Research at Western Health
Office for Research
The Western Health Office for Research oversees and co-ordinates research activities within Western Health. By providing a high level of guidance to investigators and staff in the conduct of research, the Office for Research seeks to enhance the excellence, scope and efficiency of these research efforts. It does this by facilitating and integrating all required regulatory steps and by fostering clinical research activities throughout the institution.
Director, Dr David Newman
Manager, Dr Tam C. Nguyen
Admin Assistant, Mrs Kerrie Russell
Tel: (03) 8395 8074; Email:kerrie.russell@wh.org.au
Location:
Western Centre for Health, Research & Education (Western CHRE)Sunshine Hospital Furlong Rd, St Albans VIC 3021. Click here for Sunshine Hospital Map (pdf)
What's new?
Western Health Research e-News Click Research Facilitation tab for further information. To subscribe to the e-News: send subscribe subject heading to research@wh.org.au
Western Health Research Report 2010(Click here) (2840KB)
Western Health encourages research that improves outcomes for patients and promotes new and better clinical practice and service delivery. Western Health has highly effective collaborative partnerships for research throughout Australia and the world with universities, hospitals, research groups and industry. The Western Health Office for Research provides a focal point for our research efforts.
Western Health's Research objectives are to:
- Promote Western Health as a leading centre for research
- Imbed a culture of quality improvement through research and implementation of research findings in the organisation
- Encourage and support staff from all disciplines [clinical and non-clinical] to participate in research activities
- Facilitate the translation of research findings into clinical practice
- Encourage multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational research to better address the complex clinical care environment
- Foster collaborative relationships to optimise opportunities for research
