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Faculty of Medicine & Health
Digital Health & Informatics Network
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DHIN Newsletter | Issue 41, May 2022
Dear ,
Hello to all members of the DHIN and welcome to the new members who have joined the community in the last month. I have just two important things I would like to draw your attention to this month.
The first is to encourage all early career researchers and mentors of early career researchers and postgraduate candidates to consider submitting an abstract to the first Emerging Researchers in Health Informatics (ERHIC) Symposium, which will be hosted at Macquarie University and supported by DHIN. It is likely that there will be support for travel for ECRs including postgraduate students, so don’t let distance discourage you from sending in an abstract. Our amazing ECR group is also presenting a webinar on how to respond to reviewers. Designed for ECRs who conduct digital health research, it will likely be of value to anyone who wants to upskill in the area. As someone who has held a bunch of editorial roles and reviewed hundreds of manuscripts for more than seventy different journals and conferences myself, I can attest to the value of a good response to reviewers and how often I see it done poorly. As I do each newsletter, I would also encourage you to log in to the DHIN website and update your profile. This is the best way for people to find you, and for you to find them. As we get closer to a major overhaul of the website and membership information, this will improve how we help you find new collaborators, funding opportunities, and connect with all things digital health. Best wishes,
Adam
Associate Professor Adam Dunn
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ERHIC call for abstracts - closes 1 June 2022On behalf of the organising committee, we cordially invite abstract submissions from PhD students and early-career researchers to the inaugural 2022 Emerging Researchers in Health InformatiCs Symposium (EHRIC),which will be hosted at Macquarie University and supported by DHIN. It is likely that there will be support for travel for ECRs including postgraduate students, so don’t let distance discourage you from sending in an abstract!
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DHIN ECR Webinar - How to respond to reviewersThursday 23rd June, 1 - 2pm, Online
Hosted by our fantastic ECR group, this webinar aims to explore how to respond to reviewers of journals, grants and theses examinations relevant to digital health studies. It will feature Professor Julie Redfern with expertise in digital health research and various roles as a digital health journal editor, grant reviewer and theses examiner. Register here!
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PhD researcher finds a gap in the mobile app market and aims to conceptualise a new innovative social anxiety app
PhD student, Trent Hammond, is aiming to conceptualise an innovative psycho-educational social anxiety app which has the potential to optimise treatment pathways and improve knowledge regarding social anxiety. The first study found that of the 1,043 apps identified by search term, only 12 were psycho-educational and were downloaded and evaluated, suggesting that app store search algorithms need to be improved. In study 2, Trent ran focus groups with allied health professionals to understand their needs and wants, and to identify problems and barriers to mobile app use. Study 3 in 2023 will involve holding an anonymous online discussion board to uncover what people with social anxiety think about new ‘mock’ app designs and features.
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MedInfo23MedInfo is back in Sydney for 2023! Bringing together an international and national audience, this is your opportunity to network, share, and highlight the latest achievements, advancements, and leading-edge research and innovation in digital health and health informatics. Stay up to date here.
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Final 'Hard' Internal Deadline
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- Pitch it clever, Universities Australia, AU
This challenges early-career researchers to communicate their research and why it matters to non-specialist audiences via video. Two awards are available, including a cash prize of up to AUD 3,000, funded conference attendance and an internship opportunity.
Closing date: 05 Jun 22 (recurring)
- Hospital Research Foundation/Queen Elizabeth Hospital higher degree by research scholarships, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research
These enable postgraduate students to undertake a higher degree at a HEI.
Closing date: 14 Jun 22 - Sustained support for informatics technologies for cancer research and management (U24 clinical trial optional), NIH: National Cancer Institute
This supports the continued development and sustainment of high value informatics research resources to improve the acquisition, management, analysis and dissemination of data and knowledge across the cancer research continuum. The maximum project period is five years.
Closing date: 14 Jun 22 - Early-stage development of informatics technologies for cancer research and management (U01 clinical trial optional), NIH: National Cancer Institute
This supports the development of enabling informatics technologies to improve the acquisition, management, analysis and dissemination of data and knowledge across the cancer research continuum. Grants are worth up to USD 300,000 each per year for up to three years.
Closing date: 14 Jun 22 - Development of innovative informatics methods and algorithms for cancer research and management (R21 clinical trial optional), NIH: National Cancer Institute
This supports the development of highly innovative methods and algorithms that support a wide range of cancer research, including discovery biology, population studies, as well as clinical and translational research. Grants are worth up to USD 275,000 each for two years.
