Upcoming Events

June 4th, 2012: The Sydney Health Policy Network & The Faculty of Pharmacy presents a guest lecture "Medicines Access, Affordability, and use in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities." Presented by Associate Professor Dr. Anita Katharina Wagner. Lecture Theatre 351, Education Building, the University of Sydney.

August 15th, 2012: Emerging Health Policy Research Conference. Keynote Speaker: Professor Stephen Simpson, Director, Charles Perkins Centre - "Putting the balance back into diet". Darlington Centre, the University of Sydney. A call for abstracts has been announced.

MCHP News

New Interview: Stephen Leeder interviewed on 5 May 2012. Healthy relations between China and Australia. ABC Radio National Saturday Extra.

New Article: Stephen Leeder quoted in SMH, 2 May 2012 - Ageing population should see China and Australia joined at hip.

Award winning research! The SCIPPS team has won the "Closing the Gap in Aboriginal Health Through Excellence in Research, Evaluation and Building Evidence Award" for their qualititative study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic illness, at the NSW Health's 2012 Aboriginal Health Awards.

New Publication: HIV and Aging — Preparing for the Challenges Ahead.

New Publication: Cut a coffee a year and save a child.

New Publication: Identifying Trustworthy Experts: How Do Policymakers Find and Assess Public Health Researchers Worth Consulting or Collaborating With?

New Publication: Falling through the cracks: the hidden economic burden of CI and disability on Australian households

New Reports: from SCIPPS Roundtables - November 2011:

• Round Table 1: Understanding the complexities of co-morbidity with respect to policy and practice;
• Round Table 2: The economic impact of chronic disease on individuals and families;
• Round Table 3: Health literacy for individuals and communities to support self-management