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THC Wrap Up
August 8, 2019
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Ms Emma Thomas, Senior Coordinator, The Heart Foundation,
Adjunct Appointment, The Hopkins Centre
Emma Thomas is an Early Career Researcher with a developing national profile in the field of secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease and implementation science. She has recently completing a PhD at the University of Melbourne as an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar. Her thesis investigated how the evidence-practice gap in cardiac rehabilitation can be reduced through enhanced monitoring and evaluation.
Emma also holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. Additionally, she spent two years at the University of Oxford at a WHO Collaborating Centre focused on population approaches for non-communicable disease prevention which built on previous research and clinical experiences (namely in stroke rehabilitation). She has also worked for the Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation (University of Queensland), Centre of Evidence-Based Practice (Bond University) and the Non-Communicable Disease Unit at the University of Melbourne.
What is your current area of interest or work expertise:
Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention programs, non-communicable disease, cardiovascular disease, health service research, implementation science, scale-up and telehealth.
What inspires you in your work:
I’m constantly inspired by the people I have the pleasure to work with; people who live with chronic conditions and find innovative ways to navigate daily challenges; people who advocate for those less fortunate; and leaders who make time to invest in and support those more junior. I also love ‘wicked problems’ and the creative process of finding innovative solutions – I believe most problems have been solved somewhere and that a problem well defined is a problem half-solved.
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Meet & Mingle success!
 
Living well at home and in the community after neurotrauma was the focus of the recent Meet & Mingle event for The Hopkins Centre.
Attended by over 45 colleagues, industry leaders, academics, the event was a contemporary showcase of current challenges and opportunities relating to inclusive residential design and development in Australia.
Libby Callaway, Occupational Therapist and researcher from Monash University set the scene with an incisive and thought-provoking presentation capturing the practical, technological and ethical dimensions of assistive technology in inclusive ‘smart’ housing design. Innovations in smart housing for people with cognitive disability were reviewed, each device appearing to have benefits for the ageing as well as mainstream population. Architect Belinda Allwood from People Oriented Design (POD) communicated the extent and depth of POD’s work into First People’s design consultation processes and the value of a practice platform that successfully reflects culturally responsive housing design, despite a value management overlay.
Dr Courtney Wright provided key insights from the post-occupancy evaluation of the unique Synapse Cairns First Peoples rehabilitation project, which reinforced concepts of earning community support, and the importance of considering the service model early in the built design process. Dr Ali Lakhani spoke to the issue of accurate and linked population data to better understand and map the concept of community engagement, and how we might plan for more inclusive cities. Notably, during the Q&A, Karin Swift, of Queenslanders with Disability Network reinforced the importance of co-design processes with people with lived experience of disability, as was incorporated in all the presentations.
Undoubtedly, the inclusive housing landscape continues to undergo rapid change and innovation in Australia. Each of our speakers emphasised that the quality (and success) of ‘the building’ will always be contingent upon the extent and quality of an early and iterative engagement process with the community it aims to serve. We were indeed reminded that ‘the building comes last’.
If you were unable to attend and would like to know more about any of the presentations, please contact hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au. We hope to see you there next time and please check out upcoming events below.
Prof Heidi Zeeman
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SAVE THE DATE
New date of 22nd August
1-2pm
Bill Davies Conference Room, PA Hospital
Topic: Distributing care work across family networks following injury: Relevance to clinical practice?
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Expression of Interest Applications close 14th August!
Please direct any queries to hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au
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Seminars & Workshops
NEW 2019 JOHN O'HAGAN LECTURE
August 13, 5.15 - 7pm, Translational Research Institute
NEW INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN HEALTH
August 13, 8.30am - 5pm, Ulitmo NSW
NEW WRITING FOR POLICYMAKERS SHORT COURSE
September 3 - 4, University of Sydney
NEW IMAGINE - INNOVATION AND TRANSLATION IN IMAGING SUMMIT 2019
September 10 - 11, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane
ENABLING CLINICAL RESEARCH THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
August 13, 12.30 -2pm, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN HEALTH
August 13, 8.30am - 5pm, UTS Building, NSW
WRITING FOR POLICYMAKERS SHORT COURSE
September 3-4, University of Sydney
SUNSHINE COAST HEALTH SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
RESEARCHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (RED) - SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCHERS
August 20, 10am - 12pm, Gold Coast Campus
August 21, 10am - 12pm Nathan Campus
2019 QUEENSLAND HEALTH DATA LINKAGE SYMPOSIUM
November 13, RBWH Education Centre
RESEARCHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (RED) - NAVIGATING THE PUBLISHING MAZE FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
August 15, Gold Coast and Nathan Campuses
CONSUMER AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
August 16, RBWH Education Centre
RESEARCH AUSTRALIA - 2019 HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARDS
Nov 14, Southbank Melbourne
LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS ON CLINICAL TRIALS
September 10, Professor Robert Ware - Clinical trial outcome measures and analysis
October 22, Dr Suzanne Elliot - Clinical trial oversight, various parties, their oversights and audits
2019 Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand 4th Annual Scientific Meeting
October 20 - 23 2019, Adelaide Convention Centre
Conferences
NEW ACTA INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS CONFERENCE
October 2 - 5, Sydney International Convention Centre
GOLD COAST HEALTH RESEARCH WEEK CONFERENCE
November 20-22, Gold Coast
PLANETREE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSON CENTERED CARE
October 27-30. Orlando, Florida
HERSTON HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM - METRO NORTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE
September 9 - 12, Education Centre, RBWH
THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON REHABILITATION ENGINEERING AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY i-CREATe CONFERENCE 2019
August 26 -29, National Convention Centre, ACT
CHANGE 2019
October 23 - Friday October 25, Queensland College of Art, South Bank campus, S05, 2.04
American congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 2019 Annual conference
5-8 November 2019, Chicago
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Resources
THC Researchers Recent Publications
Stakeholder priorities for inclusive accessible housing: A systematic review and multicriteria decision analysis
Lakhani, A., Zeeman, H., Wright, C., Watling, D., Smith, D.& Islam, R.
Imagery Ability and Imagery Perspective Preference: A Study of Their Relationship and Age-and Gender-Related Changes
Liu, K., Lai, M., Fong, S. & Bissett, M.
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Please remember if you would like us to showcase your publication or project updates please email through to hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au by Wednesday of each week.
Please also send through any media you may have to hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au
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