Monthly archives: August, 2018

MRFF 2018-2020 Priorities – Call for submissions closing on 31 August

The independent Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB) is interested in hearing reflections on the first set of MRFF Priorities, the Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2016-2018, and how the next set of Priorities should extend or reset the direction of the MRFF.

We encourage health services researchers to submit a responses to AMRAB and to send a copy of that response and/or your views to sarah.green@chere.uts.edu.au to inform the HSRAANZ response and wider discussion.

HSRAANZ Webinar – Health Care Regulation: Time for a Fundamental Reset? Video now available.

This presentation by Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting Ltd identified a number of contemporary health care challenges and posed the question of whether historical regulatory structures and practices need to change to make a greater contribution to quality improvement. A video is now available to view.

NESTA Report – The Biomedical Bubble: Why UK research and innovation needs a greater diversity of priorities, politics, places and people

An interesting new report by Nesta sets out why and how the UK needs to escape the biomedical bubble if it is to realise the potential of new investment in research and development and may have some lessons for Australia and New Zealand .

Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice.

The Commonwealth Fund invites promising mid-career professionals—government policymakers, academic researchers, clinical leaders, hospital and insurance managers, and journalists—from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom—to apply for an opportunity to spend up to 12 months in the United States as a  Fellows work with leading U.S. experts to study health care delivery reforms and critical issues on the health policy agenda in both the U.S. and their home countries.