MHDA Research Conference
Mahitha Ramakrishna - Quality Manager
The Annual MHDA Research conference was held on 27 August 2025 with over 100 participants attend- ing in person at the Kolling Auditorium, Royal North Shore Hospital. We had over 25 submissions includ- ing 10 posters, 9 research presentations, and 6 Quality improvement presentations from across all MHDA sectors. The event was a success with great networking opportunities for all, and attendance from key NSLHD Executive as well. The winners are listed below under each service and the judging panel noted that it was a difficult decision to make as the quality of presentations were very high across the board. This is MHDA ’ s 12 th annual conference and has had the most attendees we have seen since it commenced which reflects MHDA ’ s commitment to research and finding novel ideas for therapeutic in- terventions across our services. A huge thank you to our professors and mentors for inspiring our young and emerging researchers.
MHDA : Best Research Presentation: Evaluation of the Let ’ s talk about Voices (LTAV) toolkit; Alicia Fer- nandes, Janelle Mackee, Haylee Zink and Lyndal Sherwin
D&A Winning Poster: Oral Health status and Oral Health-related quality of life: cross sectional study of clients in an Australian Opioid Treatment Program; Dr Grace Wong and Bonny Puszka
Winning Poster Audience Vote: Optimising Hepatitis C Detection and Treatment: The National HCV Point of Care Testing Program at NSLHD; Erica Martin
MQH Best Quality Improvement Presentation: Bright Smiles and Clear Minds in Tarban House; Thidar Htun
Most Consumer / Carer Focused Presentation: From Forums to Frameworks: Co-Designing a Consumer Advisory Group at Macquarie Hospital; Karen Klarnett and Sarah Mithoefer
NSRMHS Professor ’ s Award: Psychotherapeutic Investigation and Management of Functional Neurologi- cal Disorder (FND); Dr Kelsey Josling and Dr Ralf Ilchef
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