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The Kolling Institute As the longest-running research organisation in NSW, the Kolling Institute is recognised as a world leading centre linking the Northern Sydney Local Health District with the University of Sydney through a joint venture partnership. This year has been an exciting period. Like our local and international research colleagues, our focus turned to COVID-19 midway through the year, when the severity of the pandemic became evident. Significant grants were awarded to some of our researchers for a range of important COVID-19 related projects. This research activity is being undertaken alongside our broader program of work, and the Kolling continues to bring in large grants from government, philanthropic partners and the wider community. This valuable funding has supported research across a wide range of disciplines frommusculoskeletal projects and renal research, to investigations into cardiovascular disease, Parkinson’s and spinal injuries. Kolling centenary celebrations in 2020 have coincided with the development of the new Kolling Institute Research Strategy. The strategy is the culmination of significant consultation with researchers, community and joint venture partners. It will direct our research focus, strengthening our ability to achieve research excellence and attract increased and diversified funding. The strategy will maintain and build valuable collaborations across the health care sector, academia, industry, government and the community. Importantly, it will strengthen the Institute’s reputation as a centre of translational research excellence.
Sydney Health Partners NSLHD was a founding partner of Sydney Health Partners. In 2019, the partners agreed upon a series of strategic platform projects for health and medical research translation, with the aim of speeding the application of evidence into clinical practice. NSLHD is leading efforts to build research capacity and remove barriers to the timely conduct of research, with partners Western Sydney Local Health District, the University of Sydney, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and Sydney Local Health District. The “Platform Three” group involves the delivery of 12 projects designed to streamline research commencement. A governance mapping working group, comprised of governance officers from all local health district partners and the University of Sydney has mapped out the gaps and crossovers in governance requirements across the partner organisations, with the aim of minimising the differences between governance requirements. The “Research Passport” project aims make it easier for health and medical researchers to get access to more than one hospital or health district for research purposes. This is a three year program of work, with delivery scheduled for delivery in 2022.
NSLHD is leading efforts to build research capacity and remove barriers to the timely conduct of research
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