Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 86
Sydney Research is a unique collaboration
of world class health, academic and medical
research institutions brought together to further
strengthen health and biomedical research
performance and collaboration across the
Sydney Innovation Precinct.
The Sydney Research Council continues to have
a strong attendance by leaders across the
Sydney Innovation Precinct, including Sydney
Local Health District, University of Sydney, and
their partnering medical research institutes and
industry collaborators. In 2022, we welcomed
five new partnering organisations including the
Greater Cities Commission, NSW Office for Health
and Medical Research, Tech Central Alliance,
Melanoma Institute Australia, and Research
Australia.
• Hosted international delegates from Israel,
Korea, India and China to showcase the
research and innovation achievements
of Sydney Innovation Precinct for Health
Education and Research.
• Continued to progress the Sydney Innovation
Precinct, including appointing an inaugural
Chair and Executive Director.
• Introduced five new scholarship opportunities
for researchers and staff, including the
Tim Trigg Scholarship for Glioblastoma
Research, Sami Azmol Scholarship,
Cardiovascular Postgraduate Scholarship,
Sydney Cancer Institute Seed Grant and the
Dr Teresa Anderson AM Carer’s Scholarship
with Franklin Women.
• Announced plans for a new venture with
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s oldest partner
The University of Sydney to establish the
Sydney Biomedical Accelerator.
• Continued to support projects under the NSW
Health Translational Research Grant Scheme
with over $6.5 million funds received to date
across 9 state significant projects.
• The $650 million initiative between Sydney
Local Health District and the University of
Sydney will establish a 42,000sqm complex
to physically link the University and Hospital
campuses for the first time in 140 years.
The Sydney Biomedical Accelerator will be
built in the centre of the Sydney Innovation
Precinct and will further solidify a critical
mass for internationally-recognised health and
biomedical research expertise.
• Collaborated with the Office for Health
and Medical Research on a new initiative to
streamline research governance and ethics
processes across NSW.
Highlights:
• Contributed to the establishment of the
Tech Central precinct, which extends from
Central to Camperdown. Sydney Research has
supported the strategic, infrastructure and
planning initiatives for Tech Central, including
the proposed Camperdown BioTech Hub.
• Hosted the Big Idea and Sydney Research
Awards and Scholarships events during
the Innovation Week in Sydney Local Health
District with 14 awards given and over
500 attendees.
86
• Coordinated a number of events to raise
awareness of research and innovation
activity and to support the next generation of
researchers, including the Marlow Hampshire
Health and Biomedical Research Leadership
Program, Spark Festival Health and MedTech
mixers, Think Tanks, Franklin Women
Mentoring Program, Tech Central Quarterly
Briefings, Cicada Innovation programs, and
Biodesign Sydney.
• Led six initiatives to strengthen the
involvement of community members in the
design, implementation and evaluation of
research – including introducing a new statewide measure for community involvement in
research (a first for NSW).
• Established a new LinkedIn profile to
broaden the reach of Sydney Research
communications, which has attracted over 900
followers. There are more than 3000 followers
across Sydney Research social channels
(LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and newsletter).
Sydney Local Health District
