Day 1 – Wednesday, 17 September 2025
MC – Katie Gilbert
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:15 | Registrations Open | |
| 9:00 | Event Commences | |
| Session 1: Journey from Research to Implementation | ||
| 9:00 | Welcome | Katie Gilbert |
| 9:05 | Acknowledgement of Country | TBC |
| 9:10 | Opening Address | Ms Sonia Marshall PSM |
| 9:20 | Ministry of Health Address | Dr Kim Sutherland |
| 9:30 | Critical actions for embedding research evidence into practice: how to get the most out of your implementation scientist | Associate Professor Natalie Taylor |
| 9:45 | Endometriosis Done Differently | Professor Jason Abbott |
| 10:00 | The role of Nursing in Translational Research | Professor Jill White |
| 10:15 | Panel Discussion – The aspirations of research for SWSLHD | Facilitator: Grant Isedale Panel Members: Professor Jill White, Dr Kim Sutherland, Professor Rob Gorkin, Professor Wei Chua |
| 10:45 | Morning Tea | |
| Session 2: Embedding research into clinical practice | ||
| 11:15 | Introduction | Katie Gilbert |
| 11:20 | Reducing Diabetes Management Errors through AI-Enhanced Education: The WDEP.AI Platform | Professor David Simmons |
| 11:35 | Topic TBC | Dr Adam Bryant |
| 11:50 | Strengthening the NSW Health Research and Innovation Ecosystem | Adjunct Professor Andrew Milat |
| 12:05 | Building on Success: Expanding a Proven Digital Program from Fall Prevention to Rehabilitation | Professor Kim Delbaere |
| 12:20 | Panel Discussion – The role and challenges of embedding and sustaining research into clinical practice | Facilitator: Matt Jennings Panel Members: Professor David Simmons, Dr Adam Bryant, Adjunct Professor Andrew Milat, Professor Kim Delbaere |
| 13:00 | Address | Dr Sayali Pendharkar |
| 13:05 | Networking Lunch | |
| Concurrent Sessions 1 | ||
| 14:05 | [Abstracts] Refer to the ‘Concurrent Sessions 1’ Program | |
| 15:30 | Networking Event – The Cube Ballroom | |
| 16:00 | Event Close | |
Day 1 – Wednesday, 17 September 2025 - Concurrent Sessions
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrent Sessions 1: The Cube Ballroom | ||
| 14:05 | Introduction | Brendon Shapter |
| 14:10 | Sustainability of a nurse-led end of life (PEACH) community model of care | Professor Josephine Chow |
| 14:20 | Early results from a pilot RCT of a HeartLogic-driven mHealth pathway (NOTIFY-HF) for early heart failure intervention | Dr Joseph Assad |
| 14:30 | Let’s talk about talking: Health Promotion Messaging in Individual and Group Speech Pathology Sessions with toddlers and their carers | Associate Professor Elise Baker |
| 14:40 | Achieving Circularity: Development of a sustainable and scalable model to recycle and reduce the cost of polypropylene waste in hospitals | Associate Professor Berto Pandolfo |
| 14:50 | Modelling the projected radiotherapy demand and technique trends with the introduction of lung cancer screening in Australia | Fadi Jan |
| 15:00 | The burden of COVID-19 infection and treatment outcomes at a metropolitan Sydney hospital | Dr Monica Morgan |
| 15:10 | Real-World Data for Local and Global Decisions: Australia’s Contribution to the iCAN Federated mNSCLC Study | Dr Ghazaleh Niknam Shirvan |
| 15:20 | The relationship between social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and communication disorders in preschool children | Dr Kate Short |
| 15:30 | Networking Event – The Cube Ballroom | |
| Concurrent Sessions 1: Dharawal Room | ||
| 14:05 | Introduction | Alex Slattery |
| 14:10 | Together we thrive: Exploring a co supervision model of physiotherapy student supervision | Laura King |
