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Sax Institute

Monthly e-newsletter. September 2015

EVIDENCE MATTERS
Professor Nicholas Mays
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UK evaluation expert to lead upcoming HARC Forum

Leading thinker in health policy research and analysis Professor Nicholas Mays will be the keynote speaker at our next HARC Forum on 16 September. The Forum, hosted by the Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration, will focus on evaluating integrated care strategies and will feature a panel of local experts to discuss challenges and initiatives around int

 

Professor Mays is the Director of the Policy Innovation Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Co-Editor of the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. Register for this free event and read more via the link below.

 

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research, reports & publications

Putting a price on food: is cost a barrier to healthy eating?

An Australian Prevention Partnership Centre research project is hoping to provide a fuller picture of the link between food pricing and consumption of healthy food. Professor Amanda Lee, from Queensland University of Technology, is leading the project, which will compare the cost of healthy and unhealthy diets. 

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sax institute opportunities

New service to help policy agencies take their 'research temperature'

The Sax Institute has launched Research Checkup – an innovative new service that helps decision makers diagnose how they use evidence from research in their work. Research Checkup will also help policy and program agencies decide how they want to use evidence and consider strategies to increase use. 

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SURE launch
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news & opinion

Video: Professor Bruce Armstrong talks public health 

In our new video series, INSIGHTS, we interview public health leaders to glean pearls of wisdom about important developments they have witnessed over the course of their careers. In our first video, Emeritus Professor Bruce Armstrong AM, discusses smoking, obesity and issues around using evidence in practice.

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research, reports & publications

Have you visited our Evidence Check library? 

Our Evidence Check rapid reviews are concise summaries of evidence commissioned by policy and program agencies to answer specific policy questions. More than 180 reviews have been commissioned on topics from early assessment of lung cancer to help-seeking measures in mental health. Browse our Evidence Check library via the link below.

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news & opinion

Member profile: UTS applies research rigor to complementary medicine

 

This latest article in our series featuring the work of Sax Institute members highlights how the University of Technology, Sydney is plugging the gap in critical, rigorous, scientific research about complementary medicine.

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news & opinion

The Sax Blog: Health services research must fight for its future

Recognising the value of researching health service use is a universal challenge. CEO of Academy Health Dr Lisa Simpson explains how the US is grappling with funding cuts to this crucial area of research. Academy Health is a professional society for US health services and policy research with over 5000 members. 

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sharing our work

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