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Newsletter – October 2024
Welcome to the first edition of the JTI newsletter for October 2024! In this edition, we highlight the outcomes of the JTI planning day, take a look at the Early Games Legacy project which is pioneering disability access and inclusion in sports, and the introduction of the STOP THE BLEED program run between JTI and QAS + more
13th Annual Kenneth Jamieson Lecture
Date: Thursday 14 November 2024
Time: 5:15pm
Venue: RBWH Education Centre
Trauma Care in Regional, Rural and Remote Queensland Symposium
Date: Thursday 24 October 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: QUT Gardens Point Campus
Annual Showcase: Making the Dream Come True…
Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Time: 5pm–8pm
Venue: RBWH Education Centre Auditorium, Virtual attendance available
Recording now available
12th Annual Kenneth Jamieson Lecture
Date: Thursday 23 November 2023
Venue: RBWH Education Centre Auditorium, Virtual attendance available
Recording now available
The Clinical Guidelines for Mass Casualty Incidents
In a collaborative effort to bolster disaster preparedness and response, Queensland Health, in association with the Jamieson Trauma Institute, has developed new Clinical Guidelines for Mass Casualty Incidents.
Statewide Trauma Forum – Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: Tuesday 22 August 2023
Time: 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Cairns Hospital
Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery and Burns Infection Management Workshop
Date: Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 August 2023
Time: Tuesday 29 August 8:00am and Wednesday 30 August 12:00pm
Venue: QUT, Gardens Point Campus
Testing of nanotextured materials with antiviral activity in hospital areas: The Antimicrobial Surface Study
Clinicians, researchers and facility managers from Metro North Hospital and Health Service and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) collaborated with researchers from the Indian Institute of Science to generate novel nanotextured materials
E-mobility – Current perspectives and future directions
Date: Friday 17 November 2023
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: TBC
Challenges and Opportunities in Trauma Care
Date: Thursday 30 March 2023
Time: 5:00 – 8:00pm
Venue: Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston
The Jamieson Trauma Institute invites you to attend.
Dr Andrew Foster awarded best paper at the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Annual Scientific Meeting
Andy Foster was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Christchurch last week.
APPLICATIONS OPEN – Cliff Pollard Award 2023
Applications are now open for the 2023 Cliff Pollard Award!
Time and distance in trauma
Does where you live impact your access to health care following injury?
Dr Andrew Foster awarded Damian McMahon prize
Dr Andrew Foster was awarded the Damian McMahon prize for best trauma paper at the 2022 Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS) Annual Scientific Congress (ASC).
Jamieson Trauma Institute’s annual showcase 2022
The Jamieson Trauma Institute’s annual showcase event took place on the 24th March 2022. The 2022 event was a huge success with over 70 attendees online and approximately 100 in person, including Acting Deputy Director-General Shelley Nowlan, and Board Chair Jim McGowan.
Andrew Foster Awarded Best Scientific Registrar Paper for 2022
Dr Andrew Foster was awarded the Bill Crawford Award for the best scientific registrar paper at the Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Branch meeting in Noosa.
Professor Lipman receives highest honour
Professor Jeffery Lipman AM has recently received his Doctor of Medicine – Research from the University of Queensland (UQ). This degree is viewed as one of UQ’s highest awards and recognises a lifetime of outstanding work.
Congratulations Andrew Foster
Dr Andrew Foster has been awarded the prise for Best Registrar Paper nationally at the Australian Orthopaedic Associated Annual Scientific Meeting for the project Developing a Bacteriophage Hydrogel for the Treatment of Orthopaedic Infection.
Cliff Pollard Award Applications now open
Associate Professor Cliff Pollard AM is a former chair of the Queensland Statewide Trauma Clinical Network, Director of the Queensland Trauma Registry and Director of Trauma Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH).
$90,000 in funding awarded to mental health after trauma projects
JTI has awarded $90,000 in seed funding through the Rehabilitation and Outcome Measurement Theme.
Congratulations Professor Michael Schuetz
JTI would like to offer congratulations to Professor Michael Schuetz who was recently appointed as Chair of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Research Committee, for a term of four years.
Metro North and QUT awarded grant for COVID-19 surface research
Leading researchers at Metro North Hospital and Health Service and QUT have been awarded more than $500,000 from the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund to assist with their work into virus reduction from surfaces.
“Mental Health after Trauma” project grants
Jamieson Trauma Institute are offering a maximum of two grants with budgets up to $25,000 and one grant with budget up to $40,000. We will fund projects with the goal to contribute to improving rehabilitation outcomes following trauma in a number of priority areas.
Dr Andrew Foster Awarded the Best Scientific Registrar Paper
Dr Andrew Foster receives the Bill Crawford award for Best Basic Science Registrar Paper at the Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland Branch Meeting.
Queensland launches Australian-first orthopaedic infection specialist centre
Increased care and shorter hospital stays are expected for around 900 Queenslanders each year who are treated for implant device-related infection, as the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital debuts Australia’s first specialist centre this month.
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HERSTON QLD 4029