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December Open day to partner with prestigious West Tech Fest 07 October 2024 The next Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day is proud to be part of the West Tech Fest – Australia's longest running tech and innovation festival. Co-hosted by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus, the Open Day will be held under the theme ‘Health Technology for the Future’. Join us to hear from FHRI Fund recipients at the forefront of innovative health technologies and representatives of WA’s leading med-tech startups who are making strides towards commercialisation. Also discover new funding opportunities open for applications. Speakers include prominent identities in the WA health and medical innovation space, including HealthEngine founder and FHRI Fund Advisory Council member Dr Marcus Tan, and C...
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New expert committee to advise on WA innovation 13 September 2024 The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Advisory Council is establishing an Innovation Expert Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the Department of Health and the Advisory Council on activities, matters and emerging areas of opportunity related to health and medical innovation in Western Australia (WA). The committee will meet up to twice a year, and members may be required to participate in out of session activity. Committee member terms will be up to 3 years with the possibility of reappointment. The Advisory Council is seeking expressions of interest from qualified people for the following committee membership roles: a member with lived experience and expertise in consumer and community engagement a leading Aboriginal entrepreneur or innovator with expertise in Aboriginal health innovation in WA no less than 4 leading innovators who are...
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Albany Open Day to focus on regional partnerships for health and wellbeing 05 September 2024 The next Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day will be held on 25 October 2024 with the theme ‘Partnerships for Regional Health and Wellbeing’ in light of the annual World Mental Health Day, in October. Hosted by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI), in collaboration with the University of Western Australia Albany campus and the WA Country Health Service (WACHS), attendees will have the opportunity to hear about exciting WA health and medical research and innovation initiatives, FHRI Fund programs opening for applications as well as recently awarded FHRI Fund grant recipients. The event will feature presentations from the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Medical Research, FHRI Fund Advisory Council Members and prominent speakers from the WA health and medical research and innovation community. For tho...
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WA academic receives FHRI funding boost for police injury prevention research 30 August 2024 Edith Cowan University researcher, Dr Myles Murphy has been awarded $1.7 million to conduct research into injury prevention for police recruits, including co-designing and implementation of a sustainable injury prevention program for the WA Police Force. This project aims to improve workforce health and reduce healthcare costs associated with injuries in the police force. The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Major Research Application Support (MRAS) program provided an in-principle cash commitment of $0.6 million to Dr Murphy to support an application to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) which led to Dr Murphy winning an NHMRC Partnerships Project grant of $1.1 million. The FHRI Fund MRAS program provides cash commitments for applications to relevant major competitive research funding programs (External Programs) that explicitly require co...
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Sell out FHRI Fund Open Day celebrates connected WA innovation ecosystem 06 August 2024 The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day held on 18 July 2024 at the University Club of Western Australia was a celebration of Western Australia’s unique strengths and innovation success stories. The event, themed around ‘a connected innovation ecosystem’, drew almost 150 in person and more than 50 online attendees and was co-hosted by the Department of Health Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) and the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub (WALSIH). WALSIH co-hosts Dr Tracey Wilkinson and Professor Kevin Pfleger led proceedings with Noongar elder Freda Ogilvie welcoming attendees to country and offering insights into Noongar language and the importance of teachers for children’s health. Minister for Medical Research, the Hon. Stephen Dawson spoke about the essential role of innovation in research translation and emphasised the value o...
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02/10/2024