Medical Research Future Fund Research Principles for Consumer Involvement Webinar presentation – 3 August 2023

Presentation from the MRFF Principles for Consumer Involvement Webinar on 3 August 2023. The webinar was hosted by:

• Mr John Stubbs AM, Chair, MRFF Consumer Reference Panel
• Dr Masha Somi, Chief Executive Officer, Health and Medical Research Office.

Guest speakers were:

• Professor Caroline Homer AO, Deputy Chair, Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB)
• Dr Bernadette Brady, Liverpool Hospital
• Professor Yvonne Cadet-James, James Cook University
• Merryn Carter, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Breast Cancer Lab
• Professor Tom Snelling, University of Sydney.

Topics included:

• the Principles for Consumer Involvement in Research Funded by the MRFF
• how effective consumer involvement is put into practice
• why it is critical to high quality research.

A questions and answers session followed.