Our aims and priorities are to:

• Provide leadership in health services research, implementation, science and innovation
• Increase collaboration, pace and scale of health services and healthcare improvement research
• Promote sharing of interests, learnings and best practice
• Promote capacity building in health services research
• Undertake priority setting and deliver on a flagship program within the platform
• Engage with the Australian Health Research Alliance Health Systems Improvement and Sustainability Steering Committee
• Facilitate collaborative links with relevant bodies and initiatives
• Leverage Monash Partners reach, breadth, thematic structure, expertise and population.

The Platform is led by Dr Alisa Pedrana and Professor Helena Teede (Interim Lead).

Dr Alisa Pedrana

Dr Alisa Pedrana is a public health practitioner and senior research fellow at Burnet Institute and holds an adjunct position at Monash University. Her research focuses on blood-borne virus/sexually transmitted infections epidemiology and surveillance to inform prevention practice and policy.

Professor Helena Teede (Interim Lead)

Professor Helena Teede holds leadership roles across health care, research and policy including as the Director of Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation, School of Public Health and co-director of the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering, an Endocrinologist at Monash Health, and Executive Director of Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre.

The Health Services Research and Implementation Steering Committee brings together researchers, innovation leads and clinicians from across Monash Partners. They include:

• Dr Alisa Pedrana (Lead)
• Professor Helena Teede (Interim Lead)
• Professor Helen Skouteris
• Professor Tracey Bucknall
• Associate Professor Neale Cohen
• Ms Jane Evans
• Professor Sally Green
• Dr Katherine Harding
• Professor Jane Banazack-Holl
• Dr Ingrid Hopper
• Ms Angela Melder
• Dr Denise O’Connor
• Associate Professor Carlos Scheinkestel
• Professor Nick Taylor
• Dr Victoria Team
• Professor Amanda Thrift
• Professor Carolina Weller
• Professor Nik Zeps.

Monash Partners is proud to support the following projects within this Platform:

Building capacity to optimise pressure injury prevention and surveillance across Monash Partners healthcare services
Professor Carolina Weller

Integrating care via a volunteer-based patient-centred program for hospitalised patients with dementia and/or delirium: The MIcare Ageing Project
Professor Helen Skouteris

Building workforce capacity for culturally response clinical practices across Monash Partners health services
Ms Angela Melder and Ms Joanna Ong

Research and translation on workforce capacity building for health systems improvement and sustainability
Ms Angela Melder and Ms Joanna Ong