The new CEO of the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA), Mark Diamond, has a few questions for health leaders ahead of the 6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium in Canberra next... Read more
In the spirit of the season, Croakey has compiled a special publication for our readers – highlights from our extensive coverage of health conferences during 2017. We hope you find it... Read more
Please download, read and share this report from the recent Research Translation conference in Brisbane, jointly convened by the NHMRC and the Lowitja Institute: #ResearchTranslation17. The... Read more
A standout session at the recent 6th annual National Health and Medical Research Council symposium on Indigenous health research translation, co-hosted by the Lowitja Institute, was a panel... Read more
(This post was updated on 10 December to include a response from Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt). Dozens of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic and end stage kid... Read more
The 6th annual National Health and Medical Research Council symposium on research translation was co-hosted by the Lowitja Institute and focused on how to translate knowledge into action for... Read more
**WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article contains images of deceased persons ** The second series of Struggle Street on SBS is again raising conc... Read more
Marie McInerney reports: The health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents is lagging behind that of their non-Indigenous peers because their needs differ substan... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Health researchers who want to make a difference for Indigenous people must work at the interface of two knowledge systems – the Western biomedical/bioscience approac... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Health researchers and institutions that prioritise publication rates and “stacking their CVs” ahead of the needs of Indigenous communities are perpetuat... Read more
