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Welcome to the Research and Library Newsletter
Issue snapshot:
- Get online tickets for the Regional Research Symposium 2025
- Clinical trials underway at our service
- PD and training opportunities
Visit the Research Office website
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Regional Research Symposium
The theme for the UNSW/AWH Regional Research Symposium 2025 is "Stronger Together: Advancing Regional Research Through Collaboration".
We join forces with the University of NSW to bring you an evening of exciting discussions and presentations.
This in-person and online event is a great opportunity to connect with fellow researchers, share ideas, and gain new insights about how collaborative research benefits us all.
Buy your tickets below and we'll see you there!
Where: The Cube Wodonga
When: Tuesday 14th October, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
Symposium schedule:
Clinical Trials News
Recently, we have opened the CARISTA and Detect-PM trials.
Local PI
Dr Joanna Manton, Emergency
Aims
Thunderstorm asthma is a recurring public health emergency in South-Eastern Australia which occurs in springtime. The major identified risk factors for thunderstorm asthma is hay fever and allergy to ryegrass pollen.
The goal of the CARISTA study is to identify the risk of springtime allergic and thunderstorm asthma in allergic adults living in South-Eastern Australia.
Local PI
Dr Daniel Chubb, Surgery
Aims
The DETECT-PM study aims to determine the sensitivity and specificity of tumour DNA detection in peritoneal fluid collected at the time of surgery for non-metastatic locally advanced (cT4, N0-2, M0) or perforated colon cancer to predict for peritoneal recurrence.
Check out the public facing clinical trials website for details of each trial or head to the Research Office internal page to find staff research resources.
Contact our Clinical Trials Coordinator, Kate Reid, for any clinical trial matters.
Upcoming conferences, symposiums and workshops
National Medicines Symposium 2025
Registration open for this year's National Medicines Symposium. This free online annual event from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is focused on Quality Use of Medicines in people with diabetes.
Date: Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Location: Virtual
Register now for this event, which brings together healthcare professionals, researchers and policymakers to explore strategies for improving diabetes management.
More information
safetyandquality.gov.au/NMS25 or email NMS@safetyandquality.gov.au
Health Evidence Synthesis Recommendations & Impact (HESRI) symposium
Join us online or in-person in Adelaide, Australia, for a Special Topics in Evidence Synthesis Symposium (26th November) and/or a Risk of Bias Workshop (November 27th) with global leaders in the field of systematic reviews and risk of bias. Take this opportunity to hear from the world’s leading experts and meet and network with them at this event.
Date: 26th & 27th November 2025 Location: Hybrid event, delivered in-person in Adelaide, Australia, and online via Zoom in ACST (Australian Central Standard Time).
Register here.
For more events, visit the Regional Research Training Network website.
PD and training opportunities
Population Health Research Network (PHRN)
The Researcher Training is a free online course designed to help researchers better understand linked data and navigate the access and approval process.
Overview
This self-paced online training program has nine modules and a final test, that will equip researchers with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a feasible data linkage application.
Target group
This training program targets researchers new to data linkage who are seeking to enhance their capabilities in planning and applying for linked data projects.
ERM training for Applicants, Sponsors and CROs
The following ERM training modules are available:
- Introduction to ERM
- SSA applications
- Post-approval and post-authorisation
All sessions are conducted online via Microsoft Teams and instructor-led.
Choose a session from the schedule below and register before the closing date by emailing Parmeet.
Registration is required - state the training session and date, and include your email address.
For other PD and training opportunities, visit the Regional Research Training Network website.
Recent publications
AWH author/s: Bern Squires
Title and link: Surgical bundle sustainability in caesarean section births: An integrative review
AWH author/s: Nicole Webb
AWH author/s: Michael Njovu & David Rutherford
Title and link: Delayed inpatient rehabilitation and functional outcomes for acute stroke: a retrospective cohort study in an Australian regional hospital
Research Office Reminders
New project submission dates
Draft protocols for new projects are submitted to the Research Office at least one month before submission is due to the AWH Human Research Ethics Committee (AWHHREC). After review by the Research Office, researchers will be guided through submission to the AWHHREC on ERM.
2026 dates will be released in next months newsletter.
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