Research Directorate - Southern Health

Research Directorate

Services available to researchers

If you are considering doing research at Southern Health, come and talk to our staff for some advice and guidance on how to achieve your objectives. The Research Directorate staff are able to provide advice, support and encouragement to all staff wishing to undertake research activities at Southern Health. Researchers may seek assistance with:

Review, approval and monitoring of all human research ethics applications
Education and training in writing human ethics applications
Advice on the ethical requirements for approval
Legal and insurance requirements for both sponsored and unsponsored research
Costing and budgets for projects.

Research Support Unit

The principal aim of the Research Support Unit is to enhance Southern Health’s research efforts by identifying, pursuing and attracting research funding through the provision of advice on and administration of research applications. The Research Support Unit will endeavour to collect, monitor and analyse research data to support and increase research capacity and quality.

Providing guidance and assistance to Southern Health researchers

Southern Health’s Research Directorate has been established at the Monash Medical Centre Clayton as a testament to Southern Health’s commitment to supporting research to improve health care outcomes.

Objectives

The Research Directorate will:

Develop and facilitate the implementation of the Southern Health Research Strategy
Develop and facilitate research capacity building
Serve as the central research administration office for all research projects conducted on the Monash Health Research Precinct
Foster a research culture as an integral and necessary part of clinical practice at Southern Health.

Postgraduate Students

A large number of postgraduate students are undertaking research studies at one of the institutions within the Monash Health Translation Precinct: Southern Health, Monash University Clinical School, Prince Henry's Institute or the Monash Institute of Medical Research. Studies undertaken include PhD's, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Public Health, Masters degrees and Honors Research.

The conferring universities include: Monash University, Deakin University, University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, RMIT, University of Sydney, Charles Sturt University.

Postgraduates are encouraged to take part in the Research Week poster competition. Postgraduates are also eligible to apply for the Emerging Researcher Fellowships which are awarded each year. The Research Directorate strive to keep students/researchers informed about research grants using the grants calendar.

Document Downloads

Research Report July 2007 - December 2008

Published Date: September 3, 2009
Printed from http://www.southernhealth.org.au/page/Research/Research_directorate/
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