National E-cigarette Monitoring and Evidence Consortium

About

The National E-cigarette Monitoring and Evidence Consortium (NEMEC) is an Australian body dedicated to improving population health by informing policy and practice on electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).

The Consortium comprises researchers, health practitioners, members of non-government organisations (NGOs), and policymakers, independent of tobacco and related nicotine industry interests. There is a core focus on activities that identify research gaps, facilitate knowlegde exchange, encourage collaboration, build capacity, and support monitoring. Activities will be developed and scaled up incrementally as funding becomes available.

The Consortium is currently based at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University.

FIGURE 1: THE NATIONAL E-CIGARETTE MONITORING AND EVIDENCE CONSORTIUM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK


 

Objectives

The overarching aim of the Consortium is to improve health by informing policy and practice on e-cigarettes, nationally and internationally. To achieve this, the Consortium applies the conceptual framework outlined in Figure 1 and has the core objectives to:

  1. Create and sustain a community of practice on e-cigarette monitoring and evidence generation that connects and harnesses the collective capabilities of researchers, policymakers, health practitioners, and other stakeholders, independent of tobacco and e-cigarette industry influence.
  2. Support knowledge exchange on e-cigarette monitoring, research activities, data, and policy and practice needs.
  3. Support leadership, strategic coordination, expertise, and advice on e-cigarette monitoring, evidence generation, and evidence-based decision-making.
  4. Facilitate collaboration and establish projects, programs, and systems to monitor and generate evidence on e-cigarettes, including identifying evidence gaps and needs.
  5. Support capacity building for e-cigarette monitoring and evidence generation.

 

Current members

Members

Steering Group
Professor Emily Banks AM, The Australian National University
Associate Professor Becky Freeman, The University of Sydney
Professor Coral Gartner, The University of Queensland
Dr Michelle Scollo AM, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria
 
Members
Professor Emily Banks AM, The Australian National University
Ms Alecia Brooks, Cancer Council NSW
Mr Sinan Brown, The Australian National University
Associate Professor Gary Chan, The University of Queensland
Profesor Louisa Collins, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dr Mike Conway, The University of Melbourne
Ms Emma Dean, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria
Anita Dessaix, Cancer Council NSW
Dr Jo Dono, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Associate Professor Becky Freeman, The University of Sydney
Professor Coral Gartner, The University of Queensland
Ms Angela Gazey, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Ms Tracey Greenberg, St Vincent’s Health Network
Dr Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Cancer Council Victoria
Associate Professor Alys Havard, University of New South Wales (Sydney)
Dr Christina Heris, The Australian National University
Ms Laura Hunter, Australian Council on Smoking and Health
Professor Jonine Jancey, Curtin University
Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis, The University of Melbourne
Dr Sarah Khanlari, NSW Ministry of Health
Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe, Curtin University, Telethon Kids Institute
Dr Carmen Lim, The University of Queensland
Dr Natalia Lizama, Cancer Council WA
Associate Professor Raglan Maddox, The Australian National University
Professor Guy Marks, University of New South Wales (Sydney)
Ms Veronica Martin-Gall, Tasmanian Department of Health
Mr James McLennan, St Vincent’s Health Network
Professor Caroline Miller, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The University of Adelaide
Dr Kylie Morphett, The University of Queensland
Professor Megan Passey, The Daffodil Centre
Professor Matthew Peters, Concord Hospital, Macquarie University
Professor Simone Pettigrew, The George Institute for Global Gealth, University of New South Wales (Sydney)
Associate Professor Darren Roberts, NSW Poisons Information Centre
Associate Professor Robert Roseby, Monash Health, Monash University
Dr Michelle Scollo AM, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria
Ms Maree Scully, Cancer Council Victoria
Ms Abby Smith, Cancer Council Tasmania, The University of Sydney
Ms Colleen Smyth, Macquarie University, Queensland Health, The University of Queensland
Dr Jessamine Soderstrom, Royal Perth Hospital
Dr Daniel Stjepanovic, The University of Queensland
Dr Matthew Tuson, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Dr Moya Vandeleur, The Royal Children's Hospital
Dr Amy Villarosa, The Australian National University
Dr Christina Watts, The Daffodil Centre
Associate Professor Marianne Weber, The Daffodil Centre
Ms Amelia Yazidjoglou, The Australian National University
 

Organisations of members and participants

ACT Health

 

 

Australian Council on Smoking and Health
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Medical Association
Avondale University  

Cancer Council NSW

  
Cancer Council Tasmania  

Cancer Council Victoria

  
Cancer Council WA

Concord Hospital

Curtin University

    

Macquarie University

    

Monash Health
Monash University

NSW Ministry of Health

    

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Queensland Health

    
Quit Victoria     

Royal Perth Hospital

South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

St Vincent's Health Network

Tasmanian Department of Health

Telethon Kids Institute

    

The Australian National University

The Daffodil Centre

    
The George Institute for Global Health    
The Royal Children's Hospital    
The University of Adelaide    
The University of Melbourne    
The University of Notre Dame Australia    
The University of Queensland    
The University of Sydney    
University of New South Wales (Sydney)    
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)    

 

Who can join the Consortium?

Individuals and organisations may join the Consortium as a 'member' or as a 'participant', depending on what works best for them. Membership and participation is limited to individuals based ordinarily in Australia who are members of bona fide academic institutions, government, NGOs or other relevant policy institutions and who have no conflicts of interests with the tobacco or e-cigarette industries.
 

Members may be named as individuals (with their organisational/departmental affiliation) on the Consortium webpage, in other NEMEC forums, and on outputs that are in the name of the Consortium in the future, but have the option to have their details withheld.

Participants are generally from government organisations and will have as a default that their organisation/department is named, without them being named as individuals, on the Consortium webpage, in other NEMEC forums, and on outputs that are in the name of the Consortium in the future. However, participants may opt to be named as individuals (with their organisational/departmental affiliation).

 

Please contact ecig.nceph@anu.edu.au to register your interest in joining or for further information.