Sax Institute

Research Action Awards 2019

Call for applications now open!

Have you led research that has led to real and valuable changes in health policy or services? These Awards are designed to recognise your work and help bring it to a wider audience!

Decision Analytics

Evidence Brief: strategies to reduce the burden of osteoporosis in Australia

The Sax Institute’s systems model of the burden of osteoporosis in Australia forecasts approximately 2 million fragility fractures will occur over the next 10 years in people over the age of 50 years. Read how the model was used to uncover better strategies to address the problem.

HARC Scholarships

Scholarships open up a world of opportunity

Four future health care leaders are heading overseas on a diverse range of projects, thanks to the latest round of HARC (Health Alliance for Research Collaboration) scholarships.

News & opinion

A trip to the ‘heart of empire’

Power, spheres of influence and how Indigenous people can drive change within Western institutions — Simone Sherriff, Project Officer and PhD student with the Sax Institute’s SEARCH Program, on her trip to England with the Melbourne Poche Leadership Fellows Program.

Training

Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Health

This workshop will help busy policy and program professionals understand how to critically appraise research when designing their policy and programs.

Call for applications now open!

Evidence Brief: strategies to reduce the burden of osteoporosis in Australia

Scholarships open up a world of opportunity

A trip to the ‘heart of empire’

Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Health

Latest News

Public Health Research & Practice: latest issue

News: applications now open for the 2019 Research Action Awards

Increasing the use of research in population health policies and programs

Training: critical appraisal of research to support policy and program professionals

Evidence Matters: Issue 36

Digital platforms as effective health promotion tools