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Faculty of Medicine and Health
Digital Health and Informatics Network
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DHIN Newsletter | Issue 31, March 2021
Dear test,
Welcome to the DHIN March newsletter. In February we held our annual Symposium, and like so many events over the last year Digital Health Week 2021 was fully online. Although this meant we were unable to meet in person, as a digital health community, it gave us the opportunity to produce this event in partnership with the Centre for the Digital Transformation of Health, at the University of Melbourne. It also meant that we could include speakers from across the globe and engage in discussions through innovative means such as the Wednesday night discussion on Twitter. This was a very exciting experience; more than just the sharing of ideas and knowledge, we made new connections and saw that in practice, collaboration is more important than competition. I would like to pass on my congratulations to all of the award recipients during Digital Health Week 2021 and I hope you enjoy reading the reflections from the week below.
I would like to extend my thanks to Dr Melanie Keep, who has been the Conference Chair and brought this annual digital health event to life since 2019. Mel has chaired every event with dedication and warmth, and has done a great job of making sure that the programs have gone from strength-to-strength. Mel is passing on the role of Conference Chair to Dr Liss Brunner.
We look forward to working with you all this year, and being able to hopefully bring the community back together through events and networking opportunities. Whether this be online or through a mixture of COVID-19 safe events and other opportunities. If you have anything you would like to share or update with the network, please email Jacqueline.wells@sydney.edu.au
Best wishes,
Heiko
Professor Heiko Spallek
Academic Lead, Digital Health and Health Service Informatics
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Reflections from Digital Health Week 2021
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Dr Melanie Keep and Dr Liss Brunner
Co-Chairs, Digital Health Week 2021
There is something about the Digital Health Conference. I always leave feeling inspired by the community that makes this conference, and the ways in which they are making the world a better place. This year, particularly, it was nice to do something "normal" even though the conference was in a completely different format. It reminded me of our ability to adapt, our need for community, and the power of conversation. We did it – it looked different and it involved more intentional design but we did and it was great! To continue the theme of pushing the boundaries, the reflections on this year’s conference will be a conversation between myself (the outgoing Conference Chair) and Dr Melissa (Liss) Brunner (the incoming Chair). We hope you enjoy the chat below!
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Congratulations to all of the prize winners!Emerging Digital Health Researchers – established to celebrate the talent of HDR Students in digital health. The presenters were judged on quality of the research and how engaging the presentation was.
Digital Health and Disability
Jao Carminati, Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre | Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experience of Survivors and Close Others.
eHealth Education
Dr Anthony Sunjaya, The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales | Workflow Assessment and Development of a Prototype Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) for Breathlessness in Primary Care based on an Exploratory GP Needs Analysis.
mHealth
Siobhan Wong, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney | Texting to ComeBACK: Acceptability and dosage of a text message intervention to improve physical activity in adults with difficulty walking.
Digital Public Health
Lilian Chan, The University of Sydney | Analysis of Facebook comments in response to Shisha No Thanks Social Media Campaign.
Digital Health Tools: Data
Anna Fedyukova, The University of Melbourne | Quantifying and mitigating machine-learning induced overdiagnosis in sepsis.
ePosters – People’s Choice: The general public voted for who won this prize and the winner received almost 1000 votes!
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Artist-in-residenceDuring Digital Health Week 2021 our Artist-in-Residence attended ach day to create three artworks inspired by our conference and the ideas shared. If you would like to see Fereshteh's incredible process, you can view her working and final pieces on Twitter @FereshtehPK
We will shortly be auctioning the artworks below online and all funds will be donated to the Go Foundation which provides scholarships to Indigenous students from kindergarten through to university, and Brain Injury Australia, the peak advocacy and support network in Australia for the over 700k people with brain injury and their families/supporters.
The pieces created have been incredible and we’ve really appreciated seeing our digital health ideas come to life through Dr Fereshteh Pourkazemi's talented hands! Fereshteh, Thank you for your support of our event and for showing everyone that you can wear multiple hats – to be an incredible researcher, teacher, clinician and artist!
