Research Round Table Webinar Everyone welcome!

Visit the Research Office website for the Teams link, or click here to join the meeting next Monday.

Recently approved AWH-initated projects

Principal Investigator: Dr Sarah Millar Title: The Impact of Introducing a Safeguarding Tool for the Identification of at-risk Children in the Emergency Department of a Regional Hospital

Principal Investigator: Ms Bern Squires Title: Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) Caesarean Section (LUSCS) post-operative surgical site infection study

Principal Investigator: Dr Luke Baitch Title: Surgical and anaesthetic techniques for dilatation of subglottic stenosis in a regional hospital: a retrospective cohort study

Visit the Research Office Projects & Outputs page for all current projects and publications.

Latest clinical trials and registry projects

We have recently joined the following trials and registries:

Title: Implementing best-practice cardiac rehabilitation: The Quality Improvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation (QUICR) Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial. Local Principal Investigator: Ms Ivy Biacsi.  Read more here.

Title: Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR). Local Principal Investigator: Dr Francis Wong. Read more here.

Title: Symptom monitoring With Feedback Trial (SWIFT). Local Principal Investigator: Ms Shiree Panozzo.  Read more here.

Title: Australian Diabetes High Risk Foot Service Database. Local Principal Investigator: Dr Annie Hung. Read more here.

Visit the Research Office Projects & Outputs page for all current projects and publications.

Use Redcap for your research data

To ensure your research data is managed appropriately, consider using REDCap. 

REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. AWH has joined the REDCap consortium so it is available to all AWH staff members conducting research.

These informational REDCap videos can help you get started and gain a better understanding of the REDCap application and its functionality.

For help, contact the Research Office.

Research education and PD (all free online)

The Research Office website has several educational videos, including the ethical review process for research at AWH.

The Regional Research Teaching Hub (RRTH) has developed the @research website which delivers health services research training resources for Victorian health care professionals working across regional, rural and remote communities.

Ethical Review Manager (ERM) training will be held for researchers throughout June. Email parmeet.kaur@safercare.vic.gov.au to register.

NHMRC Speaking of Science series.

Health Translation Queensland, Data Management & Analytics for Healthcare and Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Health Research.

Women's Health Research, Translation & Impact Network, Research translation: Taking your research to the bedside.

Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH) Early-Mid Career Researcher, Research Design Webinar Series 2024.

The National Institute for Health Care Research Applied Research Collaborations, 2024 national seminar series - Health Inequalities.

The Australian Clinical Trials Education Centre provides free training for researchers.

Latest Publications and Case Studies

Check out publications by Albury Wodonga Health staff.

Did you know that many Quality Improvement projects require ethical review?

If a project involves people and/or data relating to them, no matter whether it's a research project or quality improvement project, you may need ethical review.

Each project sits on a spectrum between research-oriented and quality-oriented and many projects involve aspects of both.

We have designed protocol templates to suit different kinds of projects, including general research, clinical trials and quality improvement.

Our protocol templates include a checklist at the end to help you and Research Office staff determine whether ethical review is required.

Have you got an ORCID profile linked to Albury Wodonga Health?

Here, Anna explains how to get set up with ORCID:

Library

New books!

Publishing agreement to access free publishing

Read & Publish agreements with UNSW are available to UNSW conjoin staff and allow free publication with many publishers. Read more here.

Contact the Research Office for assistance.

Research Office Updates

Forms updated in ERM

The Low and Negligible Risk (LNR) forms on Ethical Review Manager (ERM) have been updated to 'Low Risk VIC' to reflect recent changes to the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.

Project reporting

We are changing the timing of governance (SSA) annual reports. All reports are now due on ERM on April 30th of each year. Some researchers may notice they are getting a progress report very soon after their most recent one was submitted. This will resolve after the first year.

It is important researchers also upload a final report when they have finished their project so we can close it off.

Good Clinical Practice

A reminder that all Principal Investigators are required to complete the Good Clinical Practice module (30 min). This is a mandated requirement from Department of Health.

Application submission due dates

Stay up-to-date with submission due dates, key milestones and Human Research Ethics Committee meetings with the Research Office calendar.

Conferences and Workshops

National Rural Health Alliance, 17th National Rural Health Conference, Perth,16-18 Sept, register here.

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-15 November, register here.

HSRAANZ Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, 4-6 Dec, register here. 

Grant Opportunities

Australian Rotary Health offer grants for mental health research and provide scholarships for rural medical and nursing students, as well as Indigenous health students.

Ian Potter Medical Research Grants.

See the NHMRC Funding Calendar.