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Dr Laura Genovesi
Dr Laura Genovesi is a health and medical research professional with over 17 years of experience across academic research, government, and strategic consulting across the health and medical research sector.
At HTQ, Laura is currently leading a statewide initiative to develop a research capability and value framework across partner health services (Priority #3 from Action Plan 2025-2027). This work brings together research leaders, health service executives and national research impact assessment experts to generate data-driven insight that will informs strategic investment, partnerships and future action planning.
Laura works at the intersection of research and health services, supporting research strategy, partnerships and system level reform initiatives to strengthen research translation and innovation into practice. She brings experience across the full research continuum, including research governance, stakeholder engagement, program coordination and executive support across complex health and research environments.
In earlier roles, Laura was a senior research fellow at leading Australian universities, where she led translational research programs in paediatric cancer and worked closely with clinicians, consumers and research teams to progress research discoveries toward clinical application. She has secured competitive research funding, published in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to national and international collaboration.
More recently, Laura has supported statewide reform initiatives within Queensland Health and delivered strategic projects for national health and research organisations. Her work has focused on embedding evidence-based approaches into service planning, establishing advisory governance, and supporting executive decision-making.
Laura is committed to collaborative ways of working and to supporting research capability, partnerships and impact across Queensland’s health and research system. Laura holds a PhD from The University of Western Australia and is the past recipient of nationally competitive research fellowship schemes.
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