Sydney Health Partners - 2025 Roadshow
Translation in Action

Sydney Health Partners is coming to you!

On March 31, our Roadshow will visit the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network at Westmead (SCHN) for an afternoon of discussions about the Partnership’s activities and how they are supporting research translation at SCHN.

Hear from SCHN staff involved in Sydney Health Partners Clinical Academic Groups and Implementation Science Academy
Learn about the importance of effective and sustained research translation for improved clinical practice
Find out about our research-enabling initiatives in areas including clinical trials, research and governance, data access, and consumer involvement.

The second half of the event will feature concurrent interactive sessions on:

Pathways into research - a panel discussion with Clinical Academic Group leaders
Setting up a research project for implementation and impact
Involving consumers in research in the paediatric setting
Getting help with an implementation science project.

This is the first event of our 2025 Roadshow - Translation in Action and priority will be given to registrations from SCHN staff. We will also visit the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Local Health District and Western Sydney Local Health District throughout the year. Dates and details for those locations will be announced soon.

Who should attend?

This event is designed for clinicians or managers at SCHN involved in research or interested in becoming involved in research.

Where and when?

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm on Monday, March 31 at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research seminar rooms (next to the WIMR café).

Spaces are limited! So register soon to secure your spot.

The Program

1:20 pm - 1:30 pm - Registration

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Event Begins - Learn more about the Partnership

WELCOME - Cathryn Cox PSM, Chief Executive, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

INTRODUCTION - Professor Don Nutbeam AO, Executive Director, Sydney Health Partners

OVERVIEW OF SHP - Associate Professor Angela Todd, Research Director, Sydney Health Partners

Enabling research translation
Clinical trials
Consumer and community involvement
Data access and research governance
Implementation science and health economics initiatives
Clinical Academic Groups and support for early career researchers

SHP-ENABLED RESEARCH AT SCHN

Overview of a Clinical Academic Group (CAG) - Professor Russell Dale, Co-lead, and Professor Michael J Griffiths, Leadership Team, Child and Adolescent Health CAG
Pilot grant project - Dr Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Medical School, Children's Hospital at Westmead
Implementation Science Masterclass project - Dr Alan Ma, Clinical Geneticist, Children's Hospital at Westmead

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Afternoon Tea and Networking

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Choose from one of the following:

Seminar Room 1 - How to set up a research project for implementation and impact - Presented by Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Lead, and Zoe Szewczyk, Health Economics Initiative Lead

Seminar Room 2 - Pathways into research - Professor Adam Guastella, Co-Chair, Child Development and Mental Health CAG (Panel Chair); Professor Louise Baur AM, Co-Chair Diabetes and Obesity CAG; and Dr Laurel Mimmo, EMCR Leadership Team member, Child and Adolescent Health CAG; Dr Natalie Ong, Leadership Team member, Child Development and Mental Health CAG

5 MINUTE BREAK

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Choose from one of the following:

Seminar Room 1 - Involving consumers in research in the paediatric setting - Presented by Associate Professor Angela Todd, SHP

Seminar Room 2 - Getting help with your implementation science project - Presented by SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Leads - Presented by Associate Professor Leanne Hassett, SHP Implementation Science Academy Co-Lead, and Zoe Szewczyk, Health Economics Initiative Lead

4:30 pm - Event Ends

If you have any queries about the event, please contact shp.events@sydney.edu.au

About Sydney Health Partners

Since 2015, Sydney Health Partners has been accredited as a Research Translation Centre by the National Health and Medical Research Council. We aim to deliver the benefits of research innovation to our patients and communities more quickly and consistently.

Our Partnership is led by the Sydney, Northern Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains and Western Sydney Local Health Districts, the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead) and The University of Sydney. Our partnership is strengthened by ten affiliated medical research institutes: Anzac Research Institute • Asbestos Diseases and Dust Research Institute • The Centenary Institute • Children’s Medical Research Institute • Chris O’Brien Lifehouse • Heart Research Institute • Kolling Institute • Melanoma Institute Australia • The Westmead Institute for Medical Research • Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.

To find out more go to sydneyhealthpartners.org.au