Our July 19 newsletter is now out. Our founder shares recent updates and some of our new services for research-focussed and consumer organisations interested in growing patient engagement/consumer involvement in research. Are you interested in knowing what clinical trials might be going on? Check out our summary of trials...
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ALTG Consumer Education Workshop
On the 17th July, the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group(ALTG) are inviting people to an event for those interesting to understand more about clinical research. The ALTG Consumer Education Workshop will cover various topics related to clinical trials and the role patients and carers can have in research. This...
2019 Patient Experience Symposium (PExS2019)
We are pleased to announce we will be exhibiting at the 2019 Patient Experience Symposium (PExS2019) at the Sydney International Convention Centre on Monday 29 – Tuesday 30 April 2019. We look forward to the opportunity to meet health consumers and health system professionals, learn from their stories and...
Jackie Barreau: On The Value of Patient Involvement in Research
Recently, we participated in a 4 week online course through Stanford Medicine X run by Dr Larry Chu and Dr Amy Price called “Partnering with the patients and the public in medical research” . It provided a nice introduction to topics like consumerism in healthcare, what can be gained...
Paratus Clinical joins our tribe committed to engaging people in research
We are excited to announce Paratus Clinical has joined the tribe of organisations committed, like Research4Me, to taking action to increase the engagement and involvement of patients, caregivers and the public in clinical trials. Up to 80% of clinical trials struggle to recruit enough participants, causing delays and trial...
PC4 Scientific Symposium 2019
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...
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...
Research Case Study: The ENDIA study – consumer engagement in practice – Part 2
Recently, we spoke with Kelly (part of the research team) and Bill (a dad with type 1 diabetes) about consumer engagement in the ENDIA study, Australia’s largest study into the cause of type 1 diabetes, as a path to improve study recruitment, engagement and retention. In Part 1 of this...
Research Case Study: The ENDIA study – consumer engagement in practice – Part 1
A couple of months ago, Kelly McGorm joined our Facebook group and we started up a conversation about her work recruiting for, and supporting the people participating in the ENDIA Study. The ENDIA study is Australia’s largest study into the cause of type 1 diabetes and is currently recruiting...
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,...