Scholarships

South Western Sydney Local Health District

1. SWSLHD Academic Unit
2. Early and Mid-Career Research Support Programs
3. SWSLHD and Ingham Institute Research Scholarship Support Program

1.  SWSLHD Academic Unit

In 2015, the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) identified the need to promote Academic Units. Funding was granted to:

• Establish two new Academic Units:
  o   The Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit (DOMTRU) and;
  o   Liver Cancer and Disease Centre (LCDC)
   
• Enhance one existing unit:
  o   Stroke and Health Service Research Unit
   
• Recognise three established units:
  o   South Western Sydney Academic Mental Health Program - Click to view video
  o   South Western Sydney Academic Radiation Oncology - Click to view video
  o   South Western Sydney Academic Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine -Click to view video

Funding was granted to the following units for Round 2 (2018) SWSLHD Academic Units:

• Establish two new Academic Units:
  o  Women's Health Initiative Translational Unit (WHITU)
  o  South West Sydney Limb Preservation and Wound Research Unit
     
• Enhance two existing units:
  o  South Western Sydney IBD Research Group
• o  BestSTART-SW (System Transformation and Research Translation - South West Sydney):
      Children, Young People and Families Health Research Translation Unit 

2.  Early and Mid-Career Research Support Program

SWSLHD recognises that research is an integral part of improving the delivery of health care.  Communities benefit significantly from having a vibrant teaching and research ethos in healthcare facilities.

Previous winners of thEarly Career Researchers Program:

Previous winners of the Mid-Career Support Program