Past Events
Multidisciplinary collaborations towards improving illicit drug policy: the example of the Drug Policy Modelling Program
Date: 8-Oct-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor Alison Ritter
How has access to dental care in Australia changed over the past 30 years?
Date: 16-Sep-08
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Philip Clarke, Michelle Cunich and Edmund FitzGerald
A place for bicycles: strategies for promoting safety
Date: 5-Sep-08
Location: Alexandria - Sydney, Australia
Injury Prevention / two-day intensive course
Date: 8-Aug-08
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Ivers
Can we prevent the majority of premature CVD in the world by 2025?
Date: 1-Aug-08
Location: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Speaker: Dr Salim Yusuf
Measuring quality of life in economic evaluation: which way forward?
Date: 25-Jul-08
Location: Sutherland Room, Holme Building, Science Rd, University of Sydney
7th Baker Heart Research Institute & The George Institute for International Health Symposium
Date: 19-Jul-08
Location: The Langham, Melbourne
Modelling cost-effectiveness in practice: accounting for physical constraints and patient decisions
Date: 8-Jul-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor Jon Karnon
MABEL (Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life). Methods and pilot results from the Australian longitudinal survey of doctors
Date: 17-Jun-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Professor Tony Scott
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of a telephone and print intervention to improve diet & exercise. Methods and preliminary findings
Date: 20-May-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor Nick Graves
The use of economic evaluation to inform hospital infection control policy
Date: 15-Apr-08
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Kate Halton
The Impact of Abnormal Mood on return to work following Stroke
Date: 9-Apr-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Maree Hackett and Carol Burch
The current status of Glycaemic control in the critically ill and the NICE SUGAR Study
Date: 26-Mar-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Simon Finfer
The Intergenerational Reports (2002 and 2007) - are we now better placed to fund health care in 40 years and how do we know?
Date: 20-Mar-08
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Associate Professor Deborah Schofield
No smoke without fire
Date: 19-Mar-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Rachel Huxley
An introduction to the application of cost effectiveness analysis in health - one day short course
Date: 14-Mar-08
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Alison Hayes, Kirsten Howard, Stephen Jan, Glenn Salkeld and Marian Shanahan
An engineer's perspective of injury prevention
Date: 5-Mar-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Prof Raphael Grzbieta
Early rapid blood pressure lowering in intracerebral haemorrhage: results of the INTERACT vanguard phase
Date: 27-Feb-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Craig Anderson
The IMPAKT Study - Translating research findings into improved access to optimal kidney disease treatment for Aboriginal patients
Date: 13-Feb-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Alan Cass
Salt Awareness Week
Date: 29-Jan-08
Location: Sydney
Speaker: Australian Division for World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH)
Cluster Randomized Trials / 2 Day Workshop
Date: 6-Dec-07
Location: The University of Sydney
Speaker: Allan Donner and Judy Simpson
What explains the rural-urban gap in infant mortality? Household or community characteristics?
Date: 23-Nov-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Ellen Van de Poel
Why parents worry: initiation into cannabis use by youth and their educational attainment
Date: 20-Nov-07
Location: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Speaker: Dr Jenny Williams
Large scale clinical trials in general practice - an Australian experience
Date: 14-Nov-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor Christopher Reid
Workshop - Motorcycle crash research: issues & methods
Date: 2-Nov-07
Location: The George Institute, Sydney
Speaker: Jim Ouellet
Management of patients with medically unexplained symptoms, treatment development research in Sri Lanka
Date: 31-Oct-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Athula Sumathipala
An introduction to the application of cost effectiveness analysis in health / One Day Short Course
Date: 26-Oct-07
Location: The George Institute - Camperdown, Sydney
Speaker: Philip Clarke, Alison Hayes, Kirsten Howard, Stephen Jan, Glen Salkeld, Debora Schofield and Marian Shanahan
John Chalmers Award Presentation Ceremony
Date: 18-Oct-07
Location: The Centenary Institute
Speaker: John Chalmers, Hung Dang Viet and Rohina Joshi
Multistage modelling of a cardiovascular trial (LIPID)
Date: 17-Oct-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Serigne Lo and Stephane Heritier
Kidney disease in Type 2 diabetes: lessons from the Pima Indians
Date: 11-Oct-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Robert Nelson
Economic analysis of a combined microfinance and training intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence in rural South Africa
Date: 26-Sep-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Stephen Jan
Third International Clinical Trials Symposium
Date: 23-Sep-07
Location: Hilton Hotel, Sydney Australia
Speaker: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
Mammography in NSW: investigating the determinants of use
Date: 17-Sep-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Mr Kees van Gool
'Malaria product pipeline: planning for the future' report launch
Date: 14-Sep-07
Location: Chandos House, Royal Society of Medicine, London
Perinatal mental health care in resource constrained countries: a case study from Viet Nam
Date: 14-Sep-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Tran Tuan & Jane RW Fisher
Concussion in Rugby - The mTBI Study
Date: 5-Sep-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Stephanie Hollis
UK Biobank
Date: 29-Aug-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Tim Sprosen
A longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality in Australia
Date: 28-Aug-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Michael Kortt
Crossing over in epidemiology: methodological challenges in case-crossover studies
Date: 26-Aug-07
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Speaker: Gary S. Sorock
The SAVE Study
Date: 22-Aug-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Emma Heeley
Injury Prevention / Two Day Short Course
Date: 3-Aug-07
Location: The University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Ivers
The growth in popularity of motor scooters: What are the implications for injury prevention?
