EVENTS 2025

PxP Australia 2025

Webinar August 19, 2025

Working well together

PxP Australia will be hosted for 60 minutes, starting at starting at 8 am GMT+7, 9 am AWST, 10:30 am ACST, 11 am AEST, 12 pm GMT+11.

PxP Australia is a regional webinar, led by Letisha Living and Janelle Bowden who are members of the 2025 steering committee for the global PxP conference taking place in September. The theme of PxP Australia is "working well together" and Dr. Joan Carlini will be joining the session as a speaker.

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Photo of Janelle Bowden, a moderator at PxP 2023.

Janelle Bowden, PhD

Janelle Bowden, PhD, is founder of AccessCR, an Australian social enterprise providing services and support to research-engaged organisations around clinical trial operations and consumer engagement and involvement in research. These services fund AccessCR’s activities to support, build capacity in, connect and advocate for the needs of people looking for, taking part in and contributing to medical research and clinical trials, a community we’ve nicknamed the Community and Consumer Research Workforce (or CCReW, pronounced ‘croo’).

Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/janellebowden/

Learn about the publications I’ve collaborated on: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3993-5551

Learn more about CCReW: https://ccrew.accesscr.com.au/

Letisha Living

Letisha Living resides on the Gold Coast, Australia. She is a survivor of stroke and parent/carer of 2 children with complex needs. Letisha is passionate about amplifying the patient’s voice in health, medical and stroke research. She is on the Board of the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) and is the current Chair of Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Consumer Advisory Group where she sits on several committees including Gold Coast Health Board, Research Committee, Clinical Governance, Partnering with Consumers and Diversity & Inclusion.

Letisha has participated in over 25 research studies partnering in all research phases including co-design as a participant, and as part of the investigator team. She was a research participant in a project that helped shape the Gold Coast Health Consumer Engagement in Research Framework (CEIR).

Letisha actively partners with health services, organizations, and researchers to ensure the patient’s perspective is represented across all transitions from acute care to community treatment. Her involvement includes roles at the National Stroke Foundation, Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service, Centre of Research Excellence to Accelerate Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation, and the Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative.

References:

Exploring barriers and solutions to consumer involvement in health service research using a nominal group technique

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00604-z

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