Rigorous research, informed decisions and better health for diverse communities - Based in School of Public Health @Sydney_Uni
Sydney, New South Wales
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@KarenMGainey @Dmuscat92
Congratulations to the newly-minted Associate Professors Danielle Muscat (@Dmuscat92) and Heather Shepherd (@TriggerShep)!
These promotions are a well-deserved recognition of their outstanding contributions at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health!
🗣️ New podcast feature!
Is egg freezing all it’s cracked up to be? 🤔🐣
Listen to our research fellow @TessaCopp discuss egg freezing on the new episode of ‘Ladies We Need To Talk’ podcast here:
abc.net.au/listen/programs/l…
Congratulations to our Research Fellow Dr Brooke Nickel (@brooke_nickel) on the @sydFMH_EMCR Outstanding Publication Award 👏
Read the publication co-authored by SHeLL team @TessaCopp @PicklesKristen @smith_jenna_ @jolynhersch and Shannon McKinn here:
bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023…
Congratulations to The University of Sydney EMCR Outstanding Publication Award (FMH) winners for 2024. Our ECR Category winners are (more winners in our next post):
@LeneSeidler @AlyssaCMilton
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Must listen interview with our Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr @TessaCopp on @abcnews Health Report!
The interview covers important findings from Tessa's work on women’s knowledge and attitudes on anti-Mullerian hormone testing.
abc.net.au/listen/programs/h…
Congrats @kmcfaddxn and co-authors @nicole_rankin8n @TongLiUSYD @CJJennett Ashleigh Sharman @QuaifeS Nehmat Houssami and @RachaelHDodd
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New publication from our PhD candidate Katie McFadden (@kmcfaddxn)!
Katie’s second PhD paper, a systematic review of factors associated with the psychosocial impacts of lung cancer screening, has been published in @CancerMedicineJ!
Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Congrats to our Reserach Fellow Dr Danielle Muscat (@Dmuscat92) on being awarded a @SHPartners ECR Award!🏆
Dani has been recognised with the 'Translational Research Addressing a Health Priority' award for her outstanding contributions in this field👏
🎉Congrats to the 2024 winners of our SHP Annual Early Career Research Awards! 👏
🏆Dr Alyssa Milton
🏆Dr Nicole Scholes-Robertson
🏆Clin. A/Prof. Mark Dennis
🏆Dr Audrey P. Wang
🏆Dr Danielle Muscat
🏆Dr Emma Charters
🏆Dr Alan Ma
Read more: sydneyhealthpartners.org.au/…
#shpforum
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New #HeartHealth tool launched!🫀
The Healthy Heart Yarning Tool developed by @Sydney_Uni and @ANUPopHealth is a free, shared decision-making tool to support conversations about cardiovascular risk amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
➡️heartyarningtool.com
Our Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr @TessaCopp was interviewed on @ProfJoyceHarper ’s podcast recently!
Listen to Tessa discuss her work on how feminist narratives can be hijacked to market non-evidence based tests here: joyceharper.com/project/epis…
Emerging leader and SHeLL final year PhD candidate @oliviamac_3 sharing ideas with interdisciplinary colleagues today 👏
#ThisIsPublicHealth @syd_health
What do people with backgrounds in German studies, geography, biostatistics and public health have in common?
Genuine passion for people's well-being and great ideas were the most notable commonalities!
#LeadershipForGood @Sydney_Uni
#ThisIsPublicHealth @syd_health
New publication from the lab! @smith_jenna_ ‘s PhD research titled ‘Randomized Trial of Information for Older Women About Cessation of Breast Cancer Screening Invitations’ published now on @JournalGIM 👏
Read it here ➡️: link.springer.com/article/10…
Big congrats to Dr @M_C_Tracy and team on their MRFF success for the project "Developing an integrated care model for opioid dependence treatment"!
Read more about the project ⬇️
@syd_health @sydFMH_EMCR
Our @Sydney_Uni #medicine and #health researchers have received over $22m in @healthgovau Medical Research Future Fund (#MRFF) to support 14 projects, including opioid dependence treatment programs and advancing health care for cerebral palsy patients.
#LeadershipForGood
Big congrats to our Deputy Director @carissa_bon on a big year of research and on her promotion to Associate Professor 👏 👏👏
Signing off for 4 weeks after a huge year:
❤️ New heart health check guidelines & decision aids
📰 Science translation work with WHO & gov
📗 Launched health literacy journal @HLCOjournal
🎓 Promoted to Associate Professor
Thanks to @HealthLitLab & all my amazing collaborators!
Our Director Prof. Kirsten McCaffery (@KirstenMcCaffer) has been featured in the @Sydney_ID #WeAreSydneyID series!
Kirsten's research is all about helping people understand information about health and disease.
Learn more about Kirsten's work here: sydney.edu.au/infectious-dis…
🎉We are delighted to celebrate our three new HDR graduates today! 🥳
Congratulations to:
🎓Judith Parnham (MPhil in Public Health)
🎓Dr @smith_jenna_ (PhD in Public Health)
🎓Dr Sk Masum Billah (PhD in Public Health)
…and of course their supervisors!
@syd_health @Sydney_Uni – at Sydney, New South Wales
Congratulations to Dr Julie Ayre (@julieayre32) on being recognised for outstanding achievements and contributions in digital health in the 2023 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards last night.
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#BCWinDH #digitalhealth
