• Emily Banks was awarded the Women with Heart award by the ACT Heart Foundation for her work in cardiovascular disease research, particularly focussing on absolute risk assessment. The award recognised Emily’s leadership in this field and the work her team in collaborating with the Heart Foundation and Canberra doctors and nurses to improve tools for absolute risk assessment. Jenny Welsh, Cathy Day, Rosemary Korda and Deborah Wong were also nominated by the Heart Foundation for their efforts to advocate heart health in the community.  
• Congratulations to our July Graduands! Within EPP, Jason Agostino and Leone Malamoo graduated from a Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology).
• Emily Banks, Ray Lovett, Jason Agostino, Ellie Paige, Rosemary Korda and Cathy Day have secured a project with the Australian Department of Health on absolute cardiovascular disease risk in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Ray Lovett was invited to attend a LSIC Staff Recognition Ceremony at the Department of Social Services, recognising his appointment as a member of the LSIC Steering Group, and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the LSIC study.
• Katie Thurber gave an invited talk at TEDxFulbright in Canberra on July 7, entitled 'Celebrating progress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welbeing'.
• Grace Joshy presented findings on “Development, validation and calibration of mortality risk prediction models” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics Conference in Vigo.
• Alice Richardson was invited to give a talk on 7 July at a  workshop on Robust Inference for Sample Surveys, part of the International Conference on Robust Statistics at the University of Wollongong. Her topic was “Robust Population Health” and she discussed the concept of robustness to both small and large departures from a model, using examples from population heath research.
• Grace Joshy attended a 5-day course “Cancer Survival: Principles, Methods and Applications” at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
• Katie Thurber received a scholarship from Cancer Council Tasmania to attend the 2017 Oceania Tobacco Conference in Hobart.
• The National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health held a public forum on 19^th of July for Mr Fluffy residents and interested members of the public to examine in depth the findings of the study. Study leader Dr Rosemary Korda said the report found the risk of contracting mesothelioma was low, but living in a Mr Fluffy house was associated with an increased risk of mesothelioma in men. Overall, the results were well received by the public.  

Jill Guthrie, who worked with Cowra people from 2013 to 2016 on the Cowra Justice Reinvestment (JR) Research project, recently gave evidence at the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Young People in the Northern Territory.  Her experience was showcased in the Cowra Guardian (July 7^th) -

• http://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/4778101/cowra-justice-reinvestment-project-highlighted-at-royal-commission/
• Cathy Day appeared on 9 News Canberra to remind women over 45 to get a heart check - https://www.facebook.com/9NewsCanberra/videos/858922180928343/
• Emily Banks, Jason Agostino, Ellie Paige and Cathy Day were involved in the second educational workshop on absolute cardiovascular disease risk aimed at general practitioners and nurses. The event was sponsored by the Capital Health Network and the Heart Foundation, and was facilitated by Emily Banks.
• Ray Lovett, Jill Guthrie, Katie Thurber, Jan Chapman, Rochelle Jones, Ruth Gilbert, Lachlan Russell, Bianca Calabria and Emily Banks led a workshop with key ANU and external stakeholders to prioritise directions for ANU's research investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.
• On the 17^th of July, Katie Thurber, Roxanne Jones, and Bobby Maher were invited to discuss research findings with the LSIC team at the Department of Social Services.

Published Papers:

• Moore G, Redman S, D'Este C, Makkar S, Turner T. Does knowledge brokering improve the quality of rapid review proposals? A before and after study. Systematic Reviews 2017; 6(1): 23. DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0411-0.
• Campbell S, Nery S, D'Este C, Gray D, McCarthy J, Traub R, Andrews R, Llewellyn S, Vallely A, Williams G, Clements A. Investigations into the association between soil-transmitted helminth infections, haemoglobin and child development indices in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste. Parasites & Vectors 2017; 10(1):192. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2084-x.
• Korda R, Du W, Day C, Page K, Macdonald P, Banks E. Variation in readmission and mortality following hospitalisation with a diagnosis of heart failure: prospective cohort study using linked data. BMC Health Services Research 2017; 17: 220.  DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2152-0.
• Chamberlain C, Perlen S, Brennan S, Rychetnik L, Thomas D, Maddox R, Alam N, Banks E, Wilson A, Eades S. Evidence for a comprehensive approach to Aboriginal tobacco control to maintain the decline in smoking: an overview of reviews among Indigenous peoples.  Systematic Reviews 2017; 6(1): 135. DOI:  10.1186/s13643-017-0520-9.
• Kricker A, Weber M, Sitas F, Banks E, Rahman B, Goumas C, Kabir A, van Kemenade C, Hodgkinson V, Waterboer T, Armstrong B. Early Life UV and Risk of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma in New South Wales, Australia. Photochem Photobiol 2017. DOI:  10.1111/php.12807. 
• Banks E, Korda R, Stavreski B. Absolute cardiovascular risk – Authors’ reply. Med J Aust 2017; 97: 1-7. 
• Parkin L, Balkwill A, Sweetland S, Reeves G K, Green J, Beral V, Million Women Study Collaborators (includes Banks E). Antidepressants, Depression, and Venous Thromboembolism Risk: Large Prospective Study of UK Women. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6: e005316. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005316.

Accepted papers

• Lokuge K, Thurber K, Calabria B, Davis M, McMahon K, Sartor L, Lovett R, Guthrie J, Banks E. Indigenous health program evaluation design and methods in Australia: a systematic review of the evidence. ANZ J Publ Health (accepted 19 May).