- Expert advisory
panel to guide WA's first Health and Medical Research Strategy
- Strategy
launched in February 2023
- Ten-year plan to
grow health workforce, partnerships and promote the State's health and medical
research advancements.
Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson today announced the appointment
of an advisory panel following the launch of a 10 year plan to grow Western
Australia's health and medical research sector.
The WA Health and Medical Research Strategy 2023-2033 aims to build WA's
health workforce, grow partnerships and promote the State's health and medical
research achievements, both at home and around the world.
The panel's appointment, for an initial two-year term, is the first
important step in the implementation of the Strategy, which is being
facilitated by the Department of Health.
A conduit for the WA research sector to communicate with the Department,
the panel will advise and guide the Department on matters related to the
implementation of the Strategy.
The expert panel will be chaired by the Department's Deputy Director
General Angela Kelly PSM.
Ms Kelly holds an economics qualification from
the University of Western Australia and has experience overseeing large
programs as well as delivery and management of key infrastructure, budgets and
broader reforms in the WA Health System.
Ms Kelly is joined by representatives from key stakeholder groups
including:
- John
Van Der Wielen – Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Advisory Council;
- Professor
Ian Everall – WA Health Translation Network;
- Professor
Romola Bucks – The University of Western Australia;
- Dr
Grant Waterer – East Metropolitan Health Service;
- Renee
Hallam – representing Medical Research Institutes;
- Professor
Kevin Pfleger – The University of Western Australia;
- Bronwyn
le Grice – Australia's National Digital Health Initiative;
- Anthony
DeCeglie – Telethon Trust;
- Deborah
Attard Portughes – Women and Infants Research Foundation;
- Dylan
Smith – Philanthropy Australia; and
- Glenda
Swinbourne – Consumer representative.
As the group's Chair, Ms Kelly will be responsible for decision-making
on recommendations made by the panel that relate to the roll-out of the
strategy.
The panel will be supported by a government reference group and a series
of working groups and roundtables, to be established as needed.
For more information about the WA Health and Medical Research Strategy
2023-2033, visit WA
Health and Medical Research Strategy 2023-2033
Comments attributed to
Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson:
"The formation of this panel is an important step towards the roll-out
of the Cook Government's vision of a vibrant and interconnected health and
medical research sector.
"I wish to welcome the panel members, whose experience and expertise
will help us identify new frontiers for our already thriving sector.
"I am confident this expert panel will identify new opportunities, so we can strive for excellence and grow health and medical
research into the next decade."
