About the Fellowships program
The Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowships (CRF) program supports Queensland Health clinician researchers to undertake research linked to their practice. The program recognises that clinician researchers (including doctors, nurses, dentists, allied health practitioners and clinical scientists) are uniquely placed to identify clinical issues that can benefit from further research, lead patient-focused research discoveries, and facilitate improved patient care through research translation.
This program was established in 2018 and is administered by the Office of Research and Innovation, Clinical Planning and Service Strategy Division, Department of Health. Five Rounds of CRF have been undertaken, with $16 million awarded to 83 Fellows. These Fellows are undertaking a range of valuable projects that aim to improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes. Round 6 of CRF is currently open for applications.
The Targeted CRF program was established in 2023 and sits alongside the general CRF program. Round 1 of Targeted CRF closed on 19 February 2024, attracting 48 applications, with $1.37 million awarded to 11 fellows across Queensland in May 2024.
Objectives
The CRF program aligns with HEALTHQ32: A vision for Queensland’s health system, to develop a health system where research and innovation are encouraged, supported, and enabled.
The objectives of the program are to:
- Support the career development of Queensland Health’s emerging clinician researchers and research leaders, particularly toward securing competitive research funding from national agencies and other funding sources.
- Support health and medical research projects that have real potential to lead to better health outcomes for Queenslanders.
- Build collaborative linkages between Queensland Health and the wider Queensland health and medical research sector to support the translation of research discoveries into frontline healthcare.
- Build health and medical research capacity across all of Queensland, including in rural and remote areas.
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Previous Clinical Research Fellowship recipients
There are more than 95 active Queensland Health clinical research Fellows state-wide. These Fellows are undertaking a range of valuable projects to improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes.
- Queensland Health CRF Rounds 1–5 recipients (PDF 326 kB)
- Queensland Health TCRF Round 1 recipients (PDF 534 kB)
Clinician researcher projects
Read about the work of Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowship recipients:
- CJ Cabilan (CRF R2)—Exploring the development, implementation, and the effectiveness of an occupational violence risk assessment tool (ALERT checklist) in emergency departments
- Doctor Angela Ratsch (CRF R2)—Indigenous women's maternal tobacco and nicotine exposure: Patterns and validation of exposure, genotype and physiologic impacts, and barriers/facilitators to cessation
- Professor Dan Siskind (CRF R2)—Helping people with schizophrenia living longer, healthier lives
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