Message from the
Chief Executive and Board Chair Research is thriving at Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and we are proud that, despite a year of many challenges, the commitment to improve health outcomes and experiences for our patients through translational research remained a priority. While COVID-19 presented challenges to our healthcare system, it provided opportunities for our researchers to explore the virus and contribute to research on a global scale. Research plays such a vital role in health care and the health of patients, as we witnessed in the global race to find a vaccine. NSLHD promptly set up the COVID-19 Research Group whose work has been vital in our understanding of the virus. Our researchers are participating in or leading 41 COVID-19 studies which will help provide vital evidence on how to treat and prevent COVID-19, as well as study the disease epidemiology and its impact on non-COVID 19 activities. At the same time, our researchers continued to pursue other “bench to bed” clinical trials and research that will have long lasting effects on our community and beyond.
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RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020
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