Celebrate Research Week: 4 - 11 August 2026
Be part of conversations that inspire change!
Epworth Research Week is our opportunity to share and celebrate the outstanding research undertaken by our talented researchers, students, and the many teams who work tirelessly to identify innovative ways to treat and improve the health of our patients.
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6 days
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12 symposia
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60+ speakers
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40+ posters
Research Week provides a valuable platform to:
- Share the breadth and impact of our exciting research
- Facilitate new and meaningful research collaborations
- Hear from and encourage our students and junior researchers
- Ignite curiosity among non-research staff and clinicians who may be considering a research career at Epworth
We encourage all staff, researchers, students, and colleagues to get involved to share, and show support for, the exciting research conducted by our dedicated Epworth research teams and attend as many sessions as possible.
We look forward to sharing Research Week with you.
Research Week Program - Overview
We have an engaging program of events. We are continuously improving the program to deliver comprehensive and engaging events where we can learn what our colleagues are doing, facilitate new research collaborations, hear from, and encourage our students and junior researchers:
Program dates and symposia
Symposia Attendee Registration and Links
- For full event information refer to the Research Week Program
- Use the QR codes in the Symposia Registration and Links document to register and receive a calendar invite to symposia you plan to attend
- Use the link to join the symposium
| Tuesday 4 August | Research Week launch by Group Chief Executive, Professor Andrew Stripp (Online event: 12:00 - 1:00pm) including presentations by the 2025 Researcher Leader of the Year and Outstanding Epworth Researcher |
| Wednesday 5 August | Research Statistical Methods and Updates Symposium (Online event: 9:30 - 11:00am) Women and Children’s Health Symposium- Endometriosis, Paediatric Allergy, Pelvic Floor research (Online event: 12:30 - 2:00pm) Nursing Lead Research Symposium (Online event: 2:00 - 3:30pm) |
| Thursday 6 August | Cancer Research Symposium (Online event: 12:00 - 2:00pm) Consumer Advisor meet and greet (In person event: 3.00 - 3:30pm) Cancer Panel Discussion - Research - driving the future of cancer treatments (Hybrid event: 3:30 - 4:15pm) Poster Symposium + Research Award presentations (In person event: 4:30 - 6:00pm) |
| Friday 7 August | Acute to Chronic Care Research Symposium (Online event: 12:00 - 2:00pm) |
| Monday 10 August | Orthopaedic Surgery Symposium (Online event: 12:00 - 2:00pm) Rehabilitation Research - MERRC Symposium (Online event: 3:00 - 4:30pm) |
| Tuesday 11 August | Research Week final session – celebrate research innovation, impact and collaboration with presentations on CAR-T therapy for blood cancers and robotic assisted surgery (Online event: 12:30 - 1:30pm) |
The full Program ETA is 17 July 2026.
Expression of interest (poster or presentation) - Closed
Contact the Office for Research via [email protected] to discuss additional opportunities to present.
Information for Presenters
- Oral presentations:
- Invited speaker – presentation duration is 20-minutes plus 5-minutes question time
- Standard – presentation duration is 10-minutes plus 2-minutes question time
- To maintain energy, focus of the audience and highlight your research activity, the structure of presentations should focus on the methods, outcomes and translation to practice/next steps with minimal/key background information only (suggest 1 slide)
- Posters:
Posters will be displayed at the poster symposium in the Research Hub 185-187 Hoddle Street on Thursday 6 August 2025.
Note - a selection of posters will be displayed around the hospital in the weeks following Research Week.
- Submitting your poster is a 2-step process:
- Email a pdf copy of your poster to [email protected] by COB Monday, 27 July 2026 to be in the running for a prize. Posters received after this date will be displayed but may not be eligible for a prize.
- Print the poster and deliver it to the Office for Research by close COB on Friday, 31 July 2026:
Office for Research
Ground Floor, Epworth Research Hub
185-187 Hoddle Street
Richmond VIC 3121
For questions: Tel: 03 9426 8630 or Email: [email protected]