Synopsis: Over the duration of the CRE, the Early Leaders Network (ELN) has played a central role in shaping capacity-building, strengthening national and global collaborations, and supporting the next generation of adolescent health researchers.
As we close the year, this final seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on the next generation of researchers who have been engaged in our CRE. In this session, we will hear from four members of the CRE Early Leaders Network—Dr Monika Raniti, Luo Li, Dr Patricia Cullen and Professor Dot Dumid—who will share insights into their professional journeys and their contributions to the CRE. Each presenter will reflect on their career stage and research trajectory, their specific roles within the CRE and the professional and personal benefits they gained from being part of the network.
This is the last seminar series of our current CRE. To conclude the seminar, Professor Susan Sawyer will provide an update on the continuation of the seminar series as part of the new CRE led by Professor Pete Azzopardi.
Questions this seminar will address:
- What have Early Leaders Network members learned through their involvement in the CRE, and how has it shaped their career trajectories?
- In what ways did the CRE create opportunities for leadership, collaboration, and capacity-building among early career researchers?
- What value did early leaders gain from their participation in the CRE?
Speakers: Professor Susan Sawyer, Professor Dorothea Dumuid, Dr Patricia Cullen, Dr Monika Raniti, Luo Li.
Professor Susan Sawyer AM holds the Geoff and Helen Handbury Chair of Adolescent Health at the University of Melbourne and is Director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at The Royal Children’s Hospital. A paediatrician by training, she is internationally recognised for her leadership in adolescent health.
Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific: A virtual community to share knowledge and support collaboration
Despite one in two of the world’s adolescents living in the Asia-Pacific region, adolescent health is a relatively new field of endeavour in Australia as well as the region. It is a field that spans policy makers from multiple sectors, researchers from different disciplines, and practitioners working in health services, schools and communities and encompasses a multitude of health topics and concerns. Despite this, there are few opportunities to come together to share, showcase and build capacity to improve adolescent health and wellbeing in the region.This seminar series aims to provide opportunities for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, implementers, young advocates – indeed, anyone interested in the health and wellbeing of adolescents – to enhance their understanding of adolescent health and wellbeing, with a focus on research.This series is supported by the Centre of Research Excellence for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health. Led by a team at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, it brings together leading Australian research groups including the University of Melbourne, Burnet Institute, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
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