Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand

The Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand (CIRCAN) facilitates hospital-based paediatric research studies across Australasia.

Our vision

To improve general paediatric hospital care and outcomes
through collaborative clinical research.

Improve the capacity and output of paediatric research activities by coordinating the efforts of individual institutions.

Set research priorities and create a research infrastructure for paediatric inpatient care research on an international level.

Mentor new investigators to improve research skills and develop research capacity.

Translate research knowledge to improvements in paediatric inpatient clinical practice

Support the ongoing development of multi-centre safety and quality initiatives.

Increase consumer participation in the design, implementation and translation of inpatient paediatric research.

Latest news & events

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CIRCAN attends PAS 2025

The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting is a leading international conference where paediatricians, nurses,...

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CIRCAN 2025 Symposium on 11th November: Register Now!

We invite all CIRCAN members and those interested in Paediatric inpatient research to please...

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CIRCAN goes global with INSPIRE

We’re excited to share that CIRCAN has been featured as one of the leading...

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CIRCAN visits PIRN Canada

On February 24th and 25th, Professor Amanda Ullman (Co-chair CIRCAN) represented CIRCAN as an...

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CIRCAN contributes to SENTINEL paper

We’re pleased to share that CIRCAN contributed to the BMJ Open article “Sepsis epidemiology...

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