Date: 1-Aug-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Narelle Haworth
Use of expected value of information in economic evaluation
Date: 26-Jul-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Elisabeth Fenwick
HIV burden in India
Date: 26-Jul-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Professor Lalit Dandona
Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control / One-semester online course
Date: 23-Jul-07
Location: Online
Speaker: Dr Suzanne McEvoy and Dr Rebecca Ivers
Falls Prevention in the Older Person / One-semester online course
Date: 23-Jul-07
Location: Online
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Ivers
An introduction to the application of cost effectiveness analysis in health / One Day Short Course
Date: 20-Jul-07
Location: The George Institute - Camperdown, Sydney
Speaker: Philip Clarke, Alison Hayes, Kirsten Howard, Stephen Jan, Glen Salkeld, Debora Schofield and Marian Shanahan
The malaria product pipeline: planning for the future
Date: 4-Jul-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Mary Moran
Attitudes to mental illness in clinicians
Date: 20-Jun-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Nick Glozier
Estimating the cost-savings of reduced crime while on methadone treatment
Date: 19-Jun-07
Location: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Speaker: Ms Marian Shanahan
Go Red for Women, Heart Foundation Sydney Breakfast features The George Institute's Dr Anushka Patel
Date: 15-Jun-07
Location: Four Seasons Hotel
Speaker: Dr Anushka Patel
Birthweight a risk factor for coronary heart disease in later life?
Date: 13-Jun-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Rachel Huxley
Collaborative projects with the Middle East: the Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO)
Date: 30-May-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Alexandra Martiniuk, Senior Research Fellow
Nutrition and Physical Activity Research at the Clinical Trials Research Unit
Date: 21-May-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Malaria, economics and health policy: an overview of collaborative studies involving the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date: 15-May-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Virginia Wiseman
Drop the Salt! Campaign Launch
Date: 15-May-07
Location: R L Harris Room at the Kerry Packer Education Centre, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, Sydney
Speaker: The Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health - AWASH
The Bangkok challenge: from conflict to cooperation and beyond
Date: 15-May-07
Location: Lowy Institute for International Policy
Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) Executive Committee meeting
Date: 15-May-07
Location: University of Hong Kong
SAFE CATS: A large study of catecholamines and fluids for the treatment of sepsis
Date: 9-May-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor John Myburgh
China Seatbelt Intervention Results Launch
Date: 24-Apr-07
Location: The Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing, China
Speaker: The George Institute
Are urban children really healthier? Evidence from 47 developing countries
Date: 18-Apr-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Ms Ellen Van de Poel
The effect of growth and inequality in incomes on health inequality: theory and empirical evidence from the European Panel
Date: 17-Apr-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Tom Van Ourti
SAVE Symposium: Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease
Date: 15-Apr-07
Location: Beijing
Speaker: SAVE - Sleep Apnea cardioVascular Endpoints study
Global Health: an informal dialogue with Dr Richard Horton
Date: 12-Apr-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet
Global Road Safety Seminar
Date: 2-Apr-07
Location: Darlington Centre, City Road, Darlington - Sydney
Speaker: Professor Robyn Norton, Lori Mooren, Professor Mark Stevenson, Dr James Yu, Dr Rakhi Dandona, Dr Hung Dang Viet
Twenty Fifth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Date: 28-Mar-07
Location: The Australian Academy of Science
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal people: an application of novel techniques for assessment of confounding
Date: 28-Mar-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Zhiqiang Wang
LEGS Recruitment and Retention
Date: 21-Mar-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Marlene Fransen and Lillias Nairn
Making Difficult Choices - what impact does economic evaluation have on priority setting decisions?
