Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum 'Economic growth and inequality in health and well-being' The health and well-being of individuals play a key role in economic growth and productivity, yet inequalities in health and well-being persist. This forum will explore the relationship between economic growth and health and well-being, focus on how the health and well-being [...]
6th MABEL Research and Policy Forum / MABEL Data Users Workshop Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) is pleased to announce that the 6th MABEL Research and Policy Forum will be held at the University of Melbourne on Thursday 7th June 2018. This year’s forum will focus on finding evidence-based solutions to some [...]
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On 27 March 2018 the Senate established the Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education, to inquire and report by the second sitting Thursday of 2019. The committee's terms of reference are as follows: The future of stillbirth research and education in Australia, with particular reference to: consistency and timeliness of data available to researchers [...]
For those who are interested in attending the International Academy of Health Preference (IAHPR) conference in Hobart, Tasmania on Thursday 27th September 2018, the abstract submission system for IAHPR conference is now available via the link below. http://iahpr.org/meetings/ The deadline for submissions is the 8th June 2018. The guidelines are that: Abstract submissions, excluding title [...]
Late last year, the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Melbourne organised a policy forum to re-examine and celebrate the 50th anniversary of a landmark speech by the former Australian Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam. The forum was partly supported by the Australian Health Economics Society. Whitlam’s speech was notable in that it [...]
Who: Associate Professor James Rockey, University of Leicester When: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 Time: 12:00 – 1:30pm (lunch will be provided) Where: Building 5D, Level 2, Room 02.20 University of Technology Sydney 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket Free seminar, register by Monday 9th April on https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chere-seminar-the-life-time-scar-of-youth-unemployment-tickets-44535256150 Please email reception@chere.uts.edu.au with any dietary requirements. Abstract: This paper [...]
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2017 Time: 12:00 noon – 1:15pm (light lunch will be provided) Venue: Building 5D, Level 2, Room 02.20 University of Technology Sydney 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP by Monday, 20 November to reception@chere.uts.edu.au Abstract: Directed at early and mid-career researchers, ‘Understanding the policy environment and how to make research accessible to [...]
Wednesday 25 October at 11.00am AEST, 1.00pm NZST There is no cost to attend the Webinar but registration is essential. Please register at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y2m0ENO3RQiEytTKE5BT_A The Webinar will be about 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for Q and A. Presentation 1 (Lindy Willmott) Title: “Futile” treatment and why doctors provide it to patients at the [...]
1-3 November 2017 Surfers Paradise Marriott, Gold Coast, Australia The conference theme is “Shifting priorities: balancing acute and primary care services". The conference will focus on current and future priorities for resources in acute and primary care, in order to achieve a sustainable and functional system into the future. This conference will bring us back [...]