Involvement Opportunities

We are looking for women with lived experience of cardiovascular disease to join our research team as Research Buddies. In this role, you will partner with researchers and share your experiences, perspectives, and feedback throughout the project. You will be asked to review documents (e.g., grant applications, consent forms, surveys) and share your lived experience and insights. Your input will help ensure the research stays focused on the needs, priorities, and experiences of women living with heart disease, ultimately helping us improve how heart disease is diagnosed and treated in women.

We are seeking Research Buddies to help shape a study that aims to examine the effects of the transition from paediatric diabetes to adult diabetes services. Research Buddies will work alongside clinicians to help define the most important observations to monitor during the transition process, establish a method for approaching and following up with young people who have recently completed their transition to adult services.

Researchers are seeking individuals with a lived experience of ovarian cancer (as a patient, survivor, or carer) to partner with their systems cancer biology research team. You will help review and guide the development of a powerful new software tool designed to uncover key elements that drive the development and recurrence of ovarian cancer, ensuring this research stays focused on real community impacts.

The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational science brings together researchers, clinicians, students, and community partners to advance knowledge across a range of health and medical fields, including neuroscience, mental health, genetics, and translational medicine.

The institute is seeking young people aged 14 to 24 who are directly impacted by a mental health condition(s) to provide lived experience across a range of mental health-related research projects.

We are seeking parents or primary carers with lived experience of a child being hospitalised or requiring acute medical care to act as Research Buddies. You will work directly alongside our lead researcher to guide the development of the CONCERNED tool, a practical clinical guide designed to help doctors and nurses recognise early warning signs of child deterioration sooner.

We are looking for two women with lived experience of the postpartum period to join the Steering Committee for Stepping Back In, a new research project in the School of Human Sciences at The University of Western Australia. The project aims to co-design and evaluate a walking sport program to help women return to physical activity, connect with others, and support their mental health and wellbeing after having a baby.

Are you an Indigenous speaker of English who grew up speaking ‘home language’? This type of English is known as ‘Aboriginal English’ and is used by Indigenous people across Australia.