11:15-13:15 – Session 7: Maternal and Child Health

Chair: Dr Lauren Kearney IntroductionDr Lauren Kearney Evaluation of a paediatric inter-facility transfer initiative for acutely unwell children in regional Queensland: Standardised Workflow for Inter-Facility Transfer of Kids (SWIFTKids)Dr Clare Thomas Reducing waitlists while increasing quality of care: Implementation of a transdisciplinary advanced allied health and medical service for school aged neurodevelopmental and behavioural outpatient […]

14:00-16:00 – Session 8.1: The interface between Primary and Hospital Care in COVID times

Chair: Dr Sandra Peters & Dr Jon Harper Initial Response March-May 2020 Communicating across the hospital and primary care interfaceA/Prof Carl de Wet Community rapid response – Virtual COVID WardJacinta Elks/Penny Brischke Community rapid response – Drive Through TestingDr Fiona Jackson Community rapid response – HospitalDr Keat Choong Panel Q&A Post Initial Response June-October 2020 […]

09:00-11:00 – Session 6: Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance

Chair: Dr Timothy Baird Section 1: Junior Research Presentations Experiences of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unitJunel Padigos A retrospective observational study of 18F-FDG uptake in PET/CT of the prosthetic heart valves with and without infective endocarditisDr Kanthi Vemuri Improved antimicrobial resistance detection and prediction from P.aeruginosa genomesDanielle Madden Stability of beta-lactam […]

08:00-09:00 – Session 5: Biomedical Science

Chair: Prof Robert Harvey Infection diseases and emerging risks: Impacts for Australian public health and blood transfusion safetyDr Helen Faddy Blood Transfusion: A complex soup of biological mediators modulating patient outcomesDr Melinda Dean Identifying the role of isomiRs in the classification and diagnosis of glioma subtypesDr Sarah Bajan Impact of glycine receptor mutations in autism […]