Cutting health risks
Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher is a population health researcher who has had a major influence on many aspects of medical practice.
Centre for Prevention, Implementation and Population Health
The Centre for Prevention, Implementation and Population Health uses intervention and service delivery to promote healthy behaviours and good quality healthcare across communities.
Led by Professor Luke Wolfenden, the Centre brings together a number of separate research groups to harness their combined wealth of research expertise.
The Goals of the Centre for Prevention, Implementation and Population Health are to increase understanding of and solutions for:
- reducing preventable risk factors for communicable and non-communicable diseases
- improving health and psychosocial outcomes for people affected by chronic and other diseases
- improving the effective translation of evidence into policy and practice by health and other services.
The Centre brings together researchers from a variety of fields to carry out high quality, intervention-focused health behaviour research targeting key public health issues.
Contact the Centre for Prevention, Implementation and Population Health here for more information.
Funding for better outcomes for elderly after hip surgery
With hip fracture posing a major risk of death in people over 50, a new study aims to establish evidence for improved discharge planning for elderly patients following hip surgery.
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Growing numbers of health students choose to “go rural” in 2021
The University of Newcastle’s Department of Rural Health has seen a significant jump in the number of allied health students choosing to go rural in 2021, showing the increasing popularity of rural locations among domestic undergraduate students.
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Smoking increases risk of complications after surgery, joint WHO study finds
People who smoke cigarettes are at a significantly higher risk of post-surgical complications including heart and lung injuries, infections and delayed or impaired wound healing, a new study has found.
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Pre-schoolers, teens and Indigenous women the focus for heart health research funding
Three Hunter researchers will focus on helping Australians have better heart health by investigating the causes, treatment and prevention of heart disease, after securing more than $385,000 in funding from the Heart Foundation.
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$10 million funding boost for local health researchers
More than $10 million has been awarded to further world-class, solution-based research at the University of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), and Hunter New England Health in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding.
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