#WHRN2021 Research Symposia Awards and Western NSW Health Researcher of the Year Awards Event

The 2021 Western NSW Health Research Awards will give us the opportunity to celebrate the wonderful achievements in health research in our region. This year, we will have four awards to recognised dedicated clinicians and academics in our region.

Awards will be presented at the 2021 Western NSW Health Research Network Symposium virtual end of year event being held on 7 December 12pm – 2pm AEDT

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Meet our speakers

Associate Professor Gabrielle O’Kane

CEO National Rural Health Alliance

Sarah Donnelly – Teacher, Wilcannia Central School

Thank you to our 2021 Symposia supporter NSW Health

Meet the WHRN 2021 Research Symposia Presenter finalists

General Research Best Abstract & Presentation finalists

General Presentation Abstract booklet and Speaker biographies here Download

Peter Simmons	How is the region travelling? It could make a difference
Nicole Snowdon	Access of Alcohol and Other Drug Intervention in Regional and Rural Australian headspace Centres: The Individual, Organisational and Systemic Barriers and Enablers
Myles Gutkin	Reflective Groups for the Reduction of Burnout in Junior Doctors
Sabrina Pit	Development of a framework to promote rural health workforce capability through digital solutions: A qualitative study of user perspectives

Emerging Research Best Abstract & Presentation finalists

Alannah Stoneley	Individual decision making and experiences with emergency healthcare in rural and remote NSW: Patients presenting with moderate to severe asthma
Anna Noonan	“Where do you go? That is the question…” – How do rural women manage unintended pregnancy in the bush?
Ann-Maree Fardell Hartley	Social Media Platforms as a Tool to Communicate Suicidality for Rural Youth
Catherine Sanford	Implementing the School-Based Primary Health Care Service in a rural community: learning from the experiences of learning support teams and nurses
Erin Fisher	Investigating the Nutrition Dashboard’s ability to predict Malnutrition
Heather Russell	Building social histories in rural contexts: the story a teaching program to improve students’ expertise
Lynette Bullen	Wearing three hats: Clinician, researcher and Aboriginal woman
Rachel Rossiter	Implementing a pilot intervention across eleven sites: Adapting and negotiating multiple challenges
Sally Butler	Exploring rural diversity in Emergency Department (ED) presentations during 2014 and 2019 among Australian youth from New South Wales: is there an inland rural effect?
Susan Blackmore	Out here on my own: Understanding resilience of counsellors working publicly in rural and remote New South Wales
Tagrid Yassine	Place based pedagogies in health professional education: a scoping review
William Luu	Intralesional 5-FU: An alternative therapy for non-melanoma skin cancers

Emerging Research Abstracts and Speaker Biographies Download

ePoster – People’s Choice finalists

Dilli Banjade	Optimization of Radiotherapy Utilization to improve cancer survival rate in regional NSW
Olivia Chua	Perioperative Fasting of Clear Fluids in Elective Surgical Patients in an Australian Regional Centre
Asta Fung	A telehealth breathing intervention to improve patient outcomes for adults with chronic pain of working age: Patients’ perspectives
Attilla Jonas	The Impact of Hypnobirthing and Doula Work on Obstetric Anaesthesia and Maternity Care in Bathurst Base Hospital
Jiyoon Lee	Digital Tools for Remote Screening and Monitoring of Diabetic Retinopathy in Rural, Remote and Indigenous Australian Communities: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Robyn Ramsden	Connecting Research, practice and communities using a digital platform known as Rural Health Pro
Kate Smith	Virtual Art Workshops as a Model of Care: Creative innovations in aged care reduce social isolation and foster diverse rural health networks