| 14:20 | R0 resection rates in minimally invasive vs open pelvic exenteration for colorectal malignancies; a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr Ernest Cheng |
| 14:30 | Automated Rule-Based and AI-Enhanced Framework for electronic medical record retrospective audit of sepsis presentations to ED using NSW Clinical Excellence Commission Sepsis Criteria | Dr Jim Basilakis |
| 14:40 | Does a dose of reality alter patient expectations for knee or hip arthroplasty? | Thomas Hoang |
| 14:50 | Assessment of the Within-Session Reliability of Advanced Electrocardiography Heart Age: A Pilot Study of Healthy Adults | Callum Warrington |
| 15:00 | A multimodal and multilingual robot for hospital visitors – UX-HRI | Professor Josephine Chow |
| 15:10 | Defining the Way: Building Consensus on Mentorship in Nursing and Midwifery | Professor Valerie Wilson |
| 15:20 | Clinical outcomes in people with diabetes-related foot infections: Analysis from a limb preservation service infection database | Saskia Schwarzer |
| 15:30 | Networking Event – The Cube Ballroom | |
| Concurrent Sessions 1 – Quongdong Room | ||
| 14:05 | [Introduction] | Alison Harle |
| 14:10 | Lessons learnt from codesigning reproductive health resources with Muslim women in NSW mosques: WARDA phase 1 | Dr Sadia Hossain |
| 14:20 | Bridging Smiles and Shelter: A Mobile Dental Revolution for the Homeless in South Western Sydney | Helen Zahra |
| 14:30 | Culturally Safe Virtual Menopause Services: Supporting All Women | Swati Agrawal |
| 14:40 | Oral Health in Menopause: Perspectives from Women and Healthcare Providers | Dr Namitha Thomas |
| 14:50 | Maternity Service Open Days in SWSLHD: An Innovative Approach to Consumer Engagement | Nicole Greig |
| 15:00 | Creation of a Speech Pathology First Point of Contact (SPF) Clinic | Alyssa Karanges |
| 15:10 | Using the “F words” to adopt a holistic and child rights promoting approach in tertiary Child Developmental Assessments | Dr Sinthu Vivekanandarajah |
| 15:20 | TBC | |
| 15:30 | Networking Event – The Cube Ballroom | |
Day 2 – Thursday, 18 September 2025
MC – Karen McMenamin
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Registrations Open | |
| 8:45 | Introduction | Karen McMenamin |
| 8:50 | Performance/Acknowledgement of Country | Muggera Cultural Enterprises |
| 9:05 | Opening Address | Simone Proft |
| Session 3 – Innovation and Technology | ||
| 9:10 | Introduction | Michael Dickinson |
| 9:15 | ‘The EMVision Studies’ | Professor Dennis Cordato |
| 9:30 | Transarterial musculoskeletal embolisation: novel treatments for osteoarthritis and chronic musculoskeletal disorders | Dr Ross Copping |
| 9:45 | Patient Record Intelligence and Summarisation Module | Dr Zaidon Al-Falahi |
| 10:00 | Panel Discussion – Artificial Intelligence | Facilitator: Michael Dickinson Panel Members: Richard Taggart, Professor Paul Middleton, James Patterson, Professor Josephine Chow |
| 10:40 | Morning Tea | |
| Session 4: Prevention | ||
| 11:10 | Introduction | Kate Reakes |
| 11:15 | Physical activity for older adults and people with disabilities | Professor Cathie Sherrington |
| 11:30 | Prevention and Postcodes | Amy Prince |
| 11:45 | Putting the mouth back into the body: An integrated approach to make oral health everyone business | Professor Ajesh George |
| 12:00 | Implementing the Osteoporosis Re-fracture Prevention Model of Care: A hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial (IORP) | Professor Steve Frost |
| Session 5 – Quality Award Finalists & Winners 2024 | ||
| 12:15 | Introduction | Brenda Gillard |
| 12:20 | Hospital avoidance for bloods tests for children and young adults with severe disability and challenging behaviours | Bridget Farrell |
