Running a Clinical Trial at Westmead. A HealthTech Hub Masterclass

Running a Clinical Trial at Westmead - A Clinical Trials Seminar.

If you’re a clinician, researcher, or early-stage therapeutics innovator gearing up for your first (or next) clinical trial, this one-day, hands-on workshop will give you the roadmap you need. With expert guidance from David Lloyd of Southern Star Research, and Sam Frawley from Mobius Medical, you’ll learn how to design, launch, and manage a clinical trial in Australia - with a special focus on navigating the unique opportunities and logistics of using Westmead Hospital as your trial site.

This seminar strips back the jargon and delivers a step-by-step look at the full clinical trial journey: from regulatory approvals and ethics submissions to hospital site engagement and budgeting. You’ll also learn how to avoid common pitfalls, build a trial team, and align your trial design with funding and compliance requirements.

What You Will Learn.

By the end of the day, you’ll be able to:

• Map the full clinical trial process from Phase I to IV, including timelines and approval pathways.

• Prepare and submit ethics and governance approvals via CTN/CTA and the Westmead-specific process.

• Identify and activate trial sites, including strategies for hospital-based environments like Westmead.

• Build a robust data and safety plan including monitoring, adverse event reporting, and QA.

• Understand GMP requirements for therapeutic products, including batch release and supply chain.

• Engage with CROs and consultants effectively — and budget smartly from start to finish.

• Identify relevant funding opportunities and maximise incentives like the R&D Tax Offset.

• Apply lessons from real-world case studies to streamline your trial and boost outcomes.

Whether you’re preparing for your first IND or navigating a tricky ethics submission, this seminar gives you the tools and insider knowledge to run a smoother, faster, and more successful clinical trial.

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Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from industry experts and network with fellow health tech innovators.

Cicada Innovations is proud to be collaborating with the Westmead Health & Innovation District, Australia’s fastest-growing health and innovation precinct, for this commercialisation masterclass series. These masterclasses are to help bridge the gap between research and commercialisation.

Find out more about the Cicada HealthTech Hub 

The Cicada HealthTech Hub is proudly supported by NSW Government and is part of the Westmead’s Health & Innovation District. The district includes 4 major hospitals, 4 world-leading medical research institutes, 2 university campuses and the largest research-intensive pathology service in NSW. By 2036, the number of full-time staff will increase to more than 50,000 and the number of students will expand to more than 10,000. Among the first projects for development is a viral vector advanced manufacturing facility to provide ground-breaking trial therapies for infections, cancer and genetic diseases.