Media Statements

For Portfolio: Medical Research

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
2/03/2023	Dawson	Medical Research	Open Day for WA’s top health and medical researchers and innovators
22/02/2023	Quigley; Dawson	Attorney General; Medical Research	New laws give access to important medical research
14/02/2023	Dawson; Cook	Medical Research; State Development, Jobs and Trade	WA Government collaboration with Brandon BioCatalyst set to continue
9/02/2023	Dawson	Medical Research	WA’s first State-wide strategy to boost health and medical research
7/02/2023	Dawson	Medical Research	Worldwide search for top health and medical researchers
31/01/2023	Dawson	Medical Research	Applications for The Challenge global healthcare search open tomorrow
16/12/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$84 million boost to create more opportunities for medical research
15/12/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Multi-million dollar prize to improve remote healthcare
1/12/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Multi-million dollar boost to WA’s health and medical research and innovation sectors
2/11/2022	Punch	Medical Research	Future health research and innovation opportunities showcased at Bunbury open day
26/10/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$5 million global challenge to boost health outcomes in the Pilbara
26/10/2022	Cook; Dawson	State Development, Jobs and Trade; Innovation and ICT; Medical Research	Australia's biggest week in biotech kicks off in Perth
22/10/2022	Dawson; Sanderson	Medical Research; Health	McGowan Government announces funding boost to child health
5/09/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Launch of new Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program
24/08/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Linear Joondalup Early Phase Centre opens
4/08/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New Executive Director for WA Health Translation Network
18/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	WA Health Hackathon to help drive innovation in healthcare sector
12/07/2022	Papalia	Medical Research	New Clinical Entrepreneur Program for WA health professionals
3/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New program to increase the competitiveness of WA researchers
3/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government’s Innovation Seed Fund awards $8 million across 17 health and medical innovation initiatives
1/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government strengthens medical research commitment with WA Office of Medical Research and Innovation
27/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research; Innovation and ICT	Co-Funding Partnerships Program provides opportunity for increased impact through collaboration
23/06/2022	Dawson; Sanderson	Medical Research; Mental Health	Innovation investment to build resilient children and confident young people
22/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$2.4 million invested in effort to cure disease and keep WA Healthy
21/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$3.6m to accelerate success for WA health and medical researchers
20/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	More than a million dollars for research to improve mental health in the WA community
7/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT; Medical Research	Mission to United States to promote WA
1/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$10 million to fast track health and medical research in WA
23/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government commits $2.25 million for new clinical trials centre to open in Joondalup
19/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Researchers backed to develop initiatives to improve WA health care
17/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Major boost to support research aimed at improving health outcomes
9/05/2022	Dawson; Cook	Medical Research; Science	Global partnership between Australia and USA set to boost Biodesign Australia
6/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Call for tenders for a training program to improve consumer involvement in research
27/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Research Institute Support program to distribute $6.5 million funding boost
14/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	WA visionaries encouraged to apply for health and medical Innovation Fellowships
8/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Artificial Intelligence research project a winner in $2.1 million funding program
8/04/2022	Sanderson; Dawson	Health; Medical Research	WA Child Research Fund now open for applications to improve child and adolescent health
7/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Clinicians encouraged to apply for fellowships to advance WA health research
30/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Innovation Seed Fund grants now open for innovators with novel health and medical research solutions
20/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Groundbreaking WA rapid COVID-19 screening system to help protect remote and FIFO communities
17/03/2022	Sanderson; Dawson	Health; Medical Research	New study to capture data on undetected COVID-19 in Perth
11/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New Chair of Western Australian Health Translation Network
24/02/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$10 million to support outstanding health and medical research
21/02/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Funding opportunity to set up health and medical researchers for success
28/01/2022	Dawson	Medical Research; Innovation and ICT	Final call for innovations for child and youth mental health issues
14/09/2021	Templeman; Cook	Tourism; Health; Medical Research; Science	Another two international conferences for Perth in 2024
12/08/2021	Cook	Health; Medical Research	$5 million to boost emerging researchers’ bids for major Australian Government funding
2/08/2021	Cook	Medical Research	$9.2 million fund to support local health and medical research
1/06/2021	Cook; Templeman	Science; Medical Research; Tourism	Australia’s largest life science conference comes to WA
30/05/2021	Templeman; Cook	Tourism; Health; Medical Research	Perth to host world-leading neuromuscular conference