Director, National Ageing Research Institute
Brisbane, Australia
Joined October 2009
- Tweets378
- Following429
- Followers343
- Likes1.2K
Delighted to be joining the @NAgeingRI as Director this week. I have long admired the work NARI does to deliver improved outcomes for older people across Australia and around the world. I am looking forward to playing my part in continuing to build on this legacy.
Tracy Comans retweeted
Just launched: @FaceDementiaAU our timely diagnosis of dementia campaign:
🧠Know the signs of #dementia
💬Talk to family about any concerns
👩⚕️Ask your GP for an assessment
💊🧑⚕️Get treatments and supports
facedementia.au/en/ for Checklist of Symptoms
Tracy Comans retweeted
🔎 An estimated 1.3 million children work
in the tobacco industry, often in
hazardous environments.
✅If the market switches to less intensive food crops, children can go back to school and get better fed.
#TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco
Tracy Comans retweeted
The most anticipated RCT in deprescribing is now in press - read the results of the OptiMed double blind RCT in residential aged care
academic.oup.com/ageing/arti…
Wondering about home care packages? Our Conversation explainer might help. tinyurl.com/43uyr5cy @UQMedicine @UQ_CHSR
Tracy Comans retweeted
The perception of IQ as a seemingly objective measure of intelligence is frequently used to promote racist pseudoscience on social media.
For this reason, I think it's extremely important for people to know some relevant facts about IQ:
Tracy Comans retweeted
Air pollution from cars & pregnancy:
🚗Just one Volkswagen diesel that cheated on emissions tests per 1,000 cars upped infant mortality by 1.7% in its area
🚗Electronic tolls (which don't require cars to idle) dropped the rate of premature births to mothers near tollbooths by 8%
Considering a PhD and have good quant / econ skills? sydney.edu.au/scholarships/c…
Economics has always been about maximising benefit for people.
Tracy Comans retweeted
Last week for this survey. We would love to hear from all public health advocates! Please take the time to do the survey and share to your networks. Thanks! 🙏😊
Are you a public health advocate? Full-time, part-time, voluntary, or just when your role requires it? We want to hear from you about the advocacy practices you use & the evidence you need to support your work. Please fill in our quick (~10 mins) survey: tinyurl.com/3aeucnyr
Tracy Comans retweeted
At the end of #dietitiansweek23 I thought I’d share why/how I became a dietitian and how this led me to eventually become the study lead for the Healthy Gut Diet for preventing gestational diabetes Study @dietitiansaus @UQ_CHSR @MetroNorthHHS
A 🧵
Tracy Comans retweeted
Don't forget to register for @ISPOR_AC 's workshop on Real World Evidence in Health Technology Assessment on March 9 at the Aerial Centre at UTS in Sydney from 9:30- 4:30. The agenda is jam packed! lnkd.in/gvTQW6TQ
Wrapped up an inspiring meeting on Friday with Prof Ruth Hubbard and a group of dedicated researchers to set up a national frailty network in Australia! Excited to collaborate and improve care for our aging population . #AFNsummit2023 #frailtyresearch #collaboration
Tracy Comans retweeted
Founding members of the Australian Consortium for Aged Care (ACAC) in Adelaide today. Working on existing and planned research projects. Building a better evidence base for elderly care. The smartest aged care researchers around #agedcare_acac – at Adelaide, South Australia
Unintended consequences can be hard to anticipate - but sometimes they are positive. RBT does more than just deter drink-driving. An - @NIH funded - collaboration @ColumbiaMSPH @UQMedicine @UIowaCPH and @upenn showed they alsoreduce nearby assaults.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1gRoD…
I see arguments that ppl on 45k will be paying the same tax rate as people on 200k. They don't now and they won't after. 45k you pay 11.3% income tax. For 200k, ppl on 200k are paying 30%, they will still pay 26% after the tax cuts.