May report for Epidemiology for Policy and Practice
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New grants/funding
2018-2022 $4,638,513 Department of Health
Tackling Indigenous Smoking program (Impact and outcome assessment of TIS Regional Tobacco Control Grants)
Chief Investigators: Raymond Lovett, Katherine Thurber, David Thomas, Jill Guthrie, Lachlan Russell, Kate Doery, Emily Banks, Catherine D'Este, Alice Richardson, Alyson Wright, Chris Halacas, and Sarah White.
Keynote and invited presentations
- Jill Guthrie was a key note speaker at the PHAA Justice Health Conference in April.
Other conference presentations
- Emily Banks gave a presentation on “Using large scale data to provide evidence on cancer survivorship” at the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) Early Career Researcher Workshop on 3 April.
- Katie Thurber and Jen Walker presented to the Steering Committee for the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children on preliminary findings from the DSS-funded project, “Production of Mental Health Measures Technical Report for the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC)”.
RSPH Workshops and seminars
- Jason presented at an NCEPH seminar on NCEPH’s role in the new heart health assessment Medicare item.
- Jenny Welsh gave her PhD exit seminar on “Psychological distress and cardiovascular disease: An investigation into the epidemiological evidence”.
Awards
Muhammad-Shadaat Bin-Sayeed received an Outstanding reviewer certificate from J of Ethnopharmacology.
Implementation, Engagement and Outreach
- Cathy Day led two community workshops at the local family history society and has been invited to present to U3A on ‘DNA and identity’.
- Alice Richardson provided an example of the impact of research on research participants. Alice talked about her dad being interviewed by Dr Georgia Pike as part of a CRAHW research project. Alice highlighted the importance of treating people with respect and that our older generations have a lot to bring to research projects.
- Jason Agostino, Natasha Schranz (Heart Foundation) and Natalie Raffoul (Heart Foundation) conducted a half day workshop “Heart Health: Hearts and Minds” at the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) 2019 National Conference in Adelaide 4-6 April.
- The EPP team has been involved in the development of the newly implemented “Heart Health Assessment” Medicare item.
Other news
- Ben Huntingdon was welcomed to the EPP team. Ben is completing his PhD through the University of Sydney and collaborating on the Person Centred Outcomes project.
Papers accepted/published – For information - NCEPH document updated.
- Thurber KA, Long J, Salmon M, Cuevas AG, Lovett R. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-3 years, and association with sociodemographic, life circumstances, and health factors. Accepted Public Health Nutr. 16 April 2019.
Progress on research projects.
- Business as usual.