The DHIN Steering Committee is made up of representatives from each of the University of Sydney health faculties, Sydney Health Partners, the Australian Digital Health Agency, eHealth NSW, Centre for Translational Data Science, Brain and Mind Centre, Menzies, Local Health Districts and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network. The Steering Committee meets quarterly and brings together key [...]
This month we profile PhD student Genevieve Johnsson. Genevieve is a psychologist with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) who is currently completing a PhD focussing on tele-health. Please tell us a little about yourself I have been practising as a psychologist with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) for the past nine years and am currently in the role of Senior Therapy Support - Innovation. My current [...]
Project Report: A Newborn Bayesian My name is Joseph Hanna and I’m currently working on a collaborative project involving members from the Kolling Institute of Medical Research (Kolling) and the Centre for Translational Data Science (CTDS). I’m a trainee biostatistician from the NSW Ministry of Health on a 6 month placement with the Kolling as part [...]
This month we talk to DHIN member and Data Scientist at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Jane Shrapnel. Can you please tell us about a day in your life? I have just started using this new app which tells me my energy levels, stress levels and performance. It reads your heart rate and variability from your fingertip [...]
This month the Practice Analytics Node profiles Professor Tim Shaw. Tim is the inaugural professor of eHealth at The University of Sydney and Director of the Research Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe). He is an internationally recognised leader in the impact of technology on healthcare and translation of evidence into practice and policy. He works [...]
This month we talk to DHIN member and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Aldo Saavedra. Can you please tell us about a day in your life? A typical day starts early with a nice bowl of porridge or fruit salad after either a run, watering the garden or bowling at the cricket nets. I am currently a [...]
This month we profile PhD student Ben Gill. Ben is a born and bred Canberran who moved to Sydney in 2017 to commence his PhD at the Brain and Mind Centre, as part of the Project Synergy Research and Development Group. He graduated from the Australian National University in 2016, completing Bachelor degrees in Engineering (Honours) [...]
The University of Sydney is a lead partner in the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre announced by the Hon. Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation. The Centre has a $112 million budget over seven years with an additional $100 million in kind contribution. DHIN Co-Chair Professor Tim Shaw will be the Health System Lead and [...]
By Anna Janssen The DHIN Practice Analytics Node hosted its first event at the start of March: the Practice Analytics Workshop. The workshop featured a range of speakers including international guest Associate Professor Rodrigo Cavalcanti from the University of Toronto, and Professor Richard Doherty from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Attendees got to hear seminars [...]
This month we are also profiling PhD student Audrey Rollin. Audrey recently arrived in Sydney from France and joined the Health Sciences PhD program in the Cyberpsychology Research Group. Audrey previously graduated with a Bachelor in Clinical Psychology and also has a Masters in Communications & Marketing. Through her studies, Audrey has had the opportunity to [...]
