About Innovating to Create High-Performing Systems for Injury Recovery Symposium 2025

Driving innovation. Empowering recovery. Shaping the future of injury care. 

 

Date:  
Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:00 - 18:00 AEST, followed by a Canapé Reception 

Venue
In-person – ES Meyers Lecture Theatre, Mayne Medical School, Herston (Brisbane, Queensland) 
Online  –  via Zoom  

Cost:  
Registration is FREE

About the Symposium

Co-hosted by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Better Health Outcomes for Compensable Injury and the RECOVER Injury Research Centre at The University of Queensland, this collaborative event brings together leading voices in compensable injury research, health consumers, health practitioners and policymakers. 

The Innovating to Create High-Performing Systems for Injury Recovery Symposium 2025 is a dynamic forum dedicated to sharing the latest research and real-world insights into improving outcomes after motor vehicle crashes. With a focus on collaboration and cutting-edge thinking, this symposium explores the systems, strategies, and innovations that are transforming recovery journeys today and paving the way for better outcomes tomorrow. 

Who should attend? 

Are you a researcher, healthcare provider, insurer, policymaker, or health consumer with a lived experience of injury recovery?  This is your opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to building better systems for those recovering from road traffic injuries. 

Attend Your Way – Online or In-Person 

We’re excited to offer flexible attendance options to make the symposium accessible to all. Whether you join us on-site at The University of Queensland or participate virtually from anywhere in the world, you’ll be part of a vibrant, engaging experience.  

Registration is free — don’t miss your chance to be part of this important conversation. 

Connect and Collaborate at the Canapé Reception 

Continue the conversation at our post-symposium Canapé Reception, where researchers, clinicians, policy influencers, and advocates can network in a relaxed setting. This informal gathering offers a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, spark future collaborations, and build connections that drive meaningful change in the injury recovery space. 

Our Keynote Speaker

Professor Belinda Gabbe is the Head of the Prehospital, Emergency and Trauma Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow. She holds an Honorary Professorial appointment in Population Data Research at Swansea University (UK). Belinda is the Head of the Victorian State Trauma Registry, Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry and the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand. 

Professor Gabbe will be presenting on Intervening early to improve outcomes in serious injury. Belinda’s research focuses on evaluating trauma care, trauma systems research, improving understanding of how well people recover from their injuries, and how we measure the burden of injury.

 

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PROGRAM: 

TimeSpeakerTopic
13:00Professor Belinda Gabbe
Monash University
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Intervening early to improve outcomes in serious injury
 

Professor Ian Cameron &

Dr Annette Kifley

University of Sydney

Spotlight on the long-term impact of road traffic injury - insights from two decades of research in NSW
 

Ms Simone Yu

The University of Queensland

Mental health service use after minor-to-moderate motor vehicle crash injury - a systematic review
 

Ms Leone Bennett

The University of Queensland

 
 

Associate Professor Genevieve Grant

Monash University

Opportunities and challenges in legal costs and services
 

Dr Fjalar de Haan

University of Melbourne

From GENSIMO to VersiSim - the maturation of an agent-based model (the TAC Digital Twin)
 

Dr Bao Nguyen 

Professor Luke Connelly

The University of Queensland

Dynamic and long-term impacts of health shocks on labour supply
 

Dr Shannon Gray & 

Professor Alex Collie

Monash University

Developing a predictive model to identify those most at risk of long CTP claims
 

Professor Michele Sterling

The University of Queensland

The Physiotherapists blopsyChosocial Online Training (PICOT) Clinical Trial
 

Dr Riley Brown

The University of Queensland

Safety of videoconferencing for physical rehabilitation and exercise: A systematic review and meta-analysis
 

Dr Nicole Andrews

The University of Queensland

Artificial Intelligence in pain management - consumer perceptions and clinical applications
 

Dr Megan Ross

The University of Queensland

 
 

Mr Marinus du Preez

University of Sydney

Implementation of e-resources (My Whiplash Navigator) with insurers and clinicians to improve whiplash outcomes
 

Mr Nick Kendrick

Axis Rehabilitation

Ms Katie Mackenzie

Suncorp Group

Influencing outcomes after whiplash injury: Using WhipPredict, value-based healthcare and stress inocolutation training with a novel, stratified, bundled care program
17:00

Panel members:

Paul Murdoch

Consumer Advocate,

Joanna Costello

Motor Accident Insurance Commission, 

Mr Nick Kendrick,

Ms Katie Mackenzie,

Associate Professor Genevieve Grant,

Mr Marinus du Preez

PANEL DISCUSSION

Barriers to research implementation in the CTP insurance space

17:45

Professor Trevor Russell

The University of Queensland

Closing address
18:00Canapé Reception commences 
19:00Canapé Reception ends 

 

Venue

In-person: Mayne Medical School, 288 Herston Road, Herston QLD
Online: via Zoom
Room: 
ES Meyers Lecture Theatre