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Have you got an interest in or lived experience with cancer?

Individuals, family members and carers can join our Community Research Partners Advisory Group to keep updated on our latest research, or partner with us to drive better outcomes.

The Community Research Partners Committee

We are seeking consumers/advocates and community members with an interest in or lived experience with cancer (either personally or as a family member or carer) to join our SAiGENCI Community Research Partners Advisory Group.

The SAiGENCI Community Research Partners Committee is responsible for connecting the community to SAiGENCI researchers through a Community Research Partners Advisory Program. The program aims to create an active partnership between researchers and the lay community so that by working with community members, researchers are better equipped to conduct projects that identify and address the real needs of the community.

Our transformational work:

• The research at SAiGENCI is broadly centred around the following research themes:
• Understanding the mechanisms promoting response or driving resistance to currently available anti-cancer therapies
• Discover the mechanisms driving tumour growth and malignant behaviour through signalling, epigenetic and reprogramming research
• Identifying ways to make tumours more visible to the body's immune system and improve efficacy of immune therapies
• Identifying new therapeutic targets, and ultimately new and more effective therapies
• Take advantage of AI and computer modelling to predict disease recurrence, cancer progression and best suited clinical therapies.

By working closely with the South Australian Comprehensive Cancer Network (SACCaN), Local Health Networks and other agencies, our final goal is to translate findings from the bench to the bedside to better treatments and outcomes of cancer patients.

Become a member and be involved:

Members of the Community Research Partners Advisory Group will be actively involved with research scientists and will have an opportunity to stay updated about our projects and new findings, and to partner with research teams and other stakeholders to:

• Discuss and contribute to new research ideas.
• Help plan for how new research projects are designed and implemented.
• Review and provide comments on grant applications also as part of the investigatory team
• Assist in disseminating research findings within the community.

We stay connected:

Lay members of the Community Research Partners Advisory Group will be an integral part of our research and will be invited to attend meetings usually held at Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building, North Terrace, Adelaide, or held online via Zoom/Teams and email correspondence.

Support is available to assist with:

• Preparation of research documents and sitting fees ($40/hour)
• Public transport to attend in person meetings (to/from meeting)
• Car parking
• Private vehicle transport (to/from meeting):  $0.81/km.

Responsibilities

SAiGENCI Research Group or project team are responsible for providing:

• Information, training and development opportunities to members relevant to their role as Community Research Partners (as required).
• Resources needed to undertake agreed tasks including reimbursement for consumer members.
• Secretariat support to the Community Research Partners Advisory Group.

Community Research Partners are responsible for:

• Sharing their knowledge, skills and experience to inform the research process.
• Attending and actively participating in Community Research Partners Advisory Group meetings and responding to reasonable and agreed out-of-session requests for advice.
• Participating, as agreed, in activities which promote the work of the SAiGENCI Research Group or project across the South Australian community.
• Identifying and reporting an interest that is in potential or actual conflict with their involvement in the SAiGENCI Research Group or project or has the appearance of such a conflict.
• Notifying the Chair or Secretariat, as soon as practical, if any matter arises which may be deemed to affect the progress of the SAiGENCI Research Group or project.

How to apply

Please fill in the expression of interest form and send to saigenciconsumer@adelaide.edu.au. 

We endeavour to forge links across the research community, foster collaborative links between the researchers within Australia and internationally, and showcase outstanding research being conducted around Australia by top scientists.