Child Health Research Centre
Office of the Centre Director
The Centre Manager and Executive Assistant support the Office of the Centre Director in the Child Health Research Centre. The Centre Manager is primarily responsible for providing strategic and operational management for the Centre. This includes responsibilities for long-term planning, strategic budget management, coordination of professional support services, and management of core research facilities. The Executive Assistant provides administrative support to the Centre Director, and manages all enquiries to the Director.
The Centre Manager can assist with your operational enquires and direct your requests to the relevant professional service area when you are unclear of who to contact.
Advancement
The Advancement team works with alumni, community members and corporate and foundation donors to raise funds in support of Faculty priorities.
Email: med.advancement@uq.edu.au
Finance
The Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of project accounting advice, financial analysis & planning including forecasting budgets. Compliance advice, both UQ Policy & research contracts.
The Finance Officer is responsible for the management and delivery of all Finance transaction services undertaken to meet the operational and service delivery needs of the Faculty. This includes transactions related to accounts payable, invoicing, creditor and debtor management, registration of assets, and processing of journal entries.
Email: med.finance@uq.edu.au
HDR support
The HDR Liaison Officers (HLOs) provide advice and assistance to HDR students and supervisors about HDR opportunities, applications, scholarships, enrolment, candidature management, milestones and thesis submission.
Any member of the team can help you in person by appointment, or by phone or email from any location.
Email the team at hdr.med@enquire.uq.edu.au or see all Health Team HLO contact details on the Graduate School website.
The Director of Research Training for CHRC is Associate Professor Graham Leggatt.
Human resources
The Faculty of Medicine HR Team is responsible for enabling the achievement of the Faculty’s strategic objectives and supporting the broader University’s ambitions through attracting, developing and retaining talented, engaged and high performing staff. The Faculty HR Team provides a full range of end to end HR services including (but not limited to) recruitment, workplace relations, change management, organisational development and coaching for leaders.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure team coordinate and provide oversight on a broad range of facilities management issues to ensure the effective operation, utilisation and preservation of buildings and assets across the entire Faculty of Medicine. The infrastructure team liaises with, and provides facilities management advice to all Faculty staff and students. The team also coordinates medium and long term space management and planning activities to support the Faculty’s teaching and research strategic objectives. Working with the University’s Property and Facilities Division (P&F) and the various hospital and health service providers they oversee maintenance works and construction projects on behalf of the Faculty.
Marketing and communications
From media and communications and social media to video production, brand queries and website development, we are the team to contact. While we have a team of specialists based at Herston, we are structured in a way that allows you to build a relationship directly with two of our Managers. For media support, contact the Media and Communications Manager. For all other queries, contact the Marketing & Comms Manager. For internal newsletters, email med.newsletters@uq.edu.au.
OHS
The Faculty of Medicine OHS team comprises five members with a broad spectrum of technical knowledge and experience with systems for the safe management of:
- biologicals and biosecurity
- chemicals, including prohibited and restricted carcinogens, chemicals of security concern
- radiation
- ergonomics
- clinical teaching and practice
- laboratory design and management
- plant and equipment
- drugs and poisons
- animal and human research ethics
- occupational hygiene, including hearing and allergen surveillance
- field work and event planning
- emergency procedures
- risk assessments and incident investigations
The Manager of Occupational Health and Safety coordinates the Faculty OHS team and develops and implements OHS policy, collaborating with the UQ HSW Division to develop greater consistency and transparency of OHS management practices across the Faculty and the University.
All members of the team are available to assist and advise on any issues relating to OHS or other general compliance issues. Contact med.hsw@uq.edu.au.
Research support
RDO responsibilities: Research-related enquiries for researchers within the Org Unit which relate to research pre- and post-award funding application support (competitively awarded and contract research) including funding schemes, the Costing & Pricing Tool and Funding Application Coversheets, UQ indirect cost enquiries and acquiring HoS/UQ certification. Connects researchers to other units including HR, finance, ethics, graduate school, and the research office.
RDM responsibilities: RDMs work closely with researchers in the preparation of high-quality applications for competitive funding opportunities. They provide training, strategic advice and editorial review of the structure, content and clarity of grant applications. RDMs also connect researchers across the faculty and organise readership schemes.
Email: med.research.chrc@uq.edu.au
Research partnerships
RPM responsibilities: Working with researchers and their collaborators to prepare and progress research agreements (including funding agreements, MTAs, CRAs, data sharing agreements, etc). Is the responsible person for confirming that terms of a research agreement are in line with UQ requirements and can proceed for signature.
