Annie Simpson, a key member of our Innovation team, named Women in Innovation Award finalist

On Fri­day, 22^nd Novem­ber 2024, CEIH staff mem­ber Annie Simp­son, attend­ed the Women in Inno­va­tion (WINN) awards as one of three final­ists in the ​‘Gov­ern­ment’ cat­e­go­ry. Nom­i­nat­ed for her pas­sion, ded­i­ca­tion, and pro­fes­sion­al­ism, Annie played a key role in estab­lish­ing the Inno­va­tion Col­lab­o­ra­tive, co-design­ing the Inno­va­tion Mod­el, and deliv­er­ing inno­va­tion resources to the health sec­tor through Work­shops and Inno­va­tion Challenges.

The WINN Awards spot­lights role mod­els with­in the indus­try, cre­ates a pipeline of future lead­ers, and boosts the pro­file of the inno­va­tion ecosys­tem. The event was filled with inspir­ing women who are lead­ing pio­neer­ing and inno­v­a­tive work in their respec­tive dis­ci­plines. Notable spe­cial guest speak­er, Kather­ine Ben­nell-Pegg, shared her incred­i­ble sto­ry of resilience and per­se­ver­ance that led to her mak­ing his­to­ry as the first female Aus­tralian Astro­naut, with oth­er speak­ers also shar­ing their sto­ries of deter­mi­na­tion in the face of adver­si­ty. The Women in Inno­va­tion awards was not only a time to show­case female-led achieve­ments, but also to recog­nise the impor­tance of cel­e­brat­ing and spot­light­ing the suc­cess­es of women with­in the field of inno­va­tion, and the work­force more broadly.

In her role in the Inno­va­tion team, Annie epit­o­mis­es the spir­it of the inno­va­tion, where her curios­i­ty and com­mit­ment to achieve great things demon­strates her val­ue to the agency and sec­tor more broad­ly. The inno­va­tion team are com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing a Cul­ture of Inno­va­tion across the South Aus­tralian health sys­tem, and are dri­ven by the desire to build capa­bil­i­ty, capac­i­ty, and con­nec­tiv­i­ty across the state to sup­port great ideas and pos­i­tive outcomes.

At CEIH, we are com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing an envi­ron­ment where our peo­ple can thrive. We empha­size per­son­al growth and the rein­vest­ment of skills back into the pub­lic health sec­tor. Our lead­er­ship team active­ly sup­ports con­tin­u­ous learn­ing, encour­ag­ing staff to expand their knowl­edge, expe­ri­ence, and capabilities.

Con­grat­u­la­tions Annie, we are proud of you and look for­ward to see­ing you con­tin­ue to make a dif­fer­ence in the field of inno­va­tion in health.

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