This year’s Bendigo Health Research Week “Improving Care, Changing Lives” was the biggest and best yet with 90+ attendees at the various sessions and positive feedback and many new connections formed.
The passion and enthusiasm for the strong research culture being built at Bendigo Health was palpable, and we thank all who attended the events.
International Rural Women’s Day was celebrated with a morning tea for our women in research; strategic thinkers collaborated on actions for impactful development of the future of research; and Dr Cameron Knott was the entertaining quiz-master extraordinaire for our research quiz.
We were privileged to have Dr Leigh Kinsman, the Professorial Chair of the Violet Vines Marshman Centre of Rural Health Research at La Trobe University Rural Health School, and Dr Rebecca Kippen, an Associate Professor of Demography in the School of Rural Health at Monash University, sharing their research experience, discussing the keys to successful research partnerships and collaborations, and exploring research career pathways.
The week culminated in the Research Showcase, where the 70+ attendees were treated to 18, 15-minute oral presentations. They were made by passionate clinician researchers and academic partners on the diverse range of research being undertaken to meet the needs and improve the health and wellbeing of our regional community. We also had an awesome display of posters for attendees to explore during their breaks while they networked with colleagues.
The Poster Prize was won by Shadow Toke, Ignacio Correa-Velez and Elisha Riggs for their poster entitled: "Karen Women of Refugee Background Perspectives on Trauma and Violence-Informed Maternity Care."
The winner of the inaugural “Evan Stanyer Innovative Health Research Award” for an exceptional innovative research idea that demonstrates originality, impact and potential to improve health outcomes was announced at the end of the day.
The winner of this prestigious award was Susie Ellis who will use the $5,000, proudly sponsored by the Bendigo Health Fundraising & Foundation, to fund the required technology and the trial of a generative AI platform in the hand clinic setting.
The award was presented to Susie’s manager, Wendy Millar, by two of Evan’s children, Brianna and Dylan. Congratulations Susie!
You can view the video recordings of the sessions and the Symposium here:
2024 Research Week Showcase (playlist)
The 2023 Bendigo Health Research Week was held from Monday 23 October through to Friday 27 October 2023 and was a great success! The theme for this year was ‘Making Data Meaningful.’
You can view the video recordings of the sessions and the Symposium by click on the links below:
2023 Research Week: Making Data Meaningful (playlist)
2023 Research Symposium: Making Data Meaningful (playlist)
Please see below resource for a full summary of Research Week and the Research Symposium.
We look forward to holding another exciting Research Week in October 2024 and hope to see you there!
