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Research Week 2024

Research Week 2024 Final Program


Northern Health Research Week 2024 ran over 5 days from Monday 21stto Friday 25thOctober 2024. The Week’s events showcased the breadth of research occurring across Northern Health and beyond, providing ample opportunities to meet the inspiring researchers responsible for the work.

Congratulations to all those that participated in this event. Several awards were presented, with special recognition going to the following winners:


Posters:

  • Best Printed Poster Day 1: Claire Schofield| Abstract title: Implementation of an Advanced Practice Physiotherapy model substantially reduces the need for
    Gynaecologist assessment. 
  • Best Printed Poster Day 2: Rebecca Turnbull| Abstract title: Safety, efficacy, and implementation of home-based high-intensity interval training for patients with cardiac disease: a systematic review.
  • Best Printed Poster Day 3: Nicholas McCabe| Abstract title: Northern Health Operating Theatres: an environmental sustainability audit.
  • Best Printed Poster Day 4: Ahthavan Narendren| Abstract title: Impact of a Virtual Heart Failure Unit on mortality rates.
  • People’s Choice Poster Award: Ruth Wilson & Natalie Wong| Abstract title: Artificial Intelligence Image Reconstruction in Computed Tomography.

Oral Presentations:

  • Third Place:Taylor Corocher| Abstract title: A comparison of traditional health care professional-collected FLOQSwab and self-collected binasal Rhinoswab for SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing.
  • Second Place:Vincent Lu| Abstract title: Assessment of plasmin generation in patients with diabetes mellitus.
  • First Place –Peter Brooks Research Award:Rowena Brook| Abstract title: Multimodal cardiovascular risk prediction model in diabetes outperforms HbA1c and Framingham Risk Score.
Read more about this successful event
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You can view this year’s abstract book here, along with previous publications.

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