NICS Evidence into Action Award

The MMRC would like to congratulate Trish Wilson and Vicki Flenady for winning the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) ‘Evidence into Action' award. Trish and Vicki were awarded this prize for their paper ‘Implementing Best Practice Guidelines into Clinical Practice in Perinatal Loss’. The NICS prize aims to identify and reward clinicians who are applying evidence to close gaps in Australian health care settings. Trish & Vicki’s paper was identified as an excellent demonstration of the development of evidence-based models of care which address the challenges of implementing clinical guidelines into practice when caring for families when a baby dies.

Growth and Development Unit Annual Conference

The Growth and Development Unit team were delighted to hold their 8th Growth and Development Conference for High Risk Infants – ‘A Tribute to Prof David Tudehope’ in the very fitting ‘Legends Room’ at the Brisbane Gabba. The Conference was a huge success, attracting several national and international guests and speakers. The G&D Team presented their latest research findings and a very heart warming tribute to Professor David Tudehope, who recently retired after 30 years as Director of Neonatology, and was the founder of the Growth and Development Clinic. The unit was delighted to report that to date they have produced over 100 publications in refereed journals. Congratulations Growth and Development!