Message from the Board Chair and Chief Executive

Message

from the

Board Chair

Adj. Prof. Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive

Jim McGowan AM, Board Chair

Metro North Health is home to hundreds of dedicated and determined world-class researchers who are working hard to improve patient outcomes, combat disease and advance clinical practice. For this year’s Metro North Research Excellence Awards, it was wonderful to see over 70 nominations across the seven categories.

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Metro North Research Excellence Awards:

Research Support Award

Professor Merrilyn Banks
Dr Mahesh Ramanan
Associate Professor Silvia Manzanero
Professor Norm Morris

Researcher of the Year

Professor Leonie Callaway
Professor John F Fraser
Professor Steven Lane

Rising Star Award

Dr Thuy Frakking
Associate Professor Peter Lazzarini
Dr Stephen Parker
Dr Glenn Stewart

Clinical Research Award

Puzzling: Probiotics and Preeclampsia
Implementation and Evaluation of a Nurse-Allied Health Multidisciplinary Post-Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic (The PostMAN Clinic)
Nursing Research and Practice Development Centre Team
Associate Professor Tanya Kairn

Complex Health Challenges

The Impact of COVID on the Cancer Care Workforce Across the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and the Sunshine Coast University Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital’s Critical Care Research Group
Redcliffe Hospital Intensive Care Unit – excellence in interdisciplinary research to benefit patients and families
COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium

Discovery and Innovation

Safer, more accurate and more comfortable radiotherapy through 3D printing – Cancer Care Services, RBWH
Salivary Diagnostics and Liquid Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer – World First Discovery
Virtual reality for pain and rehabilitation for burns survivors
The Living Heart Project – Mending broken hearts with hypothermic ex vivo perfusion

Health Services and Implementation Award

Eat Walk Engage: preventing delirium and improving hospital care for older Queenslanders
Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby Research Group
Implementation of the intensive Comprehensive High Dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT) into clinical rehabilitation
Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre – Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Program

The awards evening will be held on 2 June and this year we have a small number of additional tickets for staff interested in attending. If you have a research connection and interest in networking with fellow colleagues and industry, please complete the online expressions of interest form which closes at 5pm 18 May 2022.

We would like to thank all of you who took the time to highlight some of the fantastic research initiatives of your colleagues across our facilities.

Thank you to our 2022 sponsors HESTA, RBWH Foundation and The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation.

Good luck to all the finalists.

Kind regards,

Jim McGowan AM, Board Chair
Adj. Prof. Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive