Professor of Palliative Nursing and Director of Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation (IMPACCT), University of Technology Sydney
Professor Meera Agar
Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney
Please click here for more information and registration details

Quality of life workshop
2018-12-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Room 117, Building 501, Curtin University (Bentley campus)
Facilitator: Dr Claudia Rutherford
The workshop is limited to 50 participants. Please RSVP by 30th November 2018.
Click here to register
Please see the attached flyer for more information.

An introduction to immersive technologies in health
2018-12-06 09:00 - 11:00
Facilitator: Ali Fardinpour, PhD, Wise Realities’ Founder and Executive Director, Adjunct Researcher at Curtin University, is a research scientist and technology innovator.
The Research Education & Training Program (RETP) in collaboration with the Wise Realities Institute for Healthcare Emerging Technologies Research, presents an opportunity to its researchers to experience the latest advances in healthcare using Virtual Reality. Researchers who may be interested in using these technologies in their health research or are simply interested in learning more, should come along to the brief 2 hour workshop on 6th December this year to listen and have a hands-on experience with Virtual Reality.
Please click here for more information.
Click here to register

Perkins Seminar Series: Directing myelin plasticity towards myelin repair and Multiple Sclerosis update: east and west
2018-11-29 12:00 - 13:00
Dr Kaylene Young – Directing myelin plasticity towards myelin repair
MS Research Australia Macquarie Group Foundation Fellow, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Tasmania

Prof Allan Kermode – Multiple Sclerosis update: east and west
Consultant Neurologist and Head of the Demyelinating Diseases Research , Perron Institute and St John of God Hospital

Please see the attached flyer for more details.
