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Faculty of Medicine and Health
Digital Health and Informatics Network
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DHIN Newsletter | Issue 33, May 2021
Dear test,
Welcome to the May DHIN newsletter. We have a full newsletter this month, with a number of opportunities and events which I hope you will find valuable. On Tuesday 25th May we held our first Digital Innovation in Women’s Health seminar. We are very pleased to be co-hosting this series with RANZCOG. Almost 250 people registered for the first event which looked at technology-enabled solutions in adolescent gynaecology, mental health, supporting reproductive health of people with intellectual disabilities, and nutrition and messaging through social media. It was a fabulous opportunity to hear how technology is being used across a number of fields to support adolescents. For anyone who missed it, a recording of the evening will be available to DHIN members, shortly. There are another two talks planned for this series, which we will be announcing in the coming weeks, and we hope you will be able to join us for them. Last Tuesday the Digital Health ECR Community also held a lunchtime seminar providing insight into recruitment in digital health. These sessions are run by a small Working Group made up of HDR Students and ECRs and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank them for all of the hard work that they have put into creating an interesting series of talks. You can join the community here.
If you have anything you would like to share in the next newsletter, 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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Member profileThis month we are very pleased to profile one of our international members, Denis Ssenyonwa.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m Denis Ssenyondwa; I have a comprehensive nursing (RN DIV.1), Public Health, and Health Promotion academic background. I have also undertaken postgraduate training in health systems strengthening, implementation research, leadership and management in health, from the University of Melbourne, University of Ghana, and University of Washington respectively. I have 12 years experience and spent one year (2011-2012) in rural Victoria and Queensland in Aged Care, sub-acute and acute areas. My current research focus is applying implementation science and digital health research to address chronic diseases and communicable diseases in health systems with special attention to equity. Continue reading
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Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health Corner
- AG Dunn, M Steffens, A Dyda, KD Mandl (2021) Knowing when to act: a call for an open misinformation library to guide actionable surveillance, Big Data & Society, January 2021. doi: 10.1177/20539517211018788
- A Fabbri*, C Hansen Nejstgaard*, Q Grundy, L Bero, AG Dunn, A Mohammad, B Mintzes (In Press) Association between conflicts of interest and authors’ positions on harms of varenicline: a cross-sectional analysis, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Online early. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06915-1
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Virtual Workshop: Embracing the Digital Future of Brain Health
The advancement of digital technology has presented new approaches to conduct neuroscience research and provided new clinical solutions to improve brain health. Bringing together researchers from the University of Sydney, Fudan University and the University of Cambridge, this virtual workshop consists of presentations and conversations on how digital technology transforms the way to address brain health challenges. It also invites industry representatives to give talks on recent innovations and emerging trends of digital technology that may impact brain health. The workshop will strengthen research links and momentum of the Sydney - Fudan Brain and Intelligence Science Alliance and promote cross-institutional multi-disciplinary research collaborations.
Date: Monday 7th June, 4.30pm-7.00pm Cost: Free event For speaker information, workshop outline, and to register, please click here.
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What COVID forgot: orphans of the pandemic responseJoin an expert panel featuring researchers in public health and bioethics, oral lifespan health, and Dr Brendan Murphy, Secretary of the Department of Health and former Chief Medical Officer, as they discuss the key issues and groups left unaddressed in Australia's COVID response. Beyond its immediate health impacts, the pandemic had also effectively put on pause important check-ups from our scheduled dental visits to cancer screenings, changed the delivery of education, affected ongoing treatment for people living with a disability and neglected all together the impacts on some groups in society. This discussion brings together leading experts in public health, oral health and government policy to understand the flow on effects of COVID.
Speakers
Associate Professor Melody Ding, The University of Sydney School of Public Health
Dr Kathryn MacKay, Sydney Health Ethics
Dr Brendan Murphy, Secretary of the Department of Health
Professor Heiko Spallek, Head of School and Dean, The University of Sydney School of Dentistry
Professor Robyn Ward (Moderator), Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Date: Thursday 10th June, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Cost: Free event
For speaker bios, and to register, please click here
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Research Student ProfileWe are happy to be featuring Emma Ho. Emma is a physiotherapist and researcher who is passionate about the prevention and management of chronic diseases.
Please tell us a little about yourself. I am an early career researcher at the University of Sydney, currently completing the third year of my doctoral research degree at the Faculty of Medicine and Health. I have a clinical background in physiotherapy and am currently the research co-ordinator of the Charles Perkins Centre Musculoskeletal Research Hub. I am also a member of the DHIN ECR Community Working Group. Continue reading
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Digital Health ECR Community: June Journal Club
The Digital Health Early Career Research Community is running its June Virtual Journal Club. The June event will be Chaired By Dr. Melanie Keep. Dr. Keep is a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. Her research focuses on the use of technology to improve health care, as well as enhancing the training of future health professionals using technology. The journal club will introduce attendees to Social Media research in Digital Health. This will be followed by a guided discussion of one of three journal articles Mel has authored on image sharing behaviours on social media.
Date: Wednesday, June 30th at 11am
Register your interest for the June journal club here: https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ee3an5xsRP9YhM
Vote for the June Virtual Club Article. The poll to vote on the June Virtual Journal Club article will launch on Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 and run for 7 days. To vote for your preferred article visit the Community Twitter Account: @DigiHealthECR
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VR Experiences Survey You are invited to take part in a research study investigating workers thoughts and knowledge about wearable Virtual Reality (VR) technology and its potential for use as a stress reduction tool in workplaces.
Please click on the link below to complete the brief survey (no prior knowledge required).
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Just launched!Re-Train Your Brain: A brain re-training program for young people who want to reduce their anxiety and control their alcohol use.
Re-Train Your Brain involves targeting unconscious mental habits associated with drinking and anxiety through cognitive bias modification. The program is designed as an adjunct for people currently receiving in-clinic treatment. Continue reading to find out more about the program and ways to be involved.
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Digital Health CRC and the University of Sydney update
By Dr Anna Janssen
At the start of May the Digital Health CRC hosted a national summit on Practice Analytics, with invited guests from key government and peak bodies in the Australian healthcare system. The event showcased Practice Analytics in Healthcare work being undertaken by the Digital Health CRC, which is an area interested in better understanding the use of data from disparate clinical sources to generate new information and health insights that lead to practice reflection by clinicians and ultimately positive health outcomes. Attendees discussed current initiatives and tools being developed to help health professionals and teams harness routinely collected electronic data, as well as priorities for establishing a national agenda in the Practice Analytics space. Continue reading
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Read, Watch, Follow...- Update: Don't forget you can update your member profile at any time by logging into the dhin.
- Read: Eight essential elements of digital literacy
- Read: Can we live to 200?
- Register: Introduction to social media for academics
- Read: Startup gets Epic Games' grant to expand VR training platform
- Join: Digital Health and Informatics Network has a LinkedIn Group
- Read: Future jobs in healthcare
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