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At the Leeder (formerly Menzies) Centre for Health Policy, Economics & Data HDR workshop with my amazing PhD students Sumathy Ravi & Melody Taba! They have codesigned solutions to support diabetes patients & gov health communication with young people Sydney Health Literacy Lab Sydney Health

Submissions CLOSING TODAY. Public consultation on proposed updates to Investigator Grants: consultations.nhmrc.gov.au/investigator-g… NHMRC is seeking feedback on removing the eligibility requirement for Investigator Grant Emerging Leadership applicants to be 10 years or less post-PhD.

Our paper, published today in The BMJ, highlights concerning trends in direct-to-consumer testing that pose risks to consumer safety bmj.com/content/387/bm… Patti Shih Tessa Copp Annette Pluddemann David Ransohoff Steven Woloshin

If you still aim to submit a paper in December, please get in touch with A/Prof Carissa Bonner at [email protected] by the 20th so we can plan how to manage your submission and open access fee waiver over the holiday break.

Yes we're all sick of COVID-19 and most of us are living as if it doesn't exist; but it's still going regardless - these 2024 stats are pretty crazy: - total mortality 2% higher than predicted - COVID-19 mortality 70% higher than predicted - 5 COVID-19 deaths for every flu death

Last paper for 2024 - editorial summarising a decade of research on "heart age", as context for a new analysis of heart age vs CVD risk with a huge NZ dataset. Key point: heart age is good for awareness, but not shared decision making. heart.bmj.com/content/early/…

Interesting study showing the increased importance of work-life balance since COVID - even over salary. Also interesting to note the high importance of job security, a major source of stress for early and mid career researchers. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Congratulations to our PhD candidate Karen Gainey (Karen Gainey ) on having her paper ranked in the Top 10 Most Read Papers in BMJ_Open! Read about the top BMJ Open papers here: blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025/0…

Interested in shaping the future of health research? Join the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Consumer Panel (Co-SHeLL) and help us in our research! If you're a patient, consumer or community member, we'd love to hear from you. Learn more: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4J…

Women who experienced any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes have increased risk of #HeartFailure up to 46 years later & need early preventive actions & long-term clinical care to reduce that risk. Learn more: bit.ly/4jniTK6 #JACCHF JACC Journals