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Faculty of Medicine and Health
Digital Health and Informatics Network
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DHIN Newsletter | Issue 34, June 2021
Dear Test,
Welcome to the June DHIN newsletter. As a number of States record more cases of COVID-19 and settle into lockdown, I hope that you and your family are keeping well. Many in our network are juggling school holidays, work, teaching, and research, and appreciate that your energies will be spread across a number of areas. For news and updates on COVID-19, please visit the NSW Health latest update pages. To keep up-to-date on the impacts of COVID-19 on staff, please refer to the latest updates from the University. Students can find the latest information on the University website.
A lot of the resources that are shared below can be accessed at your convenience, including the recording of the recent Digital Innovation in Women’s Health: Adolescence talk; and a link to a podcast for the panel discussion COVID-19: What we know now. Please put a placeholder in your diaries for February 14th -17th 2022, as we are pleased to announce we will be holding Digital Health Week 2022 with the University of Melbourne. And I also want to encourage all in the network to think about either nominating yourself or submitting on behalf of an amazing woman you know, for the Inaugural Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award, 2021. Take care.
With 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 Laura Simmons, who shares lots of great resources! Laura is the CEO and founder of Theratrak which was recently named runner up in the Australian healthcare week startup of the year and also NSW start-up of the year for the AIIA.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hi, my name is Laura Simmons, and I’m the CEO and founder of Theratrak. I’m also a paediatric occupational therapist. I’ve worked as a private paediatric OT in Sydney for the last eight years, and I founded Theratrak three years ago, partnering with an accelerator here in Sydney called SheStarts. I was frustrated with how behind the digital health scene was in the allied health space and was looking for a solution that would save me time as a clinician and improve outcomes for my clients to graduate therapy with the right tools and faster. Continue reading
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Recording now availableIf you were not able to attend the recent Digital Innovation in Women's Health: Adolescence webinar, you can now view the full recording from the evening. Please click on the video below. The next talk in the series will be announced soon!
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Nominations open for inaugural award
2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health - Nominations open until 16 July.
Telstra Health’s inaugural 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health award will recognise and celebrate the achievements of women in digital health while raising awareness about the opportunities in the sector and inspiring others to follow their lead.
This award initiative aims to recognise women in digital health for incredible achievements in mentoring, medical research, contributing to technology development, improving health outcomes using digital health or introducing a new digital process for the delivery of health and aged care. Read more and nominate
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Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health Corner
- A/Prof Melissa Baysari and Prof Steven McPhail will be co-leading the project Using decision support for more responsive care, better patient outcomes, and greater efficiency. This project is supported by the Digital Health CRC, total $1.5million.
- Hurzeler, T., Buckley, N.A., Noghrehchi, F., Malouf, P., Page, A., Schumann, J.L. and Chitty, K.M. (2021), Alcohol-related suicide across Australia: a geospatial analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13122
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NSW Health Translational Research Grants SchemeCall for EOIs. The NSW Health Translational Research Grants Scheme (TRGS) provides grants to staff employed within the NSW public health system. TRGS grants are worth up to $1 million and have been designed to build research capability and accelerate the translation of evidence into better patient outcomes, health service delivery and population health and wellbeing. For an application to be eligible, all projects must involve multiple organisations and be inclusive of other LHDs, NSW Health Pillars, PHNs and/or University partners. More information and deadlines can be viewed here.
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Research Student ProfileThis month we profile PhD Candidate, and valued member of the Digital Health ECR Community Working Group, Carlos Ivan Mesa Castrillon.
Please tell us a little about yourself. I am a physiotherapist from Colombia and studied at Universidad CES, Medellin. I also lived in Brazil where I did a Masters in Physiotherapy at Sao Paulo State University, UNESP. Currently, I’m working on my PhD in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney, Australia, and was awarded a Scholarship from the Colombian government.
At the University of Sydney, I have been working as a Research Assistant and Clinical Trial Coordinator for The Empower Study: EHealth to empower musculoskeletal pain patients in rural Australia; research sponsored by the University of Sydney, Australia, and Medibank Better Health Foundation. Continue reading
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Digital Health ECR Community Event: Research translation through connecting and working with industryThe webinar aims to explore different perspectives on research translation through connecting and working with industry. It will feature a panel discussion with individuals from diverse backgrounds including government, private enterprise, academia, and consultancy. Attendees will hear about the opportunities and challenges associated with connecting and working with industry, the importance of and the path to research translation, and receive tips about how to effectively connect with industry professionals and partners. Anyone interested in Digital Health is invited to register for this exciting event. To help guide the discussion on the day, we also invite you post any questions you may have on this topic via this link.
Date: Wednesday 21st July
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Register here
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You might also like
- Sydney Ideas | Kate Crawford: Atlas of AI
Tuesday 6th July, 6pm.
Hear from Kate Crawford, Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney and one of the world's foremost scholars on the social and political implications of artificial intelligence, as she joins Sydney Ideas to provide insights at the cutting-edge. Register here- Implementation of AI and Machine Learning Technologies in Medicine
DHIN member Dr Jingjing You is a topic editor for Frontier in Medicine Journal. Along with her co-editors, they have set up the topic on Implementation of AI and Machine Learning Technologies in Medicine and welcome researchers to submit papers to this topic. More information can be found here. - Cancer Research Network - Postgraduate Student Working Group HDR Careers Webinar
Tuesday 13th July, 3pm
During the webinar you will hear from five inspirational speakers: Sophie Scott, Dr Moe Suleiman, Dr Melina Georgousakis, Associate Professor Joanne Shaw, and Associate Professor Alice Motion. The speakers have diverse career experiences within the health and medical field and beyond. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions to help you navigate the wide variety of possible career pathways. Register here
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Digital Health Week 2021 highlights reelHighlights from the first Digital Health Week event! The week served as a showcase of the innovative work being undertaken in digital health across the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne, and beyond. This highlights reel showcases some of the conversations and interactions we had across Digital Health Week 2021, and how we pushed the boundaries of what it means to be a digital event.
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Save the date! Melbourne and Sydney will be back hosting Digital Health Week in 2022!
Please mark Monday 14th - 17th February 2022 in your calendars.
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Digital Health Week 2021 - Artwork AuctionDuring Digital Health Week 2021 our Artist-in-Residence, Dr. Fereshteh Pourkazemi, attended each day to create three artworks inspired by our conference and the ideas shared. We are auctioning two of these artworks, 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 supporters. If you would like to make a bid on one of these artworks, please complete this form with your details and your bid. Bidding closes at 11.59pm Friday 9th July 2021.
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Kintsugi (inspired by the unlimited possibilities of healing humans). The first art piece is from the 'In Conversation' Keynote on Tuesday 9th February.
Proceeds will be donated to Brain Injury Australia.
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When there is light, a shadow may follow.
The second art piece is from the Panel discussion ‘Digital Health Black Mirror: What if digital health doesn’t work?’ on Thursday 11th February.
Proceeds will be donated to the GO Foundation.
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Read, Watch, Follow...- Event: Program announced for 8th National Brain Injury Conference. Tue 20th - Thu 22nd July.
- Listen: COVID-19 What we know now. Over 12 months on, we are still living with COVID-19 globally. What has changed in the last year, and what have we learnt? Listen to the podcast.
- Listen: Wrong Tools Cost Lives. The British Government promised to create a “world-beating” system to track deadly Covid 19 infections – but it included an outdated version of the off-the-shelf spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel. The result was disastrous.
- Update: Don't forget you can update your member profile at any time by logging into the dhin website.
- Join: Digital Health and Informatics Network has a LinkedIn Group.
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