• Global Health Policy – the European Perspective
• Emerging Health Policy Research Conference 2006
• New Models of Primary Prevention: How well do they translate into action?
• How to Get Published in the New England Journal of Medicine
• Occupational Health & Safety
• The Policies Needed to Achieve Health Security in Australia
• The Erosion of the Moral Purpose of the Nursing Profession: Emerging Perspectives
• Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Towards More Flexible Regulation
• Policy Responses to Contemporary Health Issues: Sustainability
• Reforming the Australian Health System: Policy and Politics
• Launch of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy
• What is the future of research publishing? Three Editors and a Funeral
• Time for a vaccine injury compensation scheme?
• The Market for Human Organs: The Anatomy of Regulatory Failure
• Going with the Grain: Folate Fortification – an Australian Health Policy Matter
• Supporting Australia's National Oral Health Plan - APOH’s Proposals Discussed
• Warning: Differences in Income are a Health Hazard
• Tsunami: Opportunity in Crisis?
• The Growing Challenge of Non-communicable Disease Control in the Asia-Pacific Region

Global Health Policy – the European Perspective

30 November 2006

Presented by Professor John Wyn Owen CB, Chairman, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

Presentation:  A copy of Professor Wyn Owen’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Emerging Health Policy Research Conference 2006

13th October 2006

The conference showcased the work in progress of current doctoral and post-doctoral researchers working in all areas of health policy.

Mr Robert Wells, Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy opened the conference and welcomed guests.

Ms Julia Gillard MP, then Shadow Minister for Health, delivered the keynote address: Evidence Based Health Policy.

Following Ms Gillard’s presentation the following plenary sessions were conducted:

• Issues in Indigenous Health
• Contentious Issues in Health Policy
• Health Service Delivery & Mental Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Technology & Health Policy
• Health Economics
• Policy Processes & Reform
• Health Policy: Evidence & Evaluation

A list of speakers and presentations in each session is available in the conference program. Copies of a selection of submitted abstracts are available by clicking here.

Following the plenary sessions, Associate Professor Russell Gruen, EPOC Editor, Cochrane EPOC Satellite delivered a presentation entitled Cochrane Effective Practice & Organisation of Care Satellite: contributing to evidence-based health policy making in Australia.

Dr Cathy Mead, Managing Editor, Australia & New Zealand Health Policy addressed the audience with a presentation entitled Publishing: How, Where and Why.

New Models of Primary Prevention: How well do they translate into action?

20 September 2006

This seminar was the third and final in a series of 3 Oxford Health Alliance Seminars (OxHA).

Speakers:

• Professor Boyd Swinburn, Chair in Population Health, School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University. Professor Swinburn's presentation was entitled Experiences from Obesity Prevention.
• Emeritus Professor Stewart Truswell AO, Chairman, Nutrition Research Foundation, University of Sydney. Professor Truswell's presentation was entitled The Contribution of Pharmaceutical Products.

Discussants:

• Professor Ian Caterson, Boden Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney
• Mr Ross O’Donoughue, Director, Health Improvement, ACT Health, joined the seminar as discussants.

Dr Rob Moodie, Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth (Victorian Health Promotion Foundation) chaired the seminar.

Presentation:  A copy of Professor Truswell’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Seminar Notes: Click here for a copy of Professor Truswell's paper.

How to Get Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

23 August 2006

Presented by Jeffrey M. Drazen M.D., Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine and Distinguished Parker B. Frances Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

The lecture was chaired Dr Martin Van der Weyden, Editor, Medical Journal of Australia.

Dr Drazen's visit was sponsored by the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.

Occupational Health & Safety

16 August 2006

This seminar was the second in a series of 3 Oxford Health Alliance Seminars (OxHA).

Speakers:

• Dr Yossi Berger, National Occupational Health and Safety Unit Director, The Australian Workers’ Union. Dr Berger's presentation was entitled Will The Real OHS Policy Stand Up Please!
• Dr Tim Driscoll, Senior Lecturer, Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine, Public Health, Injury Prevention and Control, University of Sydney. Dr Driscoll's presentation was entitled OHS Research & Education in Australia - past, present and future.
• Dr Kim Hobbs, Well-being Services and Health Benefits Director, IBM Asia Pacific. Dr Hobbs' presentation was entitled Employer Engagement in lifestyle/health risk management programs at work.

Discussant:  Mr Malcolm Tulloch, NSW State Organiser, Construction, Forestry & Energy Union

Presentations:

• A copy of Dr Driscoll’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr Hobbs’ presentation is available by clicking here.

The seminar was Chaired by Professor Bruce Armstrong, Director of Research, Sydney Cancer Centre and Professor of Public Health and Medical Foundation Fellow at the University of Sydney.

