ABOUT

The Early and Mid-career Academic (EMCA) Network aims to support early and mid-career academics from all career backgrounds (to craft a fulfilling academic career pathway and excel in research and teaching).

It does this by building a community of practice and fostering and nurturing diversity, inclusion, peer support and cross disciplinary collaboration. We strongly believe in the importance of creating an environment and culture in which everyone has an opportunity to flourish and succeed.

Our goal is to:

• Facilitate career development opportunities and organise diverse training events (including leadership training) aligned with the needs and trajectories of EMCAs
• Provide networking and social event opportunities to enhance cross disciplinary collaboration
• Facilitate peer support – mentoring and mentorship opportunities
• Advocate for EMCAs and develop funding opportunities specifically for EMCA
• Organising events to showcase ECMA activity (e.g. Emerging Leaders Showcase and other symposia)
• Convening career focused events to showcase careers trajectories and pathways
• Identifying research theme/topics that can be translated into non-award education activities (e.g. short courses)

ABOUT

Professional research staff comprise the skilled workforce that underpins many of the core research activities undertaken at FHMRI. They provide both at the bench research assistance for a wide range of projects and support many of the vital research resources and facilities within FHMRI.

FHRMI’S RED Hub will endeavour to support the unique needs of this group in the following ways:

• Provide professional development opportunities at all career stages 
• Share best practice and technical skills training, fully utilizing the technical expertise available within FHMRI
• Facilitate communication and encourage peer support
• Showcase career pathways and provide career development opportunities

CONTACT

For more information or to join the Professional Staff Community of Practice contact sarah.nicholas@flinders.edu.au

ABOUT

The Gender, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (GIDE) Committee was established to inform, lead and implement a range of strategic priorities for CMPH at Flinders University to provide a safe, collegial and fair environment that is characterised by equity, respect and inclusivity.  The committee has developed a GIDE strategy for the College to frame this work (link) and seeks to work alongside and in support of the Reconciliation Action Plan. 

Key functions of the committee are to:

• Oversee the development and implementation of CMPH GIDE priorities and action plans
• Monitor CMPH performance on GIDE measures and recommend priority targets for improvement. 
• Identify and prioritise new initiatives to improve Inclusion, Diversity and Equity across CMPH and Flinders University.
• Consider matters put forward relating to policies, practices and initiatives relevant to staff and student equity, diversity and social inclusion.
• Consider and report on matters referred to it from by the VPED, Dean P & R.

The committee has established a number of working groups to progress its work.  This currently includes:

• Promotions and Leadership
• Metrics and Evaluation
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Staff
• Professional staff
• Relative to opportunity considerations
• LGBTQIA+ staff

The committee has undertaken a range of activities over recent years including implementing a promotion support scheme for women and diverse staff, developing Relative to Opportunity promotions and grant assessment guidelines, celebrating important events (e.g. International Women’s Day, Pride in STEM), contributing to the CMPH anti-racism strategy, and providing input to other committees and CMPH Executive.  

CONTACT

For more information, please contact Anna Ziersch or Paula Redpath

Health Data and Clinical Trials (HDCT) provides professional, specialised and patient-centred clinical research support services to researchers. We can help you leverage existing strengths and tap into modern approaches to effectively and efficiently develop and implement clinical research into evidence, and support its delivery and translation into improved health services and outcomes for the community.

Our services include refining proposals, research design, execution, collaboration, upscaling, and budgeting. We are experts in the delivery of unique clinical trials and health data science, ranging from registries and translational work to Phase I - IV randomised controlled trials across a broad range of therapeutic areas. 

We provide the gamut of clinical trials and registry support services in a way that allows co-design and uptake to help you with all relevant aspects of your research, whether self-driven, collaborative and external investigator grants, local, national & international trials or registries, or industry-funded studies.

The Data, Analytics, Graphics and software (DAGs) group hosts workshops for analytical skill advancement, and support cross-discipline collaboration between researchers and analysts. Our team of biostatisticians are available for consultancy on projects. 

Prideaux Health Professions Education group conducts research to stay on top of new developments to ensure that health education stays current, and the nurses, doctors and health professionals of the future are prepared. Prideaux works with other researchers to provide support in areas such as research process and design and peer review. The group also offers a range of postgraduate clinical education programs to provide health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to deliver quality education in health service settings.