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LAUNCH FOR THE NATIONAL DIGITAL HEALTH STRATEGY AND FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

Director of Partner Relations and Program Office Lee-Ann Berger represented the Digital Health CRC at the launch of National Digital Health Strategy and Framework for Action. The Framework was developed in consultation with key health and consumer stakeholders and will act as a road map to high-quality digital healthcare. The strategy will help deliver improved services

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Health, Passion, Career: A chat with Director of Health Services Management Centre about her journey

Health PhD candidate Jo Khoo was a guest host alongside Dr Amalie Dyda on the soundcloud podcast “Stories in Public Health”  interviewing with the Director of Health Services Management Centre Professor Judith Smith, University of Birmingham. In the podcast, Professor Judith Smith shares her professional journey into health services research and management. Her own research

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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR NEW DIGITAL HEALTH CRC

The Hon. Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, announced today that the Government will invest $55 million through its Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program to further develop Australia’s growing Digital Health technology and services industry. The Digital Health CRC was one of only four CRC’s funded in this round. The Digital Health CRC

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Scholarship for our Health PhD candidate

Health Ph.D. Candidate Kelsey Chalmers has been offered a scholarship with McMaster University Health Forum in Canada for the Spring/Summer intake of 2018. The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship in Strengthening Health Systems program and workshops aims to develop and implement health policies. “I’m really excited to be accepted as a Queen Elizabeth

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Health PhD candidate Mohammad Pulok has presented at the University of Toronto

Health PhD candidate Mohammad Pulok has recently presented a summary of his PhD papers at the University of Toronto for the March Canadian Centre for Health Economics Seminar. Mohammad’s PhD uses horizontal inequity to conduct the fairness of Medicare healthcare services in the era of greater private healthcare financing in Australia. The presentation outlined the

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PhD Candidate published in Health Journal

Congratulations to our health PhD James John, who published his paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. John’s paper provides an understanding of the various social determinants and health behavioural risk factors associated with dental caries among primary school children in the rural community of Lithgow. Mr James John partners with

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DAVID JONAS FEATURED IN HEALTH IT NEWS

Health IT News has published David Jonas’s article on their online magazine. In this article Mr Jonas highlights that there is a strong case for digital health research and development that will improve individuals’ and communities’ health and well being, and this can advance the Australian economy by helping to enable a more connected, transparent and competitive

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CMCRC HEALTH PHD STUDENTS AT HSRAANZ CONFERENCE

The 10th Health Services and Policy Research Conference was held from 1-3 November 2017 at Surfers Paradise Marriott on the Gold Coast. The conference theme was “Shifting priorities: balancing acute and primary care services”. The conference was presented by the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand and hosted by the Australian Centre

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CMCRC STAFF MEMBER A FINALIST IN RESEARCH IMPACT COMPETITION

Congratulations to CMCRC Senior Health Economist and Analyst Dr Kathy Tannous for being selected as a finalist in the Western Sydney University Research Impact Competition. Dr Tannous has also been recently involved in the Flying Blind Blog, which is an initiative of CMCRC and written in collaboration with Research Australia. Dr Tannous’s case study in Flying Blind

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CMCRC HEALTH PHD PRESENTS AT HEALTH FORUM

Well done to Health PhD Amir Marashi who presented his work at the ’45 and Up Study Annual Forum 2017’. Mr Marashi spoke on the association between physical activity and incidence of chronic health conditions in the Australian population aged 45 years and over which was well received. Recently, Amir also appeared with two of

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