IMPACT Committee

The Committee is elected by secret ballot from within the IMPACT Network membership. The Committee is made up of a representative from each of the following disciplines - Consumers, Midwifery, Neonatology, Neonatal Nursing, Obstetrics, Scientists and other. The Committee is elected for a term of two years at the IMPACT Network meeting associated with the PSANZ Congress. Committee members are able to be re-elected. The Chairperson is elected from within the Committee itself.

The Committee is responsible for:

• coordinating activities that promote the aims and objectives of the IMPACT Network
• establishing and maintaining international links with the Pregnancy and Childbirth and Neonatal Collaborative Review Groups of the Cochrane Collaboration, other clinical trials networks and organisations or bodies
• assisting to bring research evidence into clinical practice by promoting evidence-based care within the clinical colleges and other professional societies
• providing educational opportunities in critical appraisal and trial design
• proposing changes to the aims and objectives, and the framework of the Network when appropriate, and seeking their ratification from the Network membership before implementation.

IMPACT Committee 2009 Contact Details

Jane Alsweiler (Chair) - Neonatology
National Women's Health, Auckland City Hospital
Email : JAlsweiler@adhb.govt.nz

Coila Bevan  (Communications officer)- Neonatal Nursing
National Women’s Health, Auckland City Hospital
Email : CoilaB@adhb.govt.nz

Mary Anne Davey - Midwifery
La Trobe University
Email : M.Davey@latrobe.edu.au

Beverly Hall- Other Perinatal
South eastern Sydney and Illawarra health service
Email: Beverly.Hall@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

Peter Davies - Basic Science
Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, University of Queensland
Email: ps.davies@uq.edu.au

Rosalie Grivell - Obstetrics Representative
University of Adelaide
Email: rmgrivell@hotmail.com

Diana Bond - Consumer Representative
University of Sydney
Email: dbond@med.usyd.edu.au

Funding

Funding provided by PSANZ allows the IMPACT Network to keep in contact with members by newsletters, to maintain the Perinatal Trials Register, to promote activities of the Network, and to run educational workshops. A small registration fee is charged for some IMPACT workshops to assist in covering costs.