The Policies Needed to Achieve Health Security in Australia

13, 20 & 27 July 2006

Presented by Mr Paul Gross, Director, Institute of Health Economics and Technology Assessment, Sydney & Greater China, and Honorary Professor, University of Hong Kong.

These three lectures encouraged reflection on the degree to which existing health and health care policies take account of the new needs of an older population, one in which the technology of care continues to blossom and costs of care increase.

Lecture Notes:

• Mind the Gaps! Health Security means funding prevention with economic incentives
• Transforming Medicare - Technology is not the villain, the consumer is not a dill and today’s subsidies are wasting opportunities
• Funding Real Health Security - The community does not know the true costs and that inefficiencies can be reduced

The Erosion of the Moral Purpose of the Nursing Profession: Emerging Perspectives

6 June 2006

Speakers:

• Professor Jocalyn Lawler, Professor of Nursing & Dean, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at the University of Sydney.
• Mr Stuart Newman, Lecturer in Health Services Management and Director, International and Professional Relations, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sydney.

Presentation:  A copy of Professor Lawler and Mr Newman’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Towards More Flexible Regulation

1 June 2006

Presented by Professor Loane Skene LL.B. (Hons) (Melb), LL.M. (Mon), Professor of Law in the Law Faculty and an Adjunct Professor of Law in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

Policy Responses to Contemporary Health Issues: Sustainability

23 May 2006

This seminar was the first in a series of 3 Oxford Health Alliance Seminars (OxHA). The Australian Health Policy Institute (AHPI) recently joined the academic network of the Oxford Health Alliance. AHPI agreed to foster and undertake activities to promote action and to assist success in the 'race against time' to combat chronic diseases globally. This seminar series is one of those activities.

Speakers:

• Emeritus Professor Bob Douglas, AO, Chair, Australia 21.  Professor Douglas’ presentation was entitled The human race: extinction or a sustainable future?
• Professor Tony McMichael, Director, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University.  Professor McMichael’s presentation was entitled Environmental change and risks to human health: Why "Sustainability" matters.
• Professor Stephen Leeder, AO, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute and co-director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, The University of Sydney.  Professor Leeder’s presentation was entitled How should public health respond to the challenge of sustainability?

Presentations:

• A copy of Professor Douglas’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor McMichael’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Leeder’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Seminar Notes:  Click here for a copy of the transcript from the seminar.

Reforming the Australian Health System: Policy and Politics

5 & 6 April 2006

Speakers:

• Dr. Dan Fox, President, Milbank Memorial Fund
• Professor John Deeble, Adjunct Professor of Economics, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
• Mary Ann O’Loughlin, Director, The Allen Consulting Group
• Mr Andrew Podger, National President, Institute of Public Administration Australia
• Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute, and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy
• Professor Ron Penny, Senior Clinical Advisor, NSW Health
• Professor Bruce Barraclough, Chairman, Clinical Excellence Commission
• Professor Allan Fels, Dean, Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Seminar Notes:

• Click here for a copy of the transcript from Day 1
• Click here for a copy of the transcript from Day 2

Launch of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy

3 March 2006

Menzies Centre for Health Policy Public Health Oration

The Menzies Centre for Health Policy was opened by His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC, then Governor General & patron of the Menzies Foundation, on Friday 3 March 2006 at Old Parliament House.

Following the official opening, Mr Andrew Podger AO gave the inaugural Menzies Centre for Health Policy Oration entitled A Model Health System for Australia.

What is the future of research publishing? Three Editors and a Funeral

21 November 2005

Speakers:

• Dr Tim Churches, Open Access Publishing aficionado and advocate
• Professor Simon Chapman, Editor, Tobacco Control.
• Dr Martin van der Weyden, Editor, Medical Journal of Australia. 
• Professor Robert West, Editor, Addiction. 

Presentations:

• A copy of Dr Churches' presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Chapman's presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr van der Weyden's presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor West's presentation is available by clicking here.

Time for a vaccine injury compensation scheme?

17 November 2005

Speakers:

• Professor David Isaacs, Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist, The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
• Professor Tony Adams, Chair, Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication. 
• Mr Bill Madden, National Practice Group Leader - Professional Negligence, Slater & Gordon.
• Ms Maxine Drake, Senior Advocate, Health Consumers' Council WA (Inc)

Presentations:

• A copy of Professor Isaccs’ presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Adams’ presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Mr Madden’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Seminar Notes:

• A copy of Mr Adam’s paper is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Mr Madden’s paper is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Ms Drake’s notes is available by clicking here.

The Market for Human Organs: The Anatomy of Regulatory Failure

26 September 2005

Presented by Dr Stephen Jan, Senior Health Economist, The George Institute for International Health.

Discussants:

• Dr Paul Snelling, President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
• Ms Mardi Thompson, Chair of the National Consumer Advocacy Committee for Kidney Health Australia

Presentations:

• A copy of Dr Jan’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr Snelling’s presentation is available by clicking here.