Below we have:
1. From Tuesday 9th February 'In Conversation' Keynote: 'Kintsugi'
2. From Wednesday 10th February: 'Nilan'
3. From Thursday 11th February 'Panel discussion ‘Digital Health Black Mirror: What if digital health doesn’t work?’ : 'When there is light, a shadow may follow'
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Research Student ProfileThis month we are pleased to feature PhD Research Candidate Jao Carminati. Jao is exploring the lived experience of cyberscam survivors with acquired brain injury (ABI) and their close others. Jao was also a winner of the Emerging Digital Health Researchers Award at Digital Health Week 2021.
Please tell us a bit about yourself - I am currently a 1st year Clinical Neuropsychology PhD student at Monash University. I’ve always loved every aspect of psychology, but during my honours year in 2020 I found my passion for neuropsychology, with a particular interest in pursuing a career in brain injury rehabilitation, both as a practicing Neuropsychologist and a researcher. I am also currently working as a research assistant and have recently begun dipping my toes into teaching, taking a first year Introduction to Psychology unit – which I am loving so far! Continue reading
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Do you use Instagram? Researchers at the University of Sydney are interested in understanding the way Instagram users engage with social movements (e.g. the Black Lives Matter movement) and significant events (e.g. natural disasters and pandemics). If you use Instagram, please help us by completing a short survey (approx. 15 mins).
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Digital Health CRC and the University of Sydney updateBy Dr Anna Janssen.
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Digital Health ECR Community: April Journal Club The Digital Health Early Career Research Community is launching a series of Virtual Journal Clubs, which will each be chaired by academics who are leaders in Digital Health. The first journal club in April will be hosted by Associate Professor Adam Dunn, Head of Bioinformatics and Digital Health. The journal club will include an overview of the discipline of Public Health Informatics in the context of Digital Health. This will be followed by a guided discussion into one of three journal articles Adam has authored on Public Health Informatics. Adam is keen to hear what people think about the study designs used in Public Health Informatics related to vaccine/COVID-19 misinformation. He also invites attendees to provide open critique of the article being presented at the journal club and discuss alternative methodologies that could be used in similar studies.
Time: Wednesday April 28th at 11am
To vote on the journal article you want to discuss visit the Digital Health ECR Community Twitter account: @DigiHealthECR
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Using health data for practice reflection: Changing expectations on the role of data in professional development
The Digital Health CRC is kicking off a series of virtual events covering hot topics in the field of Practice Analytics. This webinar will discuss the potential use of health data for practice reflection and professional development. The event will consider how this aligns with the Medical Board of Australia’s Professional Performance Framework. The panelists will include Anne Tonkin (Chair, Medical Board of Australia), John Wilson (President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians), Julian Archer (Executive General Manager for Education, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) David Rankin (Director Clinical Governance and Informatics, Cabrini Health) and be chaired by Tim Shaw (Director of Research, Digital Health CRC).
Date: Wednesday 21st April at 9am
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Read, Watch, Follow...- Follow: The Digital Health ECR Community on Twitter. Please join them for events and more!
- Read: Incidence, Prevalence and Healthcare Outcomes in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Population Study. Miah L, Strafford H, Fonferko-Shadrach B, Hollinghurst J, Sawhney IM, Hadjikoutis S, Rees MI, Powell R, Lacey A, Pickrell WO. Neurology. 2021 Jan
- Read: Long-term outcomes after epilepsy surgery, a retrospective cohort study linking patient-reported outcomes and routine healthcare data. Kansu B, Pickrell WO, Lacey AS, Edwards F, Samolia G, Rees MI, Elwes R, Hatfield R, Gray W, Hamandi K. Epilepsy Behav. 2020
- Event: Associate Professor Melissa Baysari is a Keynote speaker at National Medicines Symposium 2021. Theme this year is ‘Evaluating quality use of medicines: How do we know if we're making a difference?’
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