| 12:30 | Home oxygen policy evaluation (HOPE) study | Dr Nele Legge |
| 12:40 | Improving physical and mental health in severe obesity: The challenges we face | Associate Professor Milan Piya |
| 12:50 | Address | Ms Sonia Marshall |
| 13:00 | Networking Lunch | |
| Concurrent Sessions 2 | ||
| 14:05 | Abstracts. Refer to the ‘Concurrent Sessions 2’ Program | |
Day 2 – Thursday, 18 September 2025 - Concurrent Sessions
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrent Sessions 2: The Cube Ballroom | ||
| 14:05 | Introduction | Elise Baker |
| 14:10 | Brief transdiagnostic group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for acute inpatients with complex mental health conditions: A randomised pilot study using an active social control | Gavin Prowse |
| 14:20 | Going Troppo: Heatwaves and mental illness in South Western Sydney | Dr Matthew Barton |
| 14:30 | Food Security Pathways into Mental Health Services: An Approach to Integrated Wellbeing | Emily Mason |
| 14:40 | Clinical and demographic correlates of sleep medication use among young people receiving mental health crisis interventions in the South-Western Sydney region | Dr Nazmul Huda |
| 14:50 | Day-Only Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Safe Implementation of a Novel Protocol at Campbelltown Hospital | Dr Soumya Hariswamy |
| 15:00 | Follow-up of hepatitis C notifications in South Western Sydney Public Health Unit | Rachel Wolfenden |
| 15:10 | What Drives Satisfaction in Virtual Health Visits in NSW Public Hospitals Outpatient Clinics? | Dr Zhaoli Dai-Keller |
| 15:20 | The One(s) That Got Away: High-Risk Misses in Post-GDM Follow-Up | Dr Kajanan Parameshwaran |
| Concurrent Sessions 2: Dharawal Room | ||
| 14:05 | Introduction | Josephine Chow, Agnes Le |
| 14:10 | Pulse oximetry for Self-management of COPD – A Pilot Study | Sausa Sadanandan |
| 14:20 | Multilingual Patient Healthy Coach for Cardio-oncology Patients: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Equity in Australia – A Pilot Study | Dr Tu Hao Tran |
| 14:30 | Coping Better – Breathing Better | Teresa Kemp |
| 14:40 | Cryoablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a single-centre real-world study | Dr Conner Blackmore |
| 14:50 | HITH4Hips: Hospital in the home following low-trauma hip fracture | Dr Seema Radhakrishnan |
| 15:00 | Expansion and Impact of the Virtual Respiratory Pathway in Southwest Sydney LHD | Rachel Daley |
| 15:10 | Development of an innovative model of chemotherapy education to enhance the experience of cancer patients at Liverpool Hospital Cancer Therapy Centre: A collaborative approach | Mandeep Kaur |
| 15:20 | Transforming the experience in nursing and midwifery research – Quarantine Research Time Program (QRTP) | Professor Josephine Chow |
| Concurrent Sessions 2 – Quongdong Room | ||
| 14:05 | [Introduction] | Faye Southcombe |
| 14:10 | South Western Sydney Drug Health/HARP Unit , Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) Community Pharmacy Hep C Dry Blood Spot Testing Project | Gary Keough |
| 14:20 | Speak Easy: Low-Tech Solutions for Inclusive Two-Way Communication in Healthcare | Cara Antonelli |
| 14:30 | Impact of Peer Support Worker Training on Service Delivery and Consumer Outcomes in Drug Health Services: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation | Rush Electra |
| 14:40 | Dementia Friends Unite! Co-Producing Dementia Education With and For Multicultural Communities | Gabriela Caballero |
| 14:50 | A Pilot Study to Validate a Haemodialysis Acuity Tool | Glenda Rayment |
| 15:00 | Sensory Vaping Workshop | Maureen Underwood |
| 15:10 | TBC | |
| 15:20 | TBC | |