Mental Health research symposium award winners announced

Dr Katherine Moss, Queensland Forensic Mental Health Services, with the Lived experience choice award

The 2024 Metro North Mental Health (MNMH) Research Symposium has wrapped up, with three highly-coveted awards won.

The annual symposium highlights the quality and diversity of research, evaluation and service improvement activities undertaken across MNMH.

Director of Research Strategy and Evaluation MNMH, Associate Professor Kylie Burke, said the event provides a platform to share high-quality research and service improvement initiatives that support better outcomes for mental health consumers, families and staff.

“Coming together like this allows us to share learnings with like-minded colleagues and to apply these learnings in our own clinical and research environments,” Associate Professor Burke said.

“This year’s presentations highlighted the importance of partnering with people with lived experience and their families, carers and support people in our research and the significant benefits these collaborations can deliver.

“It was also hugely encouraging to see research being supported across our full range of services and to feel the shared desire for improvement throughout the day.”

2024 award winners

Best free paper – Working differently – Phases of care (Sally Mercier)

Best rapid paper – Early trends in HCV testing and treatment at a Brisbane needle and syringe program (Kylie Page)

Lived experience choice award – Physical activity of inpatients under forensic mental health care: A mixed methods study (Dr Katherine Moss)

For more information on these award winners or other research projects and opportunities at MNMH, email MNMHResearch@health.qld.gov.au.