About this Event
The 2027 Gold Coast Health Research Showcase will explore how research and innovation drive transformational change in health care.
The theme of this year’s Showcase is From Foundations to Impact: Trials and Translation.
The annual showcase is an opportunity to promote and recognise the outstanding research conducted at Gold Coast Health across all clinical specialties, professions and in collaboration with our university and industry partners.
The event will highlight how multidisciplinary and cross-organisational collaboration drives successful research and innovation, exploring how foundational clinical trials translate into innovative models of patient care, and sharing new and novel research findings.
Whether you're an early career clinician researcher, established researcher, clinical director, academic researcher, or industry or university partner, the Showcase is an opportunity to come together, expore, and celebrate our research community.
Draft Agenda
10.00: Welcome to Country. Opening remarks.
10.30: Prof Claire Wainwright, Paediatric Respiratory Physician and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Queensland and Co lead Head of the Cystic Fibrosis Service Queensland Children's Hospital: “Clinical Trials: Home grown through to multinational sponsored – where do we fit?”
11.30: Panel Session: “Clinical Trials: Tribulations and triumphs”.
12.00: Lunch and networking
1.00: Gold Coast Health “Annual” Research Hypothetical: "Research is core business": what a research-active health service looks like".
1.45: Research at Gold Coast Health leading to Impact (3x15 minute presentations)
2.30: Networking and refreshment break
3.00: Clinical Research with our Academic Partners/Clinical Trials at Gold Coast Health
4.00 : Lightning talks (12 x 3min presentations)
5.00: Event close
5.30: Awards and Networking Event at Southport Sharks Event Centre, Riewoldt Room: Join us in celebrating excellence as we continue the event with an evening of networking and excitement, with the much-anticipated announcement of the Gold Coast Health 2026 Collaborative Research Grant Scheme recipients, Clinician Researcher Fellowship recipients and our Research, Innovation and Transformation Award winners. Confirm your attendance on this event registration form.
Parking Information:
We have a commercial multi-storey parking facility with more than 2,200 under-cover car parks open 24 hours a day. The parking facility is operated by Point Parking. Information about parking can be found on the Point Parking website.
Please be aware, parking at GCUH is limited. Please allow extra time to park – particularly during wet weather – or consider public transport options.
Public Transport Information:
There are a range of public transport options available to visitors at Gold Coast University Hospital, with a bus stop and light rail station seeing you to the hospital's front door. Visit the Translink website or contact 131 230 to plan your journey.
Buses: Buses 710, 714, 719, 738 and 739 all stop at Gold Coast University Hospital.
G:Link (Light rail): There is an underground G:Link tram station below the main entrance of Gold Coast University Hospital. It includes extra amenities such as public toilets, stairs, escalators and lifts.
Taxi zone: There is a drop off zone at the hospital's main entrance for taxis.
We can't wait to see you there!
Event venue & nearby stays
Gold Coast University Hospital, E block, Pathology and Education Building, Large Lecture Theatre, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport, Australia
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