Closing date: 14 Jun 22 - Dissemination and implementation research in health (R01 clinical trial optional), NIH: National Cancer Institute
This supports studies that will identify, develop, or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programmes, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. The maximum project period is five years.
Closing date: 15 Jun 22
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Five minutes with Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'DonnellThis month we chatted Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell, a research fellow in geriatric pharmacotherapy with the Kolling Institute.
"I practice as a consultant pharmacist and my emerging expertise involves developing digital tools to allow clinicians to tackle inappropriate polypharmacy and deprescribing for their older patients." Read the full conversation here!
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Tuesday 31st May, 12-1pm
Future Pathways to Digital Health: Digital Health Showcase
Join panelists Carolyn Mee (CEO & Founder Sound Scout), Luke Renehan (CEO & Founder of VaxApp) & Deena Metz (Program Manager at Perx Health) to discuss career pathways, their current projects, research and industry experience.
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Tuesday 31st May, 3:30-5:30pm
Sydney Pain Consortium Social Mixer
Meet and connect with members of the Sydney Pain Consortium and FMH researchers with an interest in pain, while enjoying light refreshments at Courtyard Restaurant and Bar. This is an opportunity to exchange ideas and foster informal interdisciplinary dialogue with colleagues about the diversity of pain research being undertaken within the faculty and more broadly. Register here.Friday 3rd June, 12 - 1pmSydney Knowledge Hub: Having Your First (potential) Investor Conversation
A Lunch and Learn (lunch provided) with Joanna from Investible, who will share some advice on how to frame your conversation with your first investor. Register here. Thursday 23 June, 11am - 12pmMedia and Public Relations: Introduction to the media for academics, EMCRs and PhD students.
The Media and Public Relations team is hosting an Introduction to the Media training session. to avoid missing out RSVP early (Spots are limited). Thursday 23 June, 1 - 2pm DHIN ECR Group, Responding to Reviewers
This webinar aims to explore how to respond to reviewers of journals, grants and theses examinations relevant to digital health studies. It will feature Professor Julie Redfern with expertise in digital health research and various roles as a digital health journal editor, grant reviewer and theses examiner. Register here!Wednesday 6 July,Innovation & Change, Sydney Health Partners Annual Forum, University of SydneyFeaturing a keynote presentation from Dr Jeremy McAnulty, Executive Director Health Protection NSW, and opening address from CEO of the National Health of Medical Research Council, Professor Anne Kelso AO, this year’s Forum will consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical innovation in NSW, and the implications for enhancing research translation in our health services. Register now.
Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th August2022 Global Summit: Nanotechnology for a Healthier and Sustainable Future
The International Network for Sustainable Nano (N4SNano) is proud to announce the Global Summit 2022 on Nanotechnology for a Healthier and Sustainable Future, focusing on UN SDG#3 Good Health and Well-being, to be held at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Further information can be found here. Tuesday 27th - Wednesday 28th September, 9am - 5pm (MYT)
Monash Initiate 2022: International Health Science and Technology Conference
This conference will be held virtually for two days with an aim to provide a platform to researchers, academics and postgraduate students globally to communicate their research findings. Register here.
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Diong, J, Carden, PC, O'Sullivan, K, Sherrington, C, Reed, DS (2022). Eccentric exercise improves joint flexibility in adults: A systematic review update and meta-analysis. Musculoskelet Sci Pract, 60:102556. Hammond, T., Lampe, L., Campbell, A., Perisic, S. and Brakoulias, V., 2021. Psychoeducational Social Anxiety Mobile Apps: Systematic Search in App Stores, Content Analysis, and Evaluation. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 9(9), p.e26603. U Naseem, J Kim, M Khushi, AG Dunn (2022) Robust identification of figurative language in personal health mentions on Twitter, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. doi: 10.1109/TAI.2022.3175469
R Bashir, AG Dunn (2022) Characteristics of clinical trials associated with early results reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov, Contemporary Clinical Trials, 117:106785. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106785
U Naseem, AG Dunn, M Khushi, J Kim (2022) Benchmarking for Biomedical Natural Language Processing Tasks with a Domain Specific ALBERT, BMC Bioinformatics, 23:144. doi: 10.1186/s12859-022-04688-w
H-M Lim, AG Dunn, J-R Lim, A Abdullah, CJ Ng (2022) Association between online health information-seeking and medication adherence: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Digital Health. doi: 10.1177/20552076221097784
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