PAH Health Symposium

Thank you for being part of Queensland’s premier health and research conference.

The 65th Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Health Symposium will be a three-day event that brings together Queensland Health staff and our partner research institutes.

• Attendees will be able to learn from national and international experts
• Presenters will be able to showcase their own research or clinical innovations
• Colleagues and industry representatives will have the opportunity to network with each other.

Registration is now open.

• Free registration
• Attend in-person or watch online
• Continuing professional development (CPD) points available
• Register today

Keynote speaker

Dr Colin Kennedy

Opening session

Dr Colin Kennedy is Chief Growth Officer at Creative HQ and Founder of its School of Innovation. He has spent more than 25 years helping people, organisations and systems build the capability to turn ideas into impact.

Colin has worked closely with Metro South Health to strengthen health innovation capability and support practical innovation across complex healthcare settings. He has also contributed to the development of innovation practice through Metro North Health’s Helix Hub. His wider work also spans education and public-sector transformation, including Asian Development Bank programmes across Southeast Asia and UNDP-backed innovation hub work in the Pacific.

A published researcher and global speaker, including at Expo 2020 Dubai, Colin works at the intersection of innovation, equity and practical change. His focus is on helping individuals and organisations build the conditions where good ideas can move beyond pilots and into better outcomes for better humans.

Kurt Aaron Orator

Dr Liz Crowe

Closing session

Dr Liz Crowe is a social worker, researcher and wellbeing leader with decades of experience in paediatric critical care. She specialises in crisis, trauma, grief and bereavement. Following her PhD exploring the risk and protective factors for staff wellbeing, she works as the Director of Staff Wellbeing at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.

Liz runs a consultancy business focused on leadership, interpersonal skills and organisational systems. She has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications on healthcare workforce wellbeing. An author, educator, podcaster, debriefing advocate and proud disruptor, she is known for challenging healthcare to rethink leadership, culture and the design of work. Her work bridges research and practice, helping organisations create workplaces where people and performance thrive together.

Research presentation awards

We showcase the next generation of clinical and laboratory researchers. Award categories include:

• clinical and health care research
• laboratory research.

There are awards for student, early-career, and experienced researchers. When abstracts are submitted, authors are asked to nominate for one or both of:

• oral presentation – a 4-minute ‘lightning talk’ presentation with 1 minute for questions
• poster presentation – a poster display with a 1-minute ‘elevator pitch’.

View the abstract guide and award criteria [PDF 307.23 KB].

Abstract submissions have now closed.

Clinical education excellence awards

We recognise outstanding clinical educators at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Winners will receive a $1,000 professional development bursary at the PAH Health Symposium.

Award categories include:

• allied health
• nursing
• medical.

Nominations have now closed.

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Location

Russell Strong Auditorium
Princess Alexandra Hospital
199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba

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Contact

• Email: PAHSymposium@health.qld.gov.au
• Phone: (07) 3176 3259