The Menzies Centre for Health Policy collaborates with other University centres and external organisations on its research, health policy analysis and education activities.  The Menzies Centre’s current collaborators are listed below.

APHCRI (Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute)
		APHCRI is an initiative of the Australian Government as part of the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHC RED) strategy and is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

The mission of APHCRI is to "Provide national leadership in improving the quality and effectiveness of primary health care through the conduct of high quality priority-driven research and the support and promotion of best practice. It focuses on important sectoral questions relating to the organisation, financing, delivery and performance of primary health care, including its interaction with public health and the secondary and tertiary health care sectors."

Learn more about APHCRI

Oxford Health Alliance
		The Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA) serves to prevent and reduce the global impact of chronic disease. It stands for innovative action with diverse stakeholders around three risk factors (tobacco use, physical inactivity and poor diet) that lead to four chronic diseases (CVD, diabetes, chronic lung diseases and some cancers) contributing to more than 50% of deaths worldwide.  3FOUR50 hosts a network of experts, activists and enthusiasts committed to raising awareness about healthy lifestyles and the global epidemic of chronic disease.

The Oxford Health Alliance Asia Pacific Regional Centre (OxHA Asia-Pacific) was launched at the University of Sydney in late 2005 under the joint leadership and remit of Professor Stephen Leeder and Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri.

OxHA Asia-Pacific has undertaken to foster and undertake activities to promote action to assist success in the 'race against time' to combat chronic diseases globally.

Learn more about the Oxford Health Alliance.

The Nous Group
		Nous assists information and knowledge based businesses to maximise their performance through the alignment and skills building of people and information management.

The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and The Nous Group recently surveyed 1200 Australians to understand their attitudes towards the health system. The survey covered the following topics:

• Expectations, confidence and satisfaction with the system
• Health literacy and the ability to access care
• Cost-related access and private health insurance
• Privacy
• Commonwealth-State relations.

The results of the survey are being released progressively.  For more information on the survey, including results, media releases and articles, please visit: http://www.menzieshealthpolicy.edu.au/mn_survey/index.htm

Learn more about The Nous Group

Minter Ellison
		To keep abreast with industry trends and issues, Minter Ellison in partnership with the Menzies Centre for Health Policy rolled out a seminar series called Health Conundrums in May 2008. The series explores the policy and legal frameworks behind Australia's health and ageing system. Bringing together
members of the health sector and high profile health industry experts from around Australia, the series provides an opportunity to have an open and frank discussion about current industry issues. The Health Conundrums seminars are held regularly in the major capital cities.

For more information about future and previous seminars in this series, click here.

The University of Sydney is making a substantial investment in tackling the big issues through the establishment of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions (USISS). Established in 2009, the Institute will bring together some of the world’s leading thinkers, researchers and educators to address four main research themes: Energy, Environment, Development, and Health.

Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri, Director of the Diabetes Unit has been appointed to lead the USISS Health Theme.

Learn more about the Institute for Sustainable Solutions.

United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
		The mission of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney is to increase understanding of the United States in Australia.

The ambition of the Centre is to become the leading academic institution outside America for the study of the United States

Spanning the study of politics and policy, economics and business, culture and society, the core activities of the Centre include:

• Postgraduate degrees and undergraduate teaching
• Academic research and research training
• Policy analysis and commentary
• Business leadership forums
• Public education and community outreach

Dr Lesley Russell, Menzies Foundation Fellow, holds the position of Research Associate at the Us Studies Centre.

Learn more about Dr Russell’s work with the Centre.