Date: 14-Mar-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Jane Wolstenholme
ANZICS CTG 9th Annual Meeting on Clinical Trials in Intensive Care
Date: 9-Mar-07
Location: Noosa, Queensland
Speaker: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
9th National Rural Health Conference
Date: 9-Mar-07
Location: Albury, NSW
World Kidney Day
Date: 8-Mar-07
Economics of cervical cancer prevention - lessons from India and the UK.
Date: 6-Mar-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Ms Rosa Legood
International comparison of physical activity levels across 100 countries
Date: 28-Feb-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Professor Adrian Bauman
Impact of nutrient supplements in pregnancy on birthweight, gestation and perinatal mortality: report of a trial from Western China
Date: 22-Feb-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Lingxia Zeng and Dr Michael Dibley
Intensive insulin therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: The jury is still out
Date: 21-Feb-07
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Leonie Crampton
Review of Australian Economic Evaluation in Health 245 - Interventions: What Can We Say About Cost-Effectiveness?
Date: 20-Feb-07
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Ms Kim Dalziel
Robust Alternatives to the F-Test in Mixed Linear Models Based on MM-Estimates
Date: 25-Jan-07
Location: Eilat, Israel
Speaker: Stephane Heritier
Child and Youth Safety: Issues for urban Aboriginal communities, and, Researching Aboriginal child safety. Designing Qualitative Research
Date: 10-Dec-06
Location: Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research, (ACSPRI) Social Sciences Methodology Conference. Sydney, Australia
Speaker: Kathleen Clapham, Freidoon Khavarpour, Mark Stevenson
HIPAID Presentations at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis
Date: 9-Dec-06
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Speaker: Dr Marlene Fransen, The HIPAID Collaborative Group
Essential Methods in Biostatistics & Epidemiology - 3 Day Workshop
Date: 1-Dec-06
Location: Taiwan
Speaker: Professor Mark Woodward & Dr Federica Barzi
Battling Against Salt in Australia
Date: 29-Nov-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Trevor Beard
Childhood Obesity: The Indian Story
Date: 22-Nov-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Nikhil Tandon, AIIMS
A cluster randomized trial to evaluate an epilepsy education program in Canada
Date: 15-Nov-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Alex Martiniuk, Senior Research Fellow
Diabetes in Indigenous People Forum
Date: 13-Nov-06
Location: Melbourne
From Cell to Society 5
Date: 9-Nov-06
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW - Australia
Road Safety Without Borders - The Second International Road Safety Conference
Date: 6-Nov-06
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Speaker: Government of Dubai - Roads and Transport Authority
The RENAL and 3CKD studies: research developments and opportunities for further collaborative research
Date: 18-Oct-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Alan Cass/ Sarah White
The International Diabetes Federation and the Case for a United Nations Resolution on Diabetes
Date: 27-Sep-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Martin Silink, International Diabetes Federation
International Health: Research Informing Policy and Practice
Date: 26-Sep-06
Location: Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia
Injuries During Pregnancy - Tracking and Understanding the Hidden Epidemic
Date: 25-Sep-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor Harold Weiss
Studies relating to improving child pedestrian safety in deprived areas
Date: 20-Sep-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Ronan Lyons, Swansea University
The John Chalmers Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Awards Presentation
Date: 23-Aug-06
World Heart Federation - 39th International Teaching Seminar
Date: 13-Aug-06
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Safe Koori Kids Group Consultation
Date: 3-Aug-06
Location: Civic Centre, Campbelltown City Council
Addressing the Excess Burden of Chronic Disease among Indigenous Australians
Date: 1-Aug-06
Location: The University of Sydney - Cumberland Campus
Speaker: Dr Alan Cass
Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control / One-semester online course
Date: 24-Jul-06
Location: Online
Falls Prevention in the Older Person / One-semester online course
Date: 24-Jul-06
Location: Online
Averages, p-values and confidence intervals: Are they useful statistics? An alternative using distribution fitting techniques
Date: 19-Jul-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Steve Su
Parents and Young Drivers - Improving the Odds
Date: 30-Jun-06
Location: The George Institute
Improving Health Care to Reduce Racial Disparities in Health
Date: 28-Jun-06
Location: The George Institute, RPA Hospital, Camperdown
Speaker: Associate Professor John Ayanian
John Chalmers Oration - Understanding Inequalities in Health
Date: 15-Jun-06
Location: Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia
Speaker: Professor Sir Michael Marmot
5th Baker Heart Research Institute & The George Institute for International Health Symposium
Date: 27-May-06
Location: Sydney
Essential Methods in Biostatistics & Epidemiology / Three Day Short Course
Date: 24-May-06
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Speaker: Professor Mark Woodward & Dr Frederica Barzi
Disease and Economic Determinants of Disability
Date: 24-May-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Nick Glozier
Injury Prevention / Two Day Short Course
Date: 19-May-06
Location: The University of Sydney
The George Institute - Royal Prince Alfred Vascular Clinic - What's it all about?
