Join Our Next TTRA Webinar Highlighting ‘Implementation Science’ in Indigenous Health Research

07 March 2023

Continuing our popular webinar series, MTPConnect’s Targeted Translation Research Accelerator (TTRA) program's next webinar will focus on ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research – Implementation Science’ on 15 March 2023.

This is the third in a series of webinars designed to coincide with Round 3 of the TTRA Research Projects funding opportunity, which will support diabetes and cardiovascular disease projects that address Indigenous specific priority areas.

The translation of knowledge and evidence into practice is challenging, and thoughtful and systematic implementation into healthcare systems and communities is key for new products and innovations to be effective, acceptable, and sustainable. During this webinar, attendees will hear from experts on the general principles of Implementation Science, and what it looks like in practice within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research.

This webinar is intended for anyone with a broad interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research but may also provide potential TTRA Round 3 Research Projects applicants with important considerations for building their projects and teams.

Register now for the webinar on 15 March at 12:00-1:00pm AEDT.

We are delighted to announce two guest speakers for this webinar:

• Professor Gillian Harvey, Strength Lead, Implementation at the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), and,
• Professor Ray Mahoney, Professor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Discipline Lead of Population Health and Visiting Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC), CSIRO.

Professor Harvey has a clinical background in nursing, is a Matthew Flinders Fellow, and Professor of Health Services and Implementation Research in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. She is Deputy Director (Knowledge Translation) in the College’s Caring Futures Institute and Co-Director of the Aged Care Partnering Program in the centre for Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA). She is an Adjunct Professor of Implementation Science at Queensland University of Technology and an Affiliated Researcher at Dalarna University in Sweden.

Professor Mahoney is a Bidjara man with family ties to Central West Queensland who has led cardiovascular disease research, particularly for Indigenous people. He has developed and implemented a range of research projects with key strategic Indigenous community-controlled organisation partners and Hospitals including establishing a multi-agency research partnership, an e-Health Research Collaboration focused on establishing a best practice framework to guide and inform culturally safe eHealth interventions with Indigenous people. Professor Mahoney has led the codesign of Mixed Methods Evaluations with Indigenous community-controlled organisations.

Other Webinars in the Series
Catch up here on all the webinars in this series, including ‘Principles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research and engaging meaningfully with community’ and ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research – Ethics and Reciprocity’. The webinars are also available to listen to on the MTPConnect Podcast – episodes 142 and 147 respectively.

Apply to TTRA Round 3

TTRA’s third funding round for research projects is open for applications until Friday 28 April 2023 at 4:00pm AEST. Further information about the application process, project eligibility and selection criteria can be found here.