The Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4) is hosting their annual symposium on the 4th April 2019 in Melbourne. This symposium is a multidisciplinary meeting with invited speakers to cover the primary care spectrum of cancer research. The symposium will highlight prevention and diagnosis, survivorship, and cancer palliative care...
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Research4Me welcomes ARCS commitment to patient engagement
Research4Me and ARCS Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, committing to taking action to increase the engagement and involvement of patients, caregivers and the public in health and medical research. The lived experience of patients and caregivers dealing with the health issues researchers are studying, as well as...
ACTA Summit 2018
Research4Me is delighted to be participating in a panel discussion around consumer engagement in clinical trials, and exhibiting at the 2018 ACTA Summit. ACTA, the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, is a national peak body supporting and representing the networks of clinician researchers that conduct investigator-initiated or “public-good” clinical trials within the Australian health system. The...
Last chance for a free registration to ACTA2018 29-30Nov18 in Sydney.
In case you missed our social media anouncements, we’ve been promoting the opportunity for a health consumer to get a free registration to come along to the ACTA clinical trials summit 29-30Nov18 in Sydney next week. Our Events and Current Opportunities pages can tell you more about the conference,...
Reina’s Top 7 Reasons Why Clinical Trials Matter
Our founder first crossed paths with Reina S. Weiner a couple of years ago, and interviewed her for the #WhyClinicalTrialsMatters campaign she started before founding Research4Me. You can catch up on that interview here where Reina shares why you need to either ask about clinical trials, or potentially miss...
PExS2018 Part 3(Final): Getting Patients & Researchers Working Together
In the 3rd and final wrap of the workshop we held at the NSW Patient Experience Symposium (#PExS2018), we cover what Anthony Brown, Executive Director of Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) shared in his overview of HCNSW, their interest in research, and getting researchers and patients working together, based on the...
Reflecting on the AskAboutClinicalTrials.com Campaign
A week from now, the inaugural international PopupStar teams who competed to run a community-based event to raise awareness of clinical trials will gather in New York to hear the winner of the competition announced. The PopupStar competition aimed to bring together teams inclusive of all the stakeholders of...
Perspectives on consumers in research – #TrialsTues
We are very passionate about the possibilities for health consumers in research, as well as their carers. It was for this very reason that Research4Me was launched – to make it easier for health consumers and their families/carers to connect with research. , . For example, 80% of clinical trials...
Launching #TrialsTues – Regularly Demystifying Clinical Trials
Today we are launching #TrialsTues to shine a spotlight on and encourage involvement in clinical trials on an ongoing basis. In 2005, ECRIN launched International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD), 20th May, to commemorate the day when James Lind started his famous clinical trial on scurvy in 1747, May 20th, and...
#MedTech2017 Panel Recap: Patient Engagement in Clinical Trials
Wednesday, 1 November, we had the privilege to be invited to be a panellist on a discussion about patient engagement in clinical trials at the Medical Technology Association of Australia’s (MTAA) annual medtech industry conference – MedTech 2017. The discussion was chaired by Melanie Gentgall, CEO of Praxis Australia, a non-profit...