We are seeking a Research Assistant to work on developing, implementing and disseminating a suite of research projects centred on research-policy partnership. We are also advertising a new Program Manager position to be involved in developing and implementing a Biospecimens Program.

The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, based at the Sax Institute, has received a $10 million funding boost from the Medical Research Future Fund. The funds will support expanding the Centre's program of innovative research aimed at preventing chronic disease. Read more below and subscribe to The Chronicle for the regular Prevention Centre news.

Broad engagement, transparency and collaboration have been key to successfully developing widely used models to estimate demand for radiotherapy services, says Professor Michael Barton OAM, Research Director at the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research.

We are currently seeking researchers to conduct two Evidence Check rapid reviews. One review will focus on frameworks for disseminating and scaling up successful pilots and innovations in healthcare. The other is a review of evidence on specialist dementia care units. You can also browse the many completed reviews in our Evidence Check library.

SEARCH, the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health, has received a prestigious award from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for a presentation on how it is using research knowledge to help close the gap in urban Aboriginal children’s health.

Five future healthcare leaders including Amy Bisson from the Clinical Excellence Commission (pictured right) are set to embark on research in areas ranging from responding to the threat of antimicrobial resistance to tackling clinical variation in cancer care, after being awarded 2017 Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration (HARC) scholarships.

Researchers who use the 45 and Up Study are invited to submit an abstract for the annual Collaborators' Meeting to be held in Sydney on 24 October 2017. Save the date for this year’s meeting, which will focus on research that has the potential to improve the integration of healthcare.

Many researchers are using our remote-access data research laboratory platform, the Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE), to undertake studies using linked datasets for the first time, a survey shows.The survey of SURE users also shows that the vast majority are satisfied with the services provided by the SURE team.