NSW Project: Clinical Trials Consumer Engagement
Integrate and upgrade NSW clinical trials infrastructure by operationalising the Consumer Engagement recommendation from the 2025 Clinical Trials Summit.
Project Overview
Following NSW Health’s Clinical Trials Summit in May 2025, AAMRI NSW is leading a collaboration to build upon the Summit outcomes by convening a Project Leadership Group and supporting the development of a Business Case to submit to Office for Health and Medical Research for improved consumer involvement and equity in medical research across NSW.
Project Leadership Group
| Institute | Contact | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The George Institute for Global Health | Professor Bruce Neal (Interim Chair) | Executive Research Director |
| Ingham Institute | Dr Bernadette Brady | Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Liverpool Hospital; Adjunct Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, Western Sydney University; Clinical Senior Lecturer, The University of Sydney |
| Woolcock Institute of Medical Research | Dr Julia Chapman | Clinical Trials Lead |
| Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Anthony Joshua | Program Director – Translational Oncology |
| Black Dog Institute | Nicole Cockayne | Director Research Strategy & Support |
| Ingham Institute | Nisha Berthon-Jones | ED, Clinical Trials |
| Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology | Katrina Frankcombe | Head, Business Development |
| Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Katherine Samaras | Laboratory Head, Clinical Obesity, Nutrition and Adipose Biology |
| Black Dog Institute | Emma Elder | Lived Experience Program Manager |
| The George Institute for Global Health | Karena Conroy | Manager, Consumer & Community Involvement Program, Impact & Engagement |
| Health Consumers NSW | Anthony Brown | CEO |
| Kirby Institute | Robert Monaghan | First Nations Health Research Program Manager |
| NA | Karen Carey | Chair, Clinical Trials Summit Working Group |
| NA | Julia Fallon-Ferguson | Clinical Trials Summit Working Group member |
| NA | John Stubbs | Clinical Trials Summit Working Group member |
| NA | Connie Severano | Clinical Trials Summit Working Group member |