Strengthening Ear Science’s partnership with Monash University and continuing to build a bridge between WA and Victoria for Ear Science’s expanding research, education and innovation endeavours was top of mind for CEO Sandra Bellekom and Founding Director Professor Marcus Atlas as they attended Ear Science’s Melbourne labs with the COO Research, Dr David Sly.
The affiliation agreement formalised earlier this year reflects Ear Science’s commitment to building strong connections between Western Australia and research partners across the country. As our organisation continues to grow its national footprint, partnerships such as Monash play an important role in creating a bridge between WA and other states, further nationalising Ear Science and expanding opportunities for collaboration, innovation and impact.
The team attended Monash Velos Accelerator, Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) and Monash Innovation Labs (MIL), where Ear Science maintains its Victorian research presence. They also met with researchers, engineers and innovation leaders to discuss the further building of established and to develop new collaborations in hearing devices, diagnostics, genetics and translational research.
These interactions gave the team the opportunity to showcase Ear Science’s growing research activities in Victoria, including collaborative hearing device projects being undertaken through the Monash Institute for Medical Engineering (MIME) in addition to receiving updates on the Victorian node of the RealSound project. These projects demonstrate the strength of bringing together clinical expertise, engineering innovation and translational research to address real-world hearing health challenges and create meaningful impact for patients.
The visit also highlighted the significant opportunities the Ear Science-Monash partnership creates for collaborative research, student supervision, technology development and workforce capability building across both organisations.
Our partnership with Monash continues to create exciting opportunities for collaboration across hearing research, technology development and education,” said Sandra. “Opportunities like these strengthen relationships, showcase the outstanding work being undertaken by our teams and collaborators, and help identify new opportunities to improve outcomes for people with hearing loss.
As Ear Science continues to expand its national and international research collaborations, partnerships such as Monash play an important role in connecting clinical needs with research excellence, innovation and translation.
