MTPConnect, the Lowitja Institute and the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation have released guidance to help those funding or shaping First Nations health research to achieve long-term impact.
Every statistician remembers when they were first asked for advice by a colleague or collaborator. Fifteen years on, these conversations are now second-nature and I have come to realise that my technical knowledge alone is not enough to build a career as a statistician. By creating space to strengthen leadership capability at our inaugural symposium, we hope to support the next generation on their statistical career journeys.
A simple improvement in oral care for hospitalised patients reduced the risk of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia by 60 percent, a trial of 8870 patients in three Australian hospitals has found.
Read our Q&A with Belinda Lange, who recently joined AusHSI as Professor of Health AI. Highlighting QUT’s commitment to advancing responsible AI in health, Belinda’s appointment forms part of an exciting cross-faculty initiative with the Faculty of Engineering to increase capacity and collaboration in Health AI.
New research published in The BMJ has exposed the sheer scale of fake studies flooding cancer science. Working as a “scientific spam filter”, a new AI tool developed by Prof Adrian Barnett and colleagues identifies cancer research publications that are likely to have been produced by paper mills, organisations that mass produce fake research.
In December, MTPConnect, Lowitja Institute and AusHSI co-hosted a forum bringing together health researchers, Community and partner organisations from Round 3 TTRA-funded projects, together with government, philanthropic and other funders, to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The Powerful Pictures study has been recognised for transforming cardiac care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Far North Queensland, receiving the inaugural Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Award at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Annual Scientific Meeting on 26 November 2025.
A new international study led by Dr Qing Xia and published in JAMA Surgery has found that bariatric surgery improves work productivity and employment rates in the short term—but these gains may not last beyond five years without targeted support.
Dr Bridget Abell, a Senior Research Fellow in implementation science at AusHSI, was presented with the Alan Goble Distinguished Service Award at the 2025 Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) Annual Scientific Meeting in August in Brisbane.
Recently joining AusHSI, Research Fellows Dr Angela Melder, Dr Kate Young and Dr Angela Byrnes recently sat down for a chat about health services innovation and what inspires them in their work.
