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Conference Name: 2016 Australian Pain Society 36th Annual Scientific Meeting

Venue: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, WA

Date: 13 - 16 March 2016

Website: www.dcconferences.com.au/aps2016/

Description: The theme for APS 2016 is “Pain: Meeting the Challenge”. This is the only multidisciplinary conference in Australia offering insights into the complex nature of pain management from a variety of medical, nursing and allied health perspectives. The extensive conference program will focus on key topics including: brain pain, immune stressors, acute pain, chronic pain, opioids, neuromodulation, emerging interventional techniques, paediatrics, physiotherapy, psychology and much more. We are very fortunate to have three outstanding international speakers in Professor Frank Birklein from the University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany; Professor Catherine Bushnell from the National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, USA; and Professor David Yarnitsky from the Rambam Health Care Campus, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory in the Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel.

The University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research will host a training course in Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis in Epidemiologic Research from April 4-8, 2016.

The aim of this course is to provide theoretical and practical training for epidemiologists and professionals of related disciplines in statistical modeling with particular emphasis on logistic regression and survival analysis.  The logistic regression model and Cox proportional hazards models are now standard methods for regression analysis in the health sciences.

Instructors:

David W. Hosmer, Jr.               Professor of Biostatistics (Emeritus),

                                               University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA USA

Leigh Blizzard                           Associate Professor and Principal Research

                                    Fellow and Senior Biostatistician,

                                    Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania

An early bird rate is available. For details on the course and its content go to www.menzies.utas.edu.au/LRSAER.

Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

2016 Scientific Meeting

3^rd-6^th May, 2016 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – SPECIAL EXTENSION DEADLINE 10^th February 2016

Abstract topics can encompass any area of women’s health research, although presentations that encompass a life course perspective are most in keeping with the conference theme of Reaping the Benefits of longitudinal research. This theme will be explored and discussed through the following sub-themes:

• Life Course Research Methods
• Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles
• Health Services and Systems: Use, Access and Change
• Intergenerational Issues, Ageing and Caregiving
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Mental Health: Research Towards a Healthier Future
• Abuse and Trauma
• Work, lifestyle and retirement

Types of Presentations

Authors are required to indicate their preferred presentation format when submitting an abstract. Please note that time limits for speakers will be strictly enforced so that there is adequate time for discussion of papers and for other speakers in the session to have their full allocated time.

Following are the presentation options offered at the Scientific Meeting:

·         Oral Papers : 10 minutes + 5 minute discussion.

·         Printed Posters : A0 in size and presented in portrait page orientation. (A0 size is 841 x 1189mm or 33.1 × 46.8 inches.)

Student assistance information

Research and Higher degree students have the opportunity to apply for the ‘ALSWH student assistance program’. This program is designed to assist students who wish to submit and present their work at the ALSWH Scientific Meeting but may not have the financial means to attend. There are six student assistance scholarships available. The abstract review committee will select the six best submissions and will waive the conference registration fee for the two day Scientific Meeting for these students. The Research or Higher degree student must be the primary author of the work and the assistance program is available for one author per paper.

For further information about the meeting, please visit the conference website.

To submit an abstract, please visit the abstract page.  

Seasonal School 2016
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience.

Winter School units running in July this year are: Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology; Health Program Evaluation; and Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases.

Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data will be presented in Spring School in September.

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

AEA mini-symposium on the theme of Data Linkage. It will be held on Wednesday 6th July at 6pm at the Alfred Centre. Please see attached flyer for details. You will hear from speakers with a range of perspectives, from the role of data provider to end user. The evening will focus on the methods of data linkage, with some examples of successful projects.

Thanks to everyone who responded to our survey earlier this year. We have tried to take into account people’s responses when planning this event. The majority of respondents were keen for events to focus on epidemiological methods and there was roughly equal preference for holding events at the Doherty Institute or the Alfred Centre. You also indicated that you would be more likely to attend an event that included several speakers and was held in the evening.

All are welcome, so please forward to your departments. Light refreshments will be served, so please RSVP to help us with catering.

Level 5 Lecture Theatre, The Alfred Centre (Alfred Hospital), 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne Vic 3004
Register at linkage.eventzilla.net

Seasonal School 2016
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience.

Winter School units running in July this year are: Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology; Health Program Evaluation; and Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases.

Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data will be presented in Spring School in September.

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

Seasonal School 2016
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience.

Winter School units running in July this year are: Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology; Health Program Evaluation; and Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases.

Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data will be presented in Spring School in September.

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

Title: Unlocking the power of data linkage seminar 5 August 2016
Organiser: Monash University
Date: Friday 5th August 2016
Venue: The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP) Lecture Theatre, 75 Commercial Rd, The Alfred, Melbourne Vic 3004
Cost:
$285pp General rate (inclusive of GST)*
$195pp Student rate (inclusive of GST)*
*A 20% discount applies for Monash University staff and students with payment via internal transfer. Email cost centre, fund source to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Registration closes 2nd August

Data linkage is a powerful and expanding area of interest to researchers and clinicians. It offers the ability to combine data sources to answer important clinical, health service and population-related questions.

With so many good quality data sources now available for linkage in Australia, this seminar is intended to provide you with important information on how linkage is performed, the ethical and governance issues surrounding the process and the data, and examples of questions which have been answered using data linkage.

At this seminar you will hear from experienced leaders in this field who manage the data linkage process and undertake research across Australian jurisdictions. We anticipate you will leave the seminar armed with necessary information to embark on a data linkage project.

Contact: Catherine Pound Ph: +61 3 9903 0891 / Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Payment and flyer details: please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/creps/seminars.html

Call for Abstracts closes26 August 2016

Share your expertise for road trauma reductions

Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2016)

6-8 September 2016, National Convention Centre, Canberra.

