NSW CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH NETWORK MASTERCLASS 2025

The EMCR Masterclass is an annual event curated by the CVRN Rising Stars Sub-Committee to support the professional development of Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs).

Open to CVRN members from umbrella organisations, the 2025 Masterclass will be held in person only and will feature Professor Amanda Salis from The Salis Institute, who will lead a session focused on research paper writing.

*Please note that spots are strictly limited.

*If you are from an organisation not listed as a NSW CVRN umbrella organisation, you are welcome to express your interest by registering (please select the Expression of Interest / Waitlist (Non-Umbrella Organisations) ticket). You will be placed on a waitlist, and if any spots become available, we will contact you closer to the event date.

GET YOUR PAPER PUBLISHED

Presented by Prof Amanda Salis, The Salis Institute

🗓 15 October 2025
🕤 Registration from 9:30am | Program runs 10:00am– 5:00pm (catered breaks included)
📍 Charles Perkins Centre, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown NSW 2050

Workshop Summary

In this one-day workshop, Prof. Amanda Salis will guide you through a step-by-step formula that takes the uncertainty, confusion, and inefficiency out of the paper-writing process, regardless of your level of experience. The workshop is based on extensive linguistic research into the essential elements of successfully published peer-reviewed research papers.

Workshop Structure/Overview

• Part 1 of 5 - Abstract: Undertake steps to help you define, draft and refine your paper’s Abstract. Doing this before you write your paper will shave hours off the paper-writing process.

• Part 2 of 5 - Flowing writing and Materials / Methods: Implement ways to make your writing flow like water, and practice while revising your Abstract and writing your Materials / Methods section.

• Part 3 of 5 – Results: Prepare a Results section in which readers can see the relevance and importance of your data, with crystal clear display items, legendary legends, and directive text.

• Part 4 of 5 – Introduction: Learn exactly what type of information to put into your Introduction section (and exactly what to leave out) to make it compelling and aligned with your Abstract.

• Part 5 of 5 – Discussion and Title: Ensure your Discussion section contains the 6 information types that linguistic research has uncovered in published Discussions. Encapsulate your paper into a catchy title.

This workshop is for anyone who has research data they would like to write up as a paper with any of the following structures:

• IMRaD Introduction, Materials / Methods, Results and Discussion

• AIMRaD Abstract, Introduction, Materials / Methods, Results and Discussion

• AIM(RaD)C Abstract, Introduction, Materials / Methods, repeated Results and Discussion, Conclusion

• AIRDaM Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion and Materials / Methods

• AIBC Abstract, Introduction, Body sections, Conclusions

For Best Results

Bringing the following optional items to the workshop will help you get the most out of it.

• A set of analysed research results that are ready to be written up as a paper.

• Your draft to date of your original research paper / systematic review (not a narrative review).

• Your laptop computer and charger, to write or revise aspects of your paper during the workshop.

• An electronic copy (PDF) of an original research paper or systematic review – with or without meta-analyses (not a narrative review) on a topic similar to your own, from a journal you’d like to publish your research in.

• Access to software that enables you to quickly add text and highlighting to PDFs.

WIFI access will be provided (as some exercises during the workshop will be best conducted over the Internet).

Presenter Bio: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9176-1574