Sarah Green

Our partner member, the Joanna Briggs Institute has several courses scheduled in 2023.

A new study highlights the importance for healthcare professionals to address the supportive care needs of patients across all stages of the cancer continuum, even once remission is achieved.

In accordance with the Association's constitution, an election is required for ordinary members of the HSRAANZ Executive Committee.  The result will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Association on Thursday 1 December at 5.40pm (AEDT) Abercrombie Business School, University of Sydney.  The ballot will close Friday 18 November at midnight. The returning officer is Nathan Engstrom - nathan.engstrom@health.qld.gov.au. Read more about the nominees and how to vote.

We have received a grant from Bellberry Limited to support consumer participation in the Health Services Research Conference. If you are a health consumer interested in attending to help you understand or work with health services research, please submit your expression of interest to attend by completing the form below by Friday, 5th of November AEST.

Australia’s health and medical science leaders have released a comprehensive plan to transform healthcare by better integrating research and health. The report by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences outlines a case for better supporting research within the health system.

The Sax Institute have developed a Consultation Paper which includes a draft NHLS Framework for public consultation. This Framework has been developed based on feedback gathered through targeted consultations with a diverse range of stakeholders and consumers, and based on reviews of national and international evidence. The feedback received from this consultation will then be used to inform a draft NHLS, which will subsequently be released for consultation in early 2023.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has introduced new special measures under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to address systemic disadvantage faced by female and non-binary applicants to its Investigator Grant scheme.

A new project led by Macquarie University will demonstrate how sophisticated and user-friendly IT systems can improve the management of medication and support staff and residents in the aged care sector  .The two-year project has received a $992,386 grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council Medical Research Future Fund and was awarded to the lead investigator, Professor Johanna Westbrook, Director of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation.

Participants are being sought for a research study conducted by Isabelle Haklar, Master of Public Health program student at Flinders University, supervised by Dr. Joshua Trigg and Dr. Jacqueline Stephens, who work within the College of Medicine and Public Health. The aim of this study is to investigate the ways that vaping industry stakeholders are permitted and prohibited from participating in health research via the policies of health research organisations.

A keynote speaker at the 12th Health Services Research Conference,  Dr. Sara Kreindler, Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, has written a musical about the Canadian health system.  The satirical romp through the healthcare bureaucracy follows an idealistic young policy analyst who dreams of achieving change from within - only to be foiled at every turn.  Fast-paced, irreverent, and chock full of nutritious evidence,  it is absolutely translatable to the Australian context!