Health and Medical Research
By Simon McKeon, Chairman, CSIRO and Chairman of the Strategic Review into Health and Medical Research, published in The Conversation. Last year the federal government asked mycolleagues and I to investigate the state of health and medical research in Australia and make recommendations about the strategic direction of the sector. After months of consultations with researchers, clinicians, hospital managers and governments in every state and territory, we are today releasing the Strategic Review of Health…
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has strengthened its policies to ensure clinical advice is not tainted by undeclared or unmanaged interests, launching a new policy on Guideline Development and Conflicts of Interest. The policy is available here.
By Michael Valenzuela, Associate Professor Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney and published in the Conversation. Australian medical research is undergoing its most important and comprehensive review in more than ten years. Led by the 2011 Australian of Year, the McKeon Review couldn’t have happened soon enough because the sector, like our society, is at a crossroads. Over the next 30 to 40 years, we face one of the most profound demographic changes…
If you’ve a concern for the direction of health and medical research in Australia, you have until the end of this month to make a submission to the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research. The review, which is due to produce a final report later this year, plans to conduct public consultations from April to July. Professor Doug Hilton, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, encourages Australians…
Patients suffering chronic diseases will benefit from the launch of a new website that offers easier access to clinical trials of new drugs, treatments and medical procedures The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP Minister for Health The Hon Greg Combet AM MP Minister for Innovation and Industry Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 11 October 2012 Patients suffering chronic diseases will benefit from the launch of a new website that offers easier access to clinical…
