Research Week at SALHN is an exciting week that provides an opportunity to showcase precinct excellence and in innovation and research, celebrate our achievements, and connect with key national and international experts through keynote sessions.

The 2026 Research Week will be held from 14 September to 18 September at Flinders Medical Centre in Southern Adelaide.

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Some of the highlights of the 2026 program include:

Opening with Country, the first session while highlight the South Australian Aboriginal Health Research Accord update and what can be done to close the gap in health and medical research.

  • “FMC 50: What was it really like? Research in the early days” will include presentations from past researchers who will speak on their experience at FMC and their research that led to impact still benefiting patients globally today.
  • A panel will bring innovative, local leaders from Health, Academia and Industry to talk about “Engineering the Future of Healthcare”.
  • The third annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Symposium “From Bedside to Breakthrough - Every nurse. Every midwife. Every idea counts”.
  • 80 rapid-fire oral presentations or posters presented across the week highlighting the exceptional breadth of research and innovation at SALHN, and with our partners.

Read our Research Week Program Overview (PDF 1.54MB) or our Research Week Full Provisional Program (PDF 493KB).

Research Week previous sessions

Please find links to watch previous sessions of Research Week:

Contact details

For more information, contact the SALHN Research Week team:

Phone: (08) 8204 6061
Email: Health.SALHNResearchHub@sa.gov.au