About Us – Research

Based within the ReViTALISE project, the Regional Research Teaching Hub (RRTH) has developed the @research website which delivers health services research training resources for Victorian health care professionals working across regional, rural and remote communities.

@research aims to

Improve access to research education and training opportunities
Build research skills to transform care
Enable development of regional research networks and collaborations
Increase and strengthen consumer involvement in research

The Regional Victoria Trials Alliance: Linkages, Innovation, Special populations, Equity (ReViTALISE) project is an extension of the Regional Trials Network-Victoria (RTN-Vic) that was established in 2017 with a 3-year grant from the Cancer Council of Victoria to improve patient access and recruitment to high quality cancer clinical trials at Victorian regional health services. ReViTALISE has been funded by a 5-year Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and will build on the initial success of the RTN-Vic through the development and implementation of seven unique clinical research initiatives across eight regional Victorian health services.

The initiatives imbedded in the ReViTALISE project are designed to address the disparity in cancer care in regional Victorian populations, particularly in their access to cutting edge clinical research, by focussing on the following areas:

Expanding the existing Regional Trials Network from 6 to 8 regional sites
Geriatric oncology, meeting the needs of the aging population
Registry trials to collect data from our specific patient populations to identify future research and treatment needs
Palliative & Supportive Care research programs to improve patient outcomes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Trial Access Programs
Immunotherapy trials and education into immunotherapy treatment
Establishing a Regional Research Teaching Hub, (the developers of @research) to support staff in the upskilling required to conduct meaningful research in regional and rural settings

For more information see Regional Trials Network – ReViTALISE

The team at the Regional Research Teaching Hub (RRTH)

Co-leads:

Professor Mei Krishnasamy, Professor of Nursing (Cancer), The University of Melbourne
A/Professor Craig Underhill, Medical Oncologist, Border Medical Oncology; Chair RTN-Vic Governance Committee.