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Accelerating health workforce optimisation

Published on: 15 July 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT | Professor Stephen Birch is leading an intense multidisciplinary 5-year program to optimise the health workforce, redefining the future of work in the Australian healthcare sector.
Pain without pay: Injured workers take on insurance giants

Published on: 8 July 2022

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE | Queensland workers’ compensation scheme statistics show that, from 2020 to 2021, more than 94,000 statutory claims were made across the state, up 4.9 per cent from the previous year. Professor Luke Connelly comments on insurers requiring claimants to be reassessed.
New grant to boost Australian prostate cancer research

Published on: 6 April 2022

INTERVIEW | Associate Professor Haitham Tuffaha will use a Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia grant to investigate the value for money of prostate cancer genetic testing strategies in Australian clinical practice.
Positive outcomes for physiotherapy practices that engage student placements

Published on: 22 March 2022

STUDY | Research conducted by Dr Jonas Fooken and Professor Stephen Birch with 12 private practices assessed the impact of student placements on physiotherapy practices, indicating the hosting of student placements by private physiotherapy practices is mutually beneficial.
New future focused research to improve public health programmes

Published on: 18 January 2022

ARTICLE | CBEH researchers Professor Stephen Birch and Professor Luke Connelly are aiming to develop new economic models to make health care planning more future-focused and equitable.
Is Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) the ‘solution’ to end-of-life care?

Published on: 3 November 2021

WEBINAR | Five Australian states have passed Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation – but is it the 'solution' to current end-of-life care shortcomings?