The Hub
The Hub provides resources for early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) working in women’s health.
Resources include:
WHRTN webinar list and YouTube links
Current opportunities offered by relevant bodies
Reference documents and links to resources including those for CCI
Links to useful online training
List of AHRA Centres by state and link to each website
About WHRTN webinars
In 2021 and 2022, Workforce Development conducted surveys to discover the capability development needs of early and mid-career researchers.
Seven priorities were identified, in addition to networking and seed funding opportunities. The priorities form the focus of a program of continuing WHRTN webinars.
Several barriers to education opportunities were identified: lack of time and funding for training, and training perceived as a low priority for employers. To mitigate the barriers, webinars are scheduled at family-friendly dates and times, and are later uploaded to WHRTN’s YouTube channel.
Listed below are the webinars and YouTube links. Each month, a webinar is hosted and the list updated accordingly.
WHRTN webinar listing
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List of resources to assist in engaging Indigenous communities.
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List of resources that provide training to increase knowledge of consumer and community involvement in women’s health and medical research for consumers, and for researchers and healthcare professionals in women’s health.
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A national strategy of Consumer and Community Involvement (CCI) for women’s health research.
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AHRA’s Consumer and Community Involvement (CCI) Initiative is a program of work which aims to embed the involvement of consumers and the community in health and medical research policy and practice.
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The Statement, co-authored by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF), aims to guide research institutions, researchers, consumers and community members in the active involvement of consumers and community members in all aspects of health and medical research.
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An Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Standard.
The NSQHS Partnering with Consumer Standard aims to create health service organisations in which there are mutually beneficial outcomes.
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TCI describes 10 core competencies of the implementation support practitioner role. These emphasize the technical knowledge and skills required by implementation support practitioners to adequately support implementation.
Reference documents and other resources
Current opportunities
Calling All QLD Clinician Researchers
Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowships (QHCRF) – Round 6
Overview
The Clinical Research Fellowships (CRFs) are intended to support Queensland Health clinician researchers to undertake research linked to their practice. The program recognises that clinician researchers (including doctors, nurses, dentists, allied health practitioners and clinical scientists) are uniquely placed to identify clinical issues that can benefit from further research, lead patient-focused research discoveries and facilitate improved patient care through research translation.
Three award categories provide a pipeline of support for clinician researchers at various career stages:
Emerging Researcher (0-2 years of research participation years) – up to $100,000 over 1-2 years.
Early-Career Researcher (2-5 years of active research participation) – up to $200,000 over 2-3 years.
Mid-Career Researcher (5-10 years of active research participation) – up to $250,000 over 2-3 years.
Closing date: 21 October 2024
Eligibility
Prospective fellows:
do not require a PhD. PhD or equivalent research higher degrees will be regarded.
must continue to be employed, reside and conduct research in Queensland for the duration of the Fellowship.
hold a salaried appointment with Queensland Health or other publicly funded healthcare facility in a clinically related role for a minimum of 0.2 FTE over the duration of the Fellowship.
must, at the time the Fellowship commences and for the duration of the Fellowship, be registered with the relevant professional registration board or eligible for membership/accreditation with a professional association.
must have in place a collaboration with a Queensland-based research organisation external to Queensland Health (e.g., UQ).
name the employing Queensland Health Hospital and Health Service or other publicly funded healthcare facility as either the administering organisation or a partner organisation.
must not apply for a CRF in more than one category in this round.
must not hold an active CRF from a previous round that would extend past 31 December 2024.
Calling All QLD Clinician Researchers
Queensland Health Targeted Clinical Research Fellowships (QHTCRF) – Round 2
Overview
The Clinical Research Fellowships (CRFs) are intended to support Queensland Health clinician researchers undertake research linked to their practice. The Targeted CRF (TCRF) program sits alongside the general CRF program and is designed to support researchers and their high-impact research projects within the following five streams:
Novice Researcher (Regional, Rural and Remote) – Up to $30,000 over 1 year.
Rural & Remote – Up to $125,000 over 1-2 years.
First Nations – Up to $125,000 over 1-2 years.
Women and Girls’ Health – Up to $125,000 over 1-2 years.
Genomics – Up to $125,000 over 1-2 years
A $10,000 mentorship supplement is also available for eligible researchers to support the fostering of a successful mentorship relationship between the eligible researcher and a more experienced researcher. See Funding Rules for details.
Key dates
Round 1 opening date: 30 September 2024
UQ RO NOI close: 4 November 2024
Applications due to UQ R&I: 4 November 2024
UQ certification deadline: 2 December 2024 (9:00am AEST)
External deadline: 2 December 2024 (11:59pm AEST)
General eligibility
Prospective fellows:
must continue to be employed, reside, and conduct research in Queensland for the duration of the Fellowship.
must hold a salaried appointment with Queensland Health or other publicly funded healthcare facility in a clinically related role for a minimum of 0.2 FTE over the duration of the Fellowship.
should, at the commencement of the Fellowship and throughout its duration, possess, if applicable to their position, current registration with the relevant professional registration board or eligibility for membership/accreditation with a professional association.
except for the Novice Researcher and First Nations TCRF streams, must have in place a collaboration with a Queensland-based research organisation external to Queensland Health (e.g., UQ).
must not hold an active CRF from a previous round that would extend past 31 March 2025.
Stream-specific eligibility
Each stream of the Targeted CRF has mandatory criteria which applicants are required to meet and address in their applications. Full details about the streams, including desirable criteria which attract additional weighting, can be found in the Funding Rules.
Notice of intent (NOI)
Researchers intending to submit a QHTCRF application for which UQ is the administering or a partner organisation are required to submit a mandatory internal NOI by Monday, 4 November 2024.
Full information about the scheme and UQ’s internal processes can be found on UQ’s dedicated scheme website.
Any queries may be directed to UQ Research Office (grants@research.uq.edu.au).
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This course was created and developed by Monash University with support from Eating Disorders Victoria.
It was designed to inform people experiencing eating disorders who are approaching, are currently experiencing, or have been through menopause.
Menopause marks the end of menstrual cycles or “periods”. In this course, we explore the ways in which eating disorders and menopause experiences can overlap and offer a range of resources and support options. This course also provides brief information for people supporting a loved one and also for health professionals.
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Consumer and Community Involvement is a series of six self-paced online modules, providing general and practical information and strategies to meaningfully conduct and embed consumer and community involvement in research and healthcare improvement projects.
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This explainer video summarises research findings on natural pauses during childbirth. Natural pauses, also called physiological plateaus, are common during labour; however, they can be easily mistaken as an abnormal 'labour arrest'. When this happens, women are urged to undergo a medical treatment that will speed up their labour. This is done for 3 to 8 out of 10 women during birth - indicating a concerning overuse of this intervention. This is a problem, because labour augmentation is associated with numerous risks and side-effects for the woman and the baby. Research on physiological plateaus is important, as it can help midwives and doctors recognise the difference between natural pauses during birth and labour patterns that indicate that there is a problem. This can help protect women from unnecessary medical interventions, and help more women have a healthy and positive birth experience.
Training courses and modules
AHRA Centres
AHRA Centres bring together acute health services, community health services, primary care, research institutes, universities and government to translate research into best practice to improve patient care and health outcomes for the population.
Centres are located throughout Australia and member Centres collectively encompass over 90% of researchers, and 80% of acute health care services in the country.