Latest news 11 October 2017. Data drawn from patients’ self-reports about their medication use are most useful and valid for classifying their use of long-term, regularly used medications, according to new research drawing on the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study. The researchers from The University of Sydney and...
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Media release: 11 October 2017. The number of smoking-related deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is predicted to continue to increase, and to peak over the next decade, resulting in thousands of premature deaths that are largely preventable. In a paper in the latest edition of the...
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5 October 2017. The Health Wrap is a regular feature on Croakey from the Sax Institute and The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre communications teams, which looks at how the media has covered some of the top public health stories making headlines in recent weeks. Enjoy the wrap and tweet us @SaxInstitute with any comments or...
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Latest news: 21 September 2017. The Sax Institute’s Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) will continue to form a critical part of Australia’s national data linkage infrastructure, enabling researchers to undertake research using linked datasets, after it was granted new funding for the upcoming year. SURE, a purpose-built remote-access data...
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Latest news: 20 September 2017. The Sax Institute Board of Directors has welcomed back Ms Kim Anderson, who brings a wealth of experience in editing, publishing and corporate management to the Board. Ms Anderson is a Non-Executive Director of ASX listed companies Carsales, WPP AUNZ and Billabong, and former...
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Showcasing our members: 7 September 2017. This is part of a series of articles showcasing the Sax Institute members’ diverse range of research with implications for future health policy and practice. Hunter Medical Research Institute An innovative program in health technology assessment is enabling NSW researchers to evaluate the...
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Latest news: 7 September 2017. Researchers are using the Sax Institute’s Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) to shed light on factors that put older patients at risk of moving into residential aged care after they have sustained injuries that put them in hospital. And their results will help predict the...
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Media release: 5 September 2017. An innovative research project using the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study has been awarded a $2.46 million genomics funding grant by the NSW Government to improve understanding of the genetics of bipolar disorder in order to drive better future treatments for patients. Researchers from...
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Latest news: 30 August 2017 By Marge Overs, Communications Manager, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre It is an unlikely scene. Thirty scientists – and me – gathered in a circle, tossing around an imaginary ball, responding with an adamant ‘yes’ each time the ball heads our way. All of...
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Latest news: 28 August 2017. Focusing on nutrition and the food system, as well as holding governments, sections of the food industry and other organisations to account for their policies, should be key preventive health strategies in coming years, some of Australia’s leading nutrition experts say. The call was...
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