Dear Colleagues,
Here's what you need to know as a SPARTAN this month! We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.
And if you have any news, events, recent publications or achievements that you would like to share with our network, please email us here.
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Connect with us on socials!Join the conversation and connect with members of our SPARTAN community using the links below! You can view our latest webinars and content on our YouTube channel.
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Helen O'Connor Symposium 2022: Recording and FeedbackThank you to everyone who was able to attend in-person or online at the Helen O'Connor Symposium earlier this month. We were able to raise $500 towards vital research for the Ovarian Cancer Foundation, so again, we thank everyone who contributed to the success of the event. If you haven't yet had the chance to provide feedback, you can do so here. A recording is now available on our YouTube channel for anyone who missed the live event, or for those who would like to revisit any of our presentations.
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EMCR Networks Showcase: Submit your abstract now!Wednesday 7 - Friday 9 December 2022, The University of Sydney's Camperdown CampusJoin us in celebrating the diverse and innovative work of early and mid-career researchers from across FMH and the University. Find out how you can either nominate or submit your abstract for an opportunity to present your research in one of the FMH Network sessions at the Showcase. Visit the EMCR Showcase webpage for details and download the abstract submission guidelines (PDF).
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Do you access health data as part of your research, especially from multiple sites? To help facilitate access to and sharing of deidentified health data for research, SHP and SPHERE have worked together to create a common Data Sharing Accord (DSA) to align data sharing requirements and processes among the partners of the two research translation centres. The SHP Board and the SPHERE Council are highly supportive of this approach. The revised draft Accord and Checklist are now available for comment. Feedback to these questions can be provided via the survey link. The deadline for all feedback is 15 September 2022.
Comments or questions can also be directed to: Angela Todd, SHP and David Jung, SPHERE.
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Get involved in the NSW Corporate Games!We are pleased to announce the 2022 NSW Corporate Games are back for 2022 on October 7-9.
We strongly encourage you to have a look at the sports, talk to your co-workers, customers, clients, family and friends and get your team together - tiny or tremendous... Learn more.
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SUSF Lunchtime Social SportHave an hour to kill between lectures? Looking for something fun to do in your lunch hour? Grab a group of friends or workmates together and compete in one of SUSF's Lunchtime Social Sport competitions. Running between 12pm-2pm on weekdays, SUSF offers a range of sports in a social yet competitive environment that is open to athletes of all skills levels. Learn more.
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Pain in 4D = (cells + systems) x time
Thursday 1 September, 3-5pm, SWHB or online, Learn more and register here
Register for the Sydeny Pain Consortium's seminar with Professor Mark Hutchinson, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and a Professor within the Adelaide Medical School at the University of Adelaide. Mark is also President of Science and Technology Australia, the peak body in Australia that represents 90,000 scientists.
Partnership & Professionalism SIG and Sydney Health Ethics: Academic and clinical bioethics - a way forward together
Wednesday 7 September, 11am - 12pm, Online, Register hereThis session will involve a panel of three FMH academics and clinicians, who will be outlining the current state-of-play in three areas of Bioethics, and some of the tensions that arise in the interplay between the three areas. The session will involve 3 x 10 minute presentations, followed by a 30-minute panel discussion.
Sydney Health Partners: Geriatric Medicine Clinical Academic Group Launch
Meet our chair Prof Sarah Hilmer (University of Sydney, Northern Sydney Local Health District) and our Leadership team. Learn about Sydney Health Partners. Hear from some of our Geriatric Medicine CAG Investigators about their current work.
Supporting systems approaches to accelerate progress on physical inactivity in Australia, The Australian Prevention PartnerJoin members of the Australian Systems Approaches to Physical Activity (ASAPa) team, as they present findings and insights on implementing systems-based practice at the population level. Featuring SPARTAN Co-convenor Melody Ding!
Miles Little Lecture
Friday 23 September, 2-5pm, F23 Auditorium or online, Learn more and register hereSydney Health Ethics invites you to the 2022 Miles Little Lecture with internationally recognised bioethicist, Professor Jackie Leach Scully. Jackie's lecture will be followed by a panel discussion to further address tensions between disability activism and disability bioethics and to situate this discussion in a wider context.
PhD Summary Series: Julia Blackford - Evaluating the role of simulation in the clinical education of physiotherapy students
Wednesday 28 September, 12 - 1pm AEST, Online, Register hereAfter a career working as a physiotherapist in private practice, Julia transitioned into a career as clinical education coordinator in the Discipline of Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney in 2005. This role evolved to an academic position and encouraged Julia to embark on her PhD journey investigating the emerging area of simulation in the education of physiotherapy students in 2012. Presented by the Waranara Network.
IRNET National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Showcase
29th - 30th September 2022, University of Sydney, Learn more and register here
The official launch of the National Network for First Nations Research, a ground-breaking $10 million program bringing together almost 100 leaders in Indigenous health and medical research.
