Past Events
Economic evaluation of Singapore's National Smoking Control Program
Date: 21-Apr-09
Location: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Speaker: Chris Doran, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
The value of life and some applications to health consultancies
Date: 17-Mar-09
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Peter Abelson, Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney
Economics of prevention: developing a framework for policy analysis - one day workshop
Date: 13-Mar-09
Location: University of Sydney
The impact of national health insurance on birth outcomes: a natural experiment in Taiwan
Date: 10-Mar-09
Location: University of Sydney
Speaker: Michael Grossman, National Bureau of Economic Research
Global Funding of Innovation for Neglected Diseases
Date: 4-Feb-09
Location: Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom
Speaker: The George Institute
Road safety and injury prevention in Africa
Date: 28-Jan-09
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Dr Michael Fitzharris
Effective management of low back pain workshop
Date: 22-Jan-09
Location: The George Institute - Level 7, 341 George St, Sydney
Speaker: Professor Bart Koes, Professor Chris Maher and Dr Mark Hancock
Measurement of individual and population health: advances and agendas in the Global Burden of Disease Study
Date: 22-Jan-09
Location: The George Institute - Level 10, KGV Building, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, Sydney
Speaker: A/Prof Joshua Salomon, Harvard School of Public Health
Modelling the public health consequences of cannabis use
Date: 9-Dec-08
Location: Lecture Theatre, Building R1, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, 22 to 32 King St , Randwick
Speaker: Kiusiang Tay-Teo, Research Fellow, Deakin Health Economics Unit, Australia and School of Health & Social Development, Deakin University, Ph.D Candidate at School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
An introduction to the application of cost-effectiveness in health - one day course
Date: 1-Dec-08
Location: Sydney University Village
Economic evaluation of complex/community based interventions.
Date: 18-Nov-08
Location: The George Institute, Level 10, KGV Building, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Speaker: Lisa Gold, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin Health Economics Unit, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
Health financing in Vietnam: options and experiences
Date: 17-Nov-08
Location: The George Institute, Level 10, KGV Building, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Speaker: Dr Bjorn Ekman, Lund University
A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: Towards promoting health and preventing disease
Date: 4-Nov-08
Location: Norman Gregg Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
Speaker: Rosana Norman, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness, School of Population Health, University of Queensland
Does my bum look big in this? Overweight and obesity in Australian adults: Implications of error in self reported height and weight
Date: 23-Oct-08
Location: The George Institute, Level 10, KGV Building, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Speaker: Alison Hayes, Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
2008 Research Showcase
Date: 21-Oct-08
Location: Sydney
Effects of antioxidants on cancer and cardiovascular outcomes: results from the SU.VI.MAX trial
Date: 15-Oct-08
Location: The George Institute
Speaker: Sebastien Czernichow
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