Child Health Research Symposium
2025 Child Health Research Symposium Program
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Day 1 - Monday 3 November
| Time | Session | Location |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Official opening poster event | Collegiate lounge |
Day 2 - Tuesday 4 November
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:30 - 11:15 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
Auditorium |
| 9:30 - 11:30 | CACH concurrent session | The Kids seminar room |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Plenary 1: Paediatric health equity and access | Auditorium |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | lunch | Collegiate lounge |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote presentation - A/Prof Clyde Matava Transforming Paediatric Healthcare: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Informatics, and the Future of Child Health Research |
Auditorium |
| 13:00 - 16:00 | Nursing concurrent session | Teaching rooms Level 5 |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | CAMHS concurrent session | The Kids seminar room |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | The Kids session 1: The Kids Enabling Your Research Adjunct A/Prof Alka Saxena "What's new in Genomics WA" Ali Hollingsworth "Empowering Research Success Through Data Services" Wesley Billingham “Biostatistics Support: Valuable Engagement for Success” Dr Chris Gorman "BioSpecs: A Flexible Laboratory Service" |
The Kids Manda Level 6 |
| 14:15 - 16:00 | Plenary 2: Innovation of paediatric clinical care and trials | Auditorium |
Day 3 - Wednesday 5 November
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:30 - 11:15 | Early Career Researchers | Auditorium |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | PhD Lightning Talks | Auditorium |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | lunch | Collegiate lounge |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote presentation - Prof Karen Zwi Providing Enhanced Access for Child Health Services (PEACH): addressing inequities in hospital outcomes for Australian children from priority populations using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. |
Auditorium |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | The Kids session 2: Celebrating 30 years of Data Linkage Research at The Kids and CAHS |
The Kids Manda Level 6 |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | Plenary 3: Family-centred and psychological care | Auditorium |
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Allied Health concurrent session | The Kids seminar room |
Day 4 - Thursday 6 November
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:30 - 10:45 | Plenary 4: Developmental and mental health in early life | Auditorium |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Plenary 5: Nutrition, immunity and environmental health | Auditorium |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | lunch | Collegiate lounge |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | The Great Debate - It's taking too long to go digital in WA Health | Auditorium |
| 13:50 - 14:15 | Symposium closing and prizes | Auditorium |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | The Kids session 3: Adolescent Mental Health | The Kids Manda Level 6 |
Day 5 - Friday 7 November
| Time | Session | Location |
| 11:00 - 13:30 | WA RACP Trainee Awards | The Kids seminar room |
Register today for our Symposium workshops
Workshop 1: Tuesday 4 November - Qualitative research methodologies
Presented by: Dr Amanda Timler - CAHS Research Facilitator
9:30 - 11:30, The Kids classroom, level 5
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Workshop 2: Wednesday 5 November - Grant writing and finding funding
Presented by: Dr Tegan McNab -The Kids, spokesperson tba - Perth Children's Hospital Foundation and Dr Erika Sutanto - CAHS
9:30 - 11:30, The Kids seminar room, level 5
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Workshop 3: Thursday 6 November - Putting your evidence into practice: implementation science for child and adolescent health
Presented by: Prof Sara Bayes and Dr Lauren Fortington - Edith Cowan University
9:30 - 11:30, The Kids seminar room, level 5
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Intoducing our 2025 Symposium Keynote Speakers
Transforming Paediatric Healthcare: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Informatics, and the Future of Child Health Research
Associate Professor Clyde Matava
Dr. Matava is a staff anaesthetist at SickKids Hospital and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. He is the Associate Chief of Perioperative Services for Bioinformatics and the Director of Anaesthesia Informatics, Innovation and Technology in the Department of Anaesthesia at SickKids. His current work focuses on the use of informatics, standardised datasets, AI - in particular machine learning and machine vision - to improve outcomes in medical and patient care and medical education. His clinical interests include airway management and regional anaesthesia. He has served as the President of the Canadian Paediatric Anaesthesia Society and is the current President for the Society for Technology in Anaesthesia Board and past Chair of Epic’s Anaesthesia Specialty Steering Board. He is editor at the journals Paediatric Anaesthesia, the Journal of Medical Systems, and the journal Anaesthesiology.
Join Dr Matava's session on Tuesday 4 November at 1.00pm
Providing Enhanced Access for Child Health Services (PEACH): addressing inequities in hospital outcomes for Australian children from priority populations using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies
Professor Karen Zwi
Professor Zwi is a consultant community paediatrician at Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH), Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Clinical Services Director for Child Youth and Family at Northern Sydney Local Health District.
She is a practising community paediatrician with clinical expertise in treating children from priority populations such as asylum seekers, refugees, those in out-of-home care and Aboriginal communities. She believes in developing services that promote equity and resilience, that are strengths based, co-designed by families, and effective in improving child health outcomes and the patient and family experience.
Join Prof Zwi's session on Wednesday 5 November at 1.00pm
Come back regularly for further updates to the Symposium program as they become available.
Please email if you have any queries regarding the 2025 Symposium.
