Engagement & Outreach Committee

Purpose

The role of the Engagement & Outreach Committee is to set up the framework and provide opportunities for researchers to meaningfully engage with stakeholders including students, clinicians, consumers, industry partners, the general public, government, and the international scientific and student communities.

Terms of Reference

To actively engage with high school students and UG and PG students within our school to foster a positive and supportive learning environment
To identify opportunities, enable and foster enduring, high-impact partnerships between academics in the school and clinical colleagues
To inform researchers of the processes and opportunities for engaging with Industry for the betterment of their research outcomes
To promote the School’s research capabilities to external stakeholders to initiate new collaborative opportunities
To increase awareness of our biomedical research in the community and to foster the collaboration with consumers and our school alumni
To develop and implement strategies to allow academics in the school to enhance our international portfolio and to develop effective strategies to attract international students to the school

Membership

Chair

Sherry Wu

Deputy Chair

Derik Steyn (Clinical/consumer, and Community engagement)

Members

Taylor Dick, Student and International engagement

Kelly Walton, Communuty engagement

Stefan Thor, International engagement

Louise Ainscough, Student engagement (high school)

Mary-Louise Manchadi, Student engagement (high school)

Richard Clark, Industry, and Student engagement (Hons)

Judit Kibedi, Student engagement (UGs)

Uli Siebeck, Community/Philanthropy, and Industry engagement

Johan Rosengren, International engagement

Maree Smith, Industry engagement

Minutes

To enquire about minutes of meetings, please contact the Committee Chair directly.