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Epidemiologists marked World Field Epidemiology Day with an event featuring distinguished speakers sharing insights on field epidemiology in Australia and around the world.
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How econometrician Dr Tinh Doan untangles population health problems using modelling and maths
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The next generation of health leaders gathered at ANU to address some of the world’s toughest health challenges: pandemics, equity, and resilience.
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Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned
Population health researchers are concerned that Australia’s first new cancer screening program in almost 20 years risks entrenching health inequities rather than addressing them.
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New NCEPH study found that in Australian couple households where both partners had jobs, men earned on average $536 more than women every week. The gap would shrink if men worked hours that were closer to Australia’s legislated 38-hour week, and workplaces encouraged them to do so.
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Dr Uday Yadav has returned home to Nepal to set up community-led health programs addressing chronic health conditions.
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Advocating for better Indigenous health earns Whop the prestigious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researcher Leadership Award by the Lowitja Institute.
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Australia has made progress in reducing socio-economic inequalities in life expectancy since the late 2010s, according to new research led by Dr Sergey Timonin, setting the country apart from many other high-income countries.
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Professor Martyn Kirk discusses the importance including PFAS the National Health Measures Survey, and what it means for most Australians