Southern Health Research Directorate

Research Directorate - Assistance for researchers

Research Directorate
Contacts

Director Research Strategy Professor John Funder

Director Research Services Ms Malar Thiagarajan

Administrative Officer (Ethics), Ms Deborah Dell

Project Officer
Ms Kath Frowen

Research Governance Officer Ms Sara Goodman

Secretary Ms Heather Jackson

Administrative Assistant to the Directors Larissa Attard

Located at: Level 4,
Main Block, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, VIC 3168

Phone: 9594 4611
Fax: 9594 6306

Research Directorate

The Research Directorate encompasses:

Human Research Ethics
Research Support Unit
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Deakin - Southern Health Nursing Research Centre

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Human Research Ethics
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Deakin - Southern Health Nursing Research Centre

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, and
Foster a research culture as an integral and necessary part of clinical practice at Southern Health.