Clinical trials
Clinical research trials on the safety and efficacy of medical interventions, including medicines and therapeutic devices in SA hospitals
Research is an essential component of SA Health’s mission as it supports innovation, attracts high quality staff, and delivers health, social and economic benefits for South Australians. SA Health supports research in a variety of ways, from providing facilities and infrastructure including our public hospitals and health services to conduct research, through to providing policy and guidance to assist health and medical researchers to deliver their research effectively and efficiently.
Every day the public benefits from innovations derived from health and medical research, including developing new ways to prevent disease such as a new vaccine and discovering patterns of disease that can inform better programs and health policy.
South Australia has a long history of excellence in health and medical research and has fostered world class scientists. Some examples include:
The Office for Research is positioned under the Chief Medical Officer within the System Leadership and Design division, SA Department for Health and Wellbeing. The Office for Research was re-established in 2016 as a Statewide Service to provide coordination and oversight of health and medical research strategy and policy for SA Health.
The main functions of the Office for Research are to:
Following consultation with the research and broader community in South Australia, the SA Health Research Focus 2020 Framework (PDF 134KB) is now available to view online.
This framework highlights the important role of health and medical research in the public health sector of South Australia, and outlines ten key goals that SA Health will be supporting to enhance the efforts of research in South Australia.
SA Health will use this framework to form an implementation plan in collaboration with key stakeholders
For further information about the Framework, please contact the Office for Research on Health.DHAResearch@sa.gov.au.
The Guidance Document for Human Research Biobanks and Associated Data (Guidance Document) draws reference from national and international sources to provide guidance to South Australian biobanks on the: