“Collaboration in Action: Connecting people, ideas and impact”

Thursday 18 March (full day) – Friday 19 March (half day) 2027

Since 2023 Echuca Regional Health has been hosting a Research and Innovation Symposium. The event is held every two years and been growing bigger and bigger each year.

Echuca Regional Health has been undergoing an exciting period of growth for research, clinical trials, innovation and clinical services over recent times. The event also provides an opportunity for the Rural Health Services in our wider area to showcase their innovative work.

The Symposium is known for offering fantastic opportunities to initiate and establish collaborative partnerships, and build research capacity, innovation capability, and engagement among the regional Victorian workforce. As the event brings together clinicians, researchers, and leaders from across the region to showcase and strengthen research, quality improvement, and innovation in rural health settings.

Announcing our Keynote Speakers

Day 1 – A/Prof Simon Crouch (Clinical Unit Head, Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit)

A/Prof Simon Crouch MBBS MA MPH PhD FAFPHM is a public health physician with extensive experience in public health leadership, health protection and communicable disease prevention and control. He is Medical Director of the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit, where he leads public health medicine delivery across the region and contributes to the ongoing development of Victoria’s networked public health system.

Simon previously served as Victoria’s Deputy Chief Health Officer for Case, Contact and Outbreak Management during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University and has been a Chief Investigator on three NHMRC Partnership Projects spanning zoonotic infections and pathogen genomics.

Simon is Chief Examiner for Public Health Medicine with the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and has held significant roles in public health training and curriculum development. He is also a Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and completed a Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Day 2 – Anne Woollett (Associate Director, Deakin Trials Hub, Deakin University)

Anne is Associate Director of the Deakin Clinical Trials Hub. Drawing on more than 30 years’ experience, she has established trials hubs across health service, university and community settings and is a recognised expert in clinical trial development, operations, governance and regulatory compliance at local, state and national levels.

Anne is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Education and certificates in Oncology and Management.

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The symposium will be held onsite in the Education Centre (Building H).

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The Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN (close October 16, 2026)

To view the Symposium flyer, click here.

To submit an Abstract, please click here or scan the QR Code below:

For further information please contact [email protected]

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