Health Translation Queensland

Health Translation Queensland (formerly Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners (BDHP)) is the first Advanced Health Research Translation Centre in Queensland, Australia.[1]

Health Translation Queensland
FormerlyBrisbane Diamantina Health Partners
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2014
HeadquartersQueensland, Australia
Websitehttps://healthtranslationqld.org.au/

History

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Health Translation Queensland's history dates back to 2011, with the establishment of the Mayne Health Science Alliance and Diamantina Health Partners. In 2014, these two bodies came together with Children's Health Queensland in a collaborative arrangement to form the Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Academic Health Science System.[1][2][3][4]

The founding partners were Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Mater Health Services, The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, the Translational Research Institute and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.[5]

On 9 June 2017, it was announced Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners had been accredited by the National Health and Medical Research Council as a new Advanced Health Research and Translation Centre.[6]

BDHP changed its name to Health Translation Queensland in November 2021.[7]

Partners

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The organisation is a collaboration between four hospitals, two universities, two medical research institutes, a primary health care network, and Queensland Health. [8]

The participants are:

Events

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Brisbane Cancer Conference

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The BDHP Brisbane Cancer Conference is held annually in December at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.[9]The conference is convened by Professor Ken O’Byrne, Clinical Director of the Cancer and Ageing Research Program.[10][11]

Blood Cancers Group Seminar Series

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The BDHP Blood Cancers Group Seminar Series is held once a month, alternating between the Translational Research Institute on the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute on the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital campus. Presentations are given by local, national and international researchers, providing an opportunity to hear about the latest research and encourage greater collaboration within and between research streams.[12] The series is convened by Professor Andrew Perkins, co-leader of the Blood and Bone Diseases Program, Mater Research Institute – University of Queensland.[citation needed]

Circulating Tumour Cell Symposium

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The BDHP Circulating Tumour Cell Symposium was a single day event that provided up to date coverage of many aspects of tumour research. The event was co-convened by Professor Colleen Nelson, Executive Director of the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland, and Professor Rik Thompson, of Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. The symposium was attended by some 130 delegates from Queensland University of Technology, The University of Queensland and Griffith Universities, affiliated research institutes, QLD Health, industry and consumer advocacy group representatives, as well as attendees from Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners — Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ "About Us". Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners.
  3. ^ "Single Academic Health Science Centre for Brisbane - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - The University of Queensland, Australia". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ^ Council, National Health and Medical Research (28 March 2015). "New centres foster better health through research translation". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ "A marriage made in health science systems". medicine.uq.edu.au.
  6. ^ "Supporting medical innovation to deliver better health for Australians > Greg Hunt MP, Federal Member for Flinders | Minister for Health | Minister for Sport". www.greghunt.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  7. ^ "BDHP announces new name". CT:IQ. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Medical research you probably don't know is happening in Brisbane". Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Brisbane Cancer Conference". brisbanecancer.org.au.
  10. ^ "Brisbane Cancer Conference — Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  11. ^ "CARP - Cancer & Ageing Research Program". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Hibernating Cancer Cells- Waking up the elephant in the room". leukaemia.org.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  13. ^ "TRI hosts the Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners, Translational Research Institute, Circulating Tumour Cell Symposium — Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland". Retrieved 8 April 2017.