Welcome to the Consumer and Community Involvement Program

Best model for occupational therapists and physiotherapists – Rehabilitation for people living with cancer in WA

Curtin researchers are looking to develop a relevant and acceptable rehabilitation model for patients with cancer (targeting brain, lung and lymphoma specifically) living in West Australia. The result will be a co-designed service that delivers a patient centred model.

Multiple Sclerosis Online Nutrition Education Program (Part 1: Formative workshops)

Thank you for your support, all places are now filled and applications have now closed. There will be further opportunities to participate in this study. If you would like to be placed on an email waitlist please send us your details via email: admin@cciprogram.org

Do you have multiple sclerosis (MS)? Have you been diagnosed within the last 5 years?

Curtin University researchers are seeking input and feedback from individuals interested in joining two half-day workshops to help shape the development of a nutrition education program for people with MS.

Curtin researchers are looking for 8 consumers who reside in Australia to take part in two half-day workshops, to help them develop an evidence-based online nutrition education program for people with MS.

Play a role in creating interactive training simulations to improve WA health care

A research team is seeking 12 people to share their experience of being discharged from a Western Australian hospital (including carers) to help create training scenarios for healthcare professionals. The research project is a collaboration between Curtin University, University of Western Australia and the University of Tasmania seeking to improve hospital care.

WA Farmers’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Consumer Advisory Committee

Farmers’ deal with many challenges, but what has the biggest impact and what do farmers need to help them cope? Curtin University Researchers are looking for six people to help develop research materials for a project aimed at supporting Western Australian farmers’ mental health and wellbeing.

Brain Health Reference Group

Are you living with or have a family member or caring for someone living with dementia or other brain-related diseases/disorders? The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) are forming a Brain Health Community Reference Group to help guide research and inform the general public on relevant research activities at Curtin University.

RESP-VENT Pneumonia Study CRG

Have you, or your loved one, had the experience of been very unwell and in hospital with a lung condition, such as pneumonia, asthma or bronchiectasis? Physiotherapy researchers from Curtin University want to investigate the contribution that physiotherapists make to patients’ recovery both within hospital and after discharge.

Traumatic Brain Injury – Connectivity Consumer Advisory Group

Do you have lived experience of a traumatic brain injury, or are caring for someone who has?

Do you want to make a difference and help improve the lives of traumatic brain injury sufferers? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Personality and behaviour changes in brain cancer patients – supporting patients and their carers

Little is known about how to best manage personality and behaviour changes in people with brain cancer. Curtin researchers are looking for 3 consumers to join their research team to explore how brain cancer related personality and behaviour changes are managed and how patients and carers can be better supported to manage these changes.