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Monash Partners Fellowship Program 20 December 2018 The Monash Partners Fellowship Program offers protected time, leadership training and mentoring to our early and mid-career researchers. Seven fellows have been appointed through an open competitive process to undertake… Read more...

EOI – Graduate Research Industry Partnership (GRIP) now open 25 September 2018 Monash University’s innovative GRIP program brings talented PhD candidates together with industry professionals to solve real-world problems. Experts from Monash University's Faculties of Information Technology and Medicine, Nursing and Health… Read more...

National collaboration to improve health in Australia 22 August 2018 Nine NHMRC-accredited centres have come together in a national alliance to improve the health of Australians through collaboration for faster, outcome-driven research. The Australian Health Research Alliance (the Alliance) is there… Read more...

An AHRA National Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network 22 August 2018 With no national research network in maternal or women’s health, the imperative for the Australian Health Research Alliance (The Alliance) sitting across all NHMRC accredited Advanced Health Research Translation Centres… Read more...

A further investment of $6.1 million in Monash Partners 17 May 2018 The Federal Minister for Health, the Honorable Greg Hunt MP, announced a further funding commitment of $6.1M to Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre. In making this announcement the Hon… Read more...

Data-Driven Healthcare Improvement Workshop 10 May 2018 Monash Partners recently hosted over thirty experts from around the country to discuss and agree upon three priority areas. Our inspirational goal is to co-ordinate activities, across Australia, which will… Read more...

New funding to build capacity for cancer care and research across Monash Partners 1 May 2018 The Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC), will advance collaborative programs outlined in its 2017 – 2021 strategic plan thanks to new funding provided by the Victorian Department of Health… Read more...

7th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation, November 2018 11 April 2018 Call for abstracts are now open. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) are pleased to announce the 7th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation. This year, the National… Read more...

Patients and carers have a lot to say about research 1 March 2018 Victorian mums explain the benefits of patients and carers being involved in research right from the beginning. You can read more about how Monash Partners is approaching Community and Consumer… Read more...

Streamlining Project – Research Ethics and Governance 28 February 2018 Health researchers across Monash Partners are able to start their projects more efficiently, thanks to a working group set up to streamline the research ethics and governance approvals process. The… Read more...

Facilitating integration of early translational research 27 February 2018 Catalysing and facilitating integration of early translational research into clinical and population health practice and research. Leads have been appointed and a multi-organisational, multidisciplinary committee will meet in the coming… Read more...

Funding flows to Monash Partners in the recent Federal budget 26 February 2018 Monash Partners received a significant funding injection in the latest Federal Budget, with the money earmarked for cutting-edge research projects. Read more...

AHRTC Alliance accesses MRFF funds 24 February 2018 Advanced Health Translation Centres collaborate to access MRFF funding. Read more...

Engaging with primary care and community health 23 February 2018 Greater integration with primary care is integral to achieving our vision to improving patient outcomes. A primary care committee has brought together key stakeholders in primary care and provides an… Read more...

Data Driven Healthcare Improvement and Infomatics 22 February 2018 A Monash Partners data committee across all partners and the PHN’s has held several multi-organisational, multidisciplinary Data forums and priorities have been developed. The group will focus on improving data… Read more...

Strategic planning process 21 February 2018 A key priority over the next six months is developing the strategic plan for Monash Partners. We are partnering with Dr Lewis Atkinson from Haines Centre for Strategic Management with the first… Read more...

Federal Minister for Health visits Monash Partners 20 February 2018 The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health visited Monash Partners recently to further show the government's commitment to bring health services, researchers and educators together to find innovative… Read more...

MRFF Roadshow slides 20 February 2018 If you missed our Roadshow sessions which provided our health services, clinicians and researchers with information about MRFF and the multiple funding opportunities currently open and forecast, we think we… Read more...

Surviving critical illness 19 February 2018 Increasing numbers of patients are surviving critical illness. These survivors often experience long-term physical, cognitive and mental health impairments known as post-intensive care syndrome. Read about this Monash Partners-funded project. Read more...

Accredited Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training 18 February 2018 Monash Partners have recently endorsed a policy to have all involved in interventional clinical research, trained in an accredited ICH GCP research training program. The Partners fund this and it… Read more...

Monash Partners receives Federal Government investment 15 February 2018 In May, the Federal Government announced an investment of AUD $10 million to support rapid transformational research across Australia’s leading AHRTCs accredited by the NHMRC. As part of this formative investment Monash… Read more...

Theme and Discipline update 14 February 2018 Monash Partners is organised around clinical themes and platforms which link clusters of specialisation across our Partner sites. Over the past year, our Themes and Platforms have been revitalised through new leadership, the formation of Steering Committees and collaborative… Read more...

Big Data and Health 13 February 2018 Earlier this year Monash partners held a forum about Data and Infomatics. Listen to the discussion here. Read more...

There has never been a more important time for the Australian research community to pool its resources in order to tackle a global health crisis not seen in more than a century. These collaborative initiatives are already progressing to patient trials aiming to have impact on improving the health of COVID-19 patients, and keeping those clinicians on the frontline safer as they continue to deal with this pandemic on a daily basis.