ASPA 2022 Conferece
28 - 29 November, Deakin Downtown, Melbourne, Learn more.
Join us for two days of in-person networking and catching up with colleagues while hearing about the latest in physical activity research, policy and practice in our region under the theme of IMPACT. If you are unable to join the conference in-person in Melbourne, a virtual live stream registration option is also available.
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- Sydney Health Partners Geriatric Medicine Clinical Academic Group (CAG).
Three successful awardees will be mentored by leadership of the Sydney Health Partners Geriatric Medicine Clinical Academic Group to conduct a translational research project relevant to care of frail older hospital patients. Awardees will receive $5000 to support their research development. Projects must be completed by June 30th, 2023. Applications close 5pm September 16th, 2022. - Now Open: 2023 Sydney Research Accelerator SOAR Prizes, support early and mid-career researchers. This two-year prize aims to enhance your research program, an individual development plan and a structured mentoring program. Read guidelines and Apply online
- BISA Accelerator Research Program will support up to 4 projects over 1 year, targeting early and mid-career researchers, to work with Fudan colleagues on highly viable projects that will lead to tangible research outputs and impact at the end of the one-year timeframe (each awarded project may receive up to AUD 75,000 per year). Apply online.
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- HDR Candidate, Louise Pearce, is looking for rehabilitation physiotherapists and occupational therapists in Australia or Brazil to complete a 15-20 minute survey about digital devices in rehabilitation. We are hoping this survey will give clinicians a voice in future rehab technology developments. Learn more here.
- The ComeBACK trial aims to improve your walking through either health coaching over the phone or motivational text messages. The ComeBACK team is looking for people aged 18+ who have some difficulty walking 800m for any reason (eg pain, breathlessness, long COVID, stroke). Learn more.
- HDR Candidate Ima Strkljevic is looking for AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) registered physiotherapists in Australia as well as APA (Australian Physiotherapy Association) members, including physiotherapy students, working and retired professionals, to complete a 10-minute online survey about their involvement in volunteering activities, particularly volunteering of their professional skills in various fields of interest. Participants who complete the survey will have an option to enter a draw to win a $50 gift voucher. Learn more.
- Andrew Gamble, HDR Candidate, wants to hear your views about ACL surgery and non-surgical management. We need your feedback on a patient decision aid we are creating for children and adolescents < 18 years old.
Participation involves a 5-min survey and a 30-min online interview. Please follow the appropriate link below or email Andrew (agam1165@uni.sydney.edu.au) for more information:
> Health professionals who manage patients following an ACL rupture
> Children < 18 years old who have ruptured their ACL
> Parents/guardians of children who were < 18 years old when they ruptured their ACL
> Adults who were < 18 years old when they ruptured their ACL
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PUBLICATIONS
- Hamilton, M., Gnjidic, D., Christine Lin, C.-W., Jansen, J., Weir, K.R., Shaheed, C.A., Blyth, F. and Mathieson, S. (2022). Opioid deprescribing: Qualitative perspectives from those with chronic non-cancer pain. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.07.043.
- Han, C., Hancock, P.M. and Maher, P.C. (2022). Reconsidering non-specific low back pain: Where to from here? The Spine Journal. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2022.08.001.
- O’Keeffe, M., Kamper, S.J., Montgomery, L., Williams, A., Martiniuk, A., Lucas, B., Dario, A.B., Rathleff, M.S., Hestbaek, L. and Williams, C.M. (2022). Defining Growing Pains: A Scoping Review. Pediatrics, 150(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2021-052578.
- Pinheiro, M.B., Oliveira, J.S., Baldwin, J.N., Hassett, L., Costa, N., Gilchrist, H., Wang, B., Kwok, W., Albuquerque, B.S., Pivotto, L.R., Carvalho-Silva, A.P.M.C., Sharma, S., Gilbert, S., Bauman, A., Bull, F.C., Willumsen, J., Sherrington, C. and Tiedemann, A. (2022). Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12966-022-01318-9.
- Smith, J.L., Reece, L.J., Rose, C.L. et al. Improving access to public physical activity events for disadvantaged communities in Australia. BMC Public Health 22, 1542 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13981-5
- Tiedemann, A., Sherrington, C., Bauman, A. and Ding, D. (2022). Supporting physical activity in an ageing world: A call for action. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, p.100546. doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100546.
- Vella, S.P., Chen, Q., Maher, C.G. et al. Paramedic management of back pain: a scoping review. BMC Emerg Med 22, 144 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00699-1
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RESOURCES
Podcast - Join Gretchen Miller as she interviews IMH's Prof Cathie Sherrington on the Prevention Works podcast about the rise in fall-related injuries, the various risk factors involved, and what can be done to improve those CRE Prevention of Falls Injuries seminar recording now available. This seminar provided an update about falls in residential aged care from Prof Anne-Marie Hill and IMH PhD Candidate, Rik Dawson.
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