This seminar was co-hosted by The George Institute for International Health.

Going with the Grain: Folate Fortification – an Australian Health Policy Matter

27 July 2005

Speakers:

• Professor Fiona Stanley, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. 
• The Hon Rob Knowles, Chairman, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Board. 
• Professor Godfrey Oakley, Former director of the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Panel Discussants:

• Dr Garth Alperstein, NSW President, Public Health Association of Australia
• Mr Stephen Orchard, Product Development Manager, Allied Mills Australia Ltd
• Mr Geoff Grace, Technical Manager, Manildra Group
• Professor Stewart Truswell, Academic Director, Nutrition Research Foundation
• Ms Clare Hughes, Senior Food Policy Officer, Australian Consumers' Association
• Professor Glen Maberly, Coordinator Flour Fortification Initiative, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta

Presentations:

• A copy of Professor Stanley’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Rob Knowles’ presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Oakley’s presentation is available by clicking here.

This seminar was co-hosted by Effective Healthcare Australia, Global Health Institute and Sydney West Area Health Service.

Supporting Australia's National Oral Health Plan - APOH’s Proposals Discussed

1 July 2005

Speakers:

• The Hon. Dr Arthur Chesterfield Evans MLC, Australian Democrats
• Associate Professor Hans Zoellner, Chairman, The Association for the Promotion of Oral Health (APOH)
• Mr Gary Moore, Chairman, The Council of Social Service of New South Wales (NCOSS)
• Dr Peter Hill, Principal Dental Officer & Oral Health Services Manager, Justice Health
• Professor Don Nutbeam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head, College of Health Sciences
• Dr John Matthews, Vice-President, Australian Dental Association (ADA)
• Mr Keith Merchant, General Manager – Oral Health Services Sydney West Area Health Service
• Mr Rob Boshier, President, The Australian Commercial Dental Laboratories Association (NSW)
• Mr Graham Key, Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW
• Ms Kay Franks, NSW President, NSW Dental Therapists Association Inc.
• Mr Reg Scott, President, Dental Technicians Association Of New South Wales
• Professor Eli Schwarz, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Dentistry The University of Sydney
• Dr Deborah Cockrell, Head of Discipline of Oral Health University of Newcastle

Presentations:

• A copy of A/Professor Zoellner’s presentation can be found by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr Hill’s presentation can be found by clicking here. 
• A copy of Dr Matthews’ presentation can be found by clicking here.
• A copy of Mr Key’s presentation can be found by clicking here. 
• A copy of Ms Franks’ presentation can be found by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr Cockrell’s presentation is available by clicking here. 

Resources:

• The Association for the Promotion of Oral Health Proposals for Implementation
• A copy of Healthy Mouths Healthy Lives: Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2004-2013, prepared by the National Advisory Committee on Oral Health, a Committee established by the, Australian Health Ministers’ Conference, can be found on the Government of South Australia Department of Health's website: http://www.dh.sa.gov.au/Default.aspx?tabid=59

Warning: Differences in Income are a Health Hazard

8 June 2005

Presented by Professor Ichiro Kawachi, Professor of Social Epidemiology, and the Director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health, both at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Discussants:

• Dr Gavin Turrell, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Public Health at Queensland University of Technology.  A copy of Dr Turrell’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• Agnes Walker, ANU Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), Australian National University.  A copy of Ms Walker’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Presentation: A copy of Professor Kawachi’s presentation is available by clicking here.

Tsunami: Opportunity in Crisis?

5 May 2005

Speakers:

• Professor John Horvath, Chief Medical Officer, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
• Mr Alan March, Head, Australia's Indian Ocean Tsunami Taskforce, AusAID. 
• Dr Malcolm Cook, Program Director, the Asia Pacific Region, Lowy Institute for International Policy.
• Professor Stephanie Fahey, Director, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific. 

Presentations:

• A copy of Mr March’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Fahey’s presentation is available by clicking here.

This seminar was co-hosted by The George Institute for International Health.

The Growing Challenge of Non-communicable Disease Control in the Asia-Pacific Region

21 March 2005

Presented by Dr Gauden Galea, Regional Adviser in Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), World Health Organisation Western Pacific Region. 

Discussants:

• Professor Bruce Armstrong, Head of School, School of Public Health, University of Sydney.  Professor Ian Hickie, Executive Director, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney. 
• Professor Ron Labonte, Canada Research Chair Globalization/Health Equity, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa.
• Dr Stig Pramming, Vice President, Novo Nordisk A/S and founding member of Oxford Vision 2020.

Presentations:

• A copy of Dr Galea’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Professor Armstrong’s presentation is available by clicking here.
• A copy of Dr Hickie’s presentation is available by clicking here.

This seminar was co-hosted by The George Institute for International Health.