Meet our Early and Mid-Career Researcher Awardees – Dr Emma Foster

Early Career Research Fellow (Monash University)/Consultant Neurologist (Alfred Health) Research focus: improving first seizure and epilepsy care Dr Emma Foster is a recipient of a 2024 Early and Mid-Career Researcher Award for novel use of data. This award recognises early and mid-career researchers for excellence in their field. Monash Partners spoke to Emma upon accepting this award. Can you tell …

Meet one of our 2025 STAR Clinician Fellows – Becca Allchin

  Becca Allchin, Eastern Health Mental Health and Wellbeing program, FaPMI (Families where a parent has mental ill-health) Coordinator Research focus: Mental health Becca Allchin is a recipient of a Monash Partners Strategic Translation and Research (STAR) Clinician Fellowship. The program invests in emerging and mid-career clinical academics to support their career pathway development and train the next generation of …

Meet our Early and Mid-Career Researcher Awardees – Dr Edward Zimbudzi

  Senior Lecturer, Monash Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Research focus: optimising self-management interventions for people with diabetes and kidney disease and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Dr Edward Zimbudzi is a recipient of a 2024 Early and Mid-Career Researcher Award for health services research. This award recognises early and mid-career researchers for excellence in their field. Monash …

2023 MIME Seed Funding results

Congratulations to the seven successful project teams in the 2023 Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) Seed Funding round. A fantastic array of opportunities for clinical innovation were proposed by Monash University affiliated clinician researchers with Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; Engineering; IT; and Art, Design and Architecture staff expressing their interest in solving these clinical …

Consumer and community involvement: implementing a model for consumer advisory panels across Monash Partners

Seven research projects were recently awarded funding thanks to our partnership with Equity Trustees. This collaboration recognises high impact research projects that directly benefit children and those suffering with cancer, heart disease and depression. The following highlights one of the funded projects: Consumer and community involvement: implementing a model for consumer advisory panels across Monash Partners. We spoke to project …

Have your say – Clinical Academic Pathways survey

Monash Partners is leading research to understand what currently exists to support and sustain nursing, allied health, scientific and medical clinicians in undertaking a clinical academic career. We are asking those who work in a university, hospital, specialty college, research institute or primary/community health organisation to help us complete a short 10-minute survey. Responses will help us determine priorities, programs …

Call for telehealth and more to remain after COVID-19

MEDIA RELEASE With the gradual easing of restrictions across Victoria, Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, a partnership across leading health services and research institutions, has engaged with the Victorian community’s views on health services changes such as telehealth appointments, drive through vaccinations and digital prescriptions during and after COVID-19. A survey gathered results from more than 1,100 people living across Victoria on health care experiences during the pandemic, their needs, future aspirations and priorities for our …

SURVEY – What healthcare changes do we keep post COVID-19?

Monash Partners has developed a survey that aims to understand our community’s experiences, needs, future aspirations and priorities for our healthcare system, as we emerge from COVID-19. What we know so far: 70% of general practice and hospital outpatient visits are now by phone or online. Presentations to hospitals are down by 50% and our hospitals are half full. Blood …

Last days to complete CCI survey

Have your say – survey closes Friday 24 August  There are numerous consumer and community involvement (CCI) initiatives underway and an increasing recognition that CCI will become a routine part of health and medical research in the near future. But which organisations are engaging effectively with the community? Who is achieving best practice? And what can they learn from each other? Monash Partners …