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MUARC to host national conference

3 September 2008

Professor Rod McClure

The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) has been selected to co-host a major national conference next year.

MUARC and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine will co-host the National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Melbourne from 26 to 28 July, 2009.

The theme will be Applying the Science: An Integrated Approach.

The conference, presented by the Australian Injury Prevention Network, will have an emphasis on translating new knowledge into practice by exploring links between forensic medicine, coroners' investigations and the prevention of injury.

Renowned US injury prevention expert Dr Nancy Stout will be the conference's keynote speaker.

Dr Stout, who has published extensively on occupational injury research and prevention, is the Director of the Division of Safety Research at America's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

MUARC Director Professor Rod McClure said Monash University was delighted to host a conference that played such a vital role in supporting injury prevention in Australia and overseas.

"It will achieve links between researchers, policy makers, and practitioners and will focus attention on the urgent need to break the bonds of routine expectation and strive towards innovation by discovering new ways to reduce injury-related harm," Professor McClure said.

"I would invite anyone interested in the field of injury prevention to attend what promises to be a stimulating series of presentations from top local and international experts."

A call for conference submissions plus further announcements on special guest speakers will take place over coming months.

For more information, visit the Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion conference website.

To register your interest in attending the conference contact the Monash University Events Office by emailing oce@adm.monash.edu.au.