Date: 17-May-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Anushka Patel and Patrick Groenestein
The 2006 China Health Policy Roundtable
Date: 11-May-06
Location: Beijing, China
Saline v Albumin Fluid Evaluation - SAFE and Traumatic Brain Injury Studies Results
Date: 3-May-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Associate Professor John Myburgh
The Global Forum for Health Research: closing the gaps in research for health
Date: 26-Apr-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Professor Stephen Matlin
The Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS & Gender Equity: Impact and Economic Evaluation
Date: 26-Apr-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Giulia Ferrari - London School of Economics and Political Science
Mortality Surveillance in Developing Countries Workshop
Date: 11-Apr-06
Location: Delhi, India
Speaker: Prof. Alan Lopez, Sir Richard Peto, Prof. Philip Setel, Dr Prabhat Jha
Evening Seminar: Mobile Phone Use & Road Injury
Date: 29-Mar-06
Location: Holme and Sutherland Rooms, Holme Building, Science Road, The University of Sydney
Speaker: Professor David Shinar
Funding new neglected disease drugs: can it work?
Date: 29-Mar-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Mary Moran
Life, Death and Dollars: does Medicare need major surgery?
Date: 27-Mar-06
Location: University of Technology Sydney
Speaker: Professor Jane Hall
SNPing away at human diseases: Emphasis on Molecular Epidemiology
Date: 22-Mar-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Professor Juergen Reichardt
Primary Health Care Research: opportunities and challenges
Date: 15-Mar-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Professor Nick Zwar
Seminar: Post-Stroke Depression, &, Living in HOPE
Date: 22-Feb-06
Location: The George Institute for International Health
Speaker: Maree Hackett & Vlado Perkovic
Small, Poor & Healthy: Attempts in New Zealand to Promote Accessible & Affordable Health Innovations
Date: 21-Feb-06
Location: Kent St, SYDNEY
Speaker: Professor Alistair Woodward, Head, School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Seminar: Systematic reviews in motorcycle research: Evidence to inform research and policy
Date: 15-Feb-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Ivers
Seminar: Transplanting the blood pressure & Crafting an NHMRC trial grant application: INTERACT as a case study
Date: 8-Feb-06
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Martin Gallagher & Craig Anderson
Seminar: Tobacco Control in the 21st Century: what aces are left in the pack?
Date: 14-Dec-05
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Simon Chapman
Seminar: Understanding compliance - Perspectives, practices and consequences of 'compliance labelling' patients with end-stage kidney disease & Why should we increase the kidney transport rate in Australia?
Date: 30-Nov-05
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Kate Anderson & Sarah White
The John Chalmers Award Presentation
Date: 25-Nov-05
Location: The George Institute
Seminar: The China Salt Substitute Study (CSSS) and Dietary Salt and Blood Pressure
Date: 24-Nov-05
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Nicole Li & Jeff Cutler
Seminar: What is the future of research publishing? Three Editors and a Funeral
Date: 21-Nov-05
Location: The Webster Theatre, Veterinary Science Conference Centre, Regimental Drive, The University of Sydney
Speaker: Dr Tim Churches, Prof Simon Chapman, Dr Martin van der Weyden, Prof Robert West
Seminar: Time for a vaccine injury compensation scheme?
Date: 17-Nov-05
Location: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
Speaker: Professor David Isaacs, Professor Tony Adams, Mr Bill Madden, Ms Maxine Drake
Seminar: Building research capacity in SE Asia - the SEA-ORCHID project in maternal and child health
Date: 16-Nov-05
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: David Henderson-Smart
Seminar: Problems for the neighbours - Neurosurgery in Indonesia
Date: 2-Nov-05
Speaker: Nick Dorsch
Research and Development Advisory Committee Meeting
Date: 26-Oct-05
Location: Sydney - venue to be advised
Speaker: The George Institute staff
The Market for Human Organs: The Anatomy of Regulatory Failure
Date: 26-Sep-05
Location: Kerry Packer Education Centre Auditorium, RPA Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown
Speaker: The Australian Health Policy Institute and The George Institute for International Health