The COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) is a new online platform being launched today to provide countries and stakeholders in the WHO European Region with evidence of how national health systems are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →The latest announcement from the HRC on revisions to its assessment process to ensure research proposals continue to be robustly assessed within the timeframes planned and funds continue to be allocated to the research sector.
Read more →An article from The Academic Health Economists’ Blog, written by Lucy Abel/March 31, 2020 on the risks of attempting to calculate the cost-effectiveness of ‘flattening the curve’.
Read more →A timely blog piece from the HSR UK chair Kieran Walshe that reflects on what the pandemic could mean for the future of health services research, and on the importance of research networks like HSRUK and the HSRAANZ in bringing the research community together – not just nationally but internationally as well.
Read more →In this webinar Kristie Weir, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia presents her award-winning paper on decision making about polypharmacy with healthy and frail older adults and discusses their experiences and attitudes towards making decisions about medicines and their thoughts on deprescribing.
Read more →A message from CEO Professor Sunny Collings and changes to the 2020 Health Delivery Research Investment Round.
Read more →Professor Anne Kelso AO, CEO Australian NHMRC has issued an important announcement regarding grant funding in 2020 which is reproduced in full below and can be read at here. Extended deadlines, as well as schemes on hold or cancelled, may come as both a relief (in terms of grant workload in 2020) and a frustration,
Read more →Recommended reading from the New Zealand Health Research Council. Last year BMC Medical Ethics published a paper that included recommendations for ensuring that ‘ethics preparedness’ is an important foundation for an effective public health response to infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies. It makes compelling and timely reading, especially given the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →The Health Research Council has a ‘COVID-19 updates for researchers’ page on its website, which it is frequently updating with the latest news. This page includes answers to commonly asked questions such as: Are application deadlines being extended for current funding rounds? Can I get an extension or suspension to my existing research contract? I have just submitted an application to the HRC, but realise now that my research plans may be disrupted by COVID-19. What should I do?
Read more →The New Zealand Health Research Council has announced that due to the new restrictions/lockdown now in force in New Zealand and Australia, and the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak, they have decided to cancel all HRC science assessing committee meetings for the current funding rounds.
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