Abstracts are now invited until 12 February.
See http://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/abstracts/ for details.

Program

With the theme of "Agility, Innovation, IMPACT", ARSC2016 will showcase the regions' outstanding researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and industry spanning the plethora of road safety issues identified in the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety: Road Safety Management, Infrastructure, Safe Vehicles, User Behaviour, and Post-Crash Care.  ARSC2016 will bring with it a special focus on how all stakeholders can become more agile to harness the latest research, technology and policy innovations to produce the best road trauma reduction outcomes possible.

The comprehensive 3-day program will feature national and international keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations, workshops and symposia, showcasing the latest research, education and policing programs, policies and management strategies, and technological developments in the 

Who should attend?

ARSC2016 will attract over 600 delegates including researchers, educators, policing and enforcement agencies, practitioners, policymakers, industry representatives, and students working in the fields of: behavioural science; education and training; emergency services; engineering and technology; health and rehabilitation; policing, justice and law enforcement; local, state and federal government; traffic management; and vehicle safety.

Background

The Australasian Road Safety Conference is the premier road safety conference for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.  ARSC2016 is a joint venture initiative of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS), Austroads, and the George Institute for Global Health.  It is the result of the merger of Australasia's two leading road safety conferences: The Australasian College of Road Safety Conference and the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (RSRPE).

Social Program

In accord with taking these important issues to the nation's capital, the Conference Gala Dinner will be held at Parliament House and the Welcome Reception at the Australian War Memorial.  

For more information

http://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/

Bayesian and Penalised Regression Methods for Epidemiological Analysis: Presented by Professor Sander Greenland

Hosted by the Statistical Consulting Centre, Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland.

When: 8th & 9th September
Where: Auckland Campus, University of Auckland
How much: Early-bird registration until 15th July $800. After 15th July $950. Please see our registration page for internal University of Auckland rates.

For registration and workshop information please visit: https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/statistical-consulting-centre/workshops1/bayesian.html

Or for further information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Managing Linked Data in Health Research 

28-30 November 2016, 9am-5pm daily, UNSW Kensington Campus

Good data management and record keeping are integral parts of any research project, especially those involving linked or complex datasets. Most professionals in health related fields need to be familiar with aspects of good data management and practice, in order to carry out research projects investigating disease causation, population health status and health risk factors, and evaluating health interventions, policies and programs.

The course aims to support students to understand the legal and ethical issues relating to use of linked data, and to develop practical competencies in data security, data exploration, documentation of data quality, good programming and data management practices, creation of analysis ready datasets and ensuring research reproducibility. 

The course is aimed at those working in health or health related field who are interested in using linked data and in good research data management practice, including health and medical researchers, and public health and clinical practitioners. The course provides a holistic coverage of managing a linked data research project from start to finish.

Cost: $1,400 including GST ($900 for students).

For registration please visit the website. Registrations close on 21 November 2016.

For enquiries please contact Sanja Lujic on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (02) 9385 0695. 

The Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network (PRN) is hosting a one-day Symposium for researchers and stakeholders with an interest in the utilisation and safety of medicines and medical devices. 

When: 10am – 4.30pm, Friday 25 November 2016 

Where: St Margaret’s College, 333 Leith Street, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 

Cost: $40 

Keynote speaker: Professor Alan Brookhart, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  Professor Brookhart will speak about some of his recent work, including data visualisation.

Other speakers will cover a range of topics, including:

• Demographic and regional disparities in insulin pump use in New Zealand
• Co-prescribing in simvastatin users: Are guidelines being followed?
• Public knowledge and desire for knowledge about drug safety issues
• Making sense of big data
• Exploring potential methods to avoid incorrectly linked data
• Pharmaceutical Collection updates from the Ministry of Health 
• Electronic prescribing systems and individual-level data about medication use in hospital
• Using pharmaceutical dispensing data to estimate the incidence and prevalence of disease

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a registration form.

Summer School 2016 
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience. 

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

Summer School 2016 
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience. 

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

Summer School 2016 
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

The School of Population Health at The University of Western Australia offers a range of out-of-semester five-day intensive units for professional development or course credit. These are flexible, convenient opportunities for a broad audience. 

Summer School units for November-December are: Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data; Food and Nutrition in Population Health; Aboriginal Health; Clinical Epidemiology; and Economic Evaluation of Health Care.

For full information and enrolment details for our 2016 units, simply visit us. (www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school)

2017 Public Health Summer School programme is now available - opportunities to hear leading international thinkers

We invite you to take a look at the programme of short courses (1-3 days) on offer at our 2017 Public Health Summer School.  A number of world-leading academics have now been confirmed as keynote speakers and our range of courses is arguably the best ever.

When:                 7-24 February  2017

Course length: 1-3 days

Where:                School of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

There are 30 courses on offer including 14 new courses. What a great opportunity to learn from speakers such as:

·         David Heymann - Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ( Course: Responding to emerging infectious diseases)

·         Ichiro Kawachi – Professor of Social Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (Course: Behavioural Economics: Nudging people to better health)

·         Tony Blakely – Professor of Public Health, University of Otago (Course: Advanced Epidemiology)

·         Tadj Oreszczyn -Professor of Energy and Environment at the UCL Energy Institute, University College London (Course: Insulation Plus!)

·         Boyd Swinburn is the Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at the University of Auckland (Course: Confronting children’s obesity-promoting environments)

A brief description of each course can be found on the Public Health Summer School Flyer.

Remember to act quickly to take advantage of the 25% early bird discount which closes 21 December. Many courses have limited numbers so don’t miss out.

To register or find out more please visit our Summer School website www.otago.ac.nz/uowsummerschool or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Measuring disease and injury burden in populations: innovations for local, national and global health development.