Professor Uwe Dulleck: health economics and health inequities
Professor Uwe Dulleck, Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, spoke at the AAHMS 2023 Annual Meeting on the role of health economics and behaviour change in understanding and improving health inequities.
Driving health equity: Professor James Ward
Professor James Ward of UQ’s Poche Centre for Indigenous Health delivered the keynote at the Academy’s 2023 Annual Meeting.
Panel: Australian health horizons
The outcome of this session was to explore big ideas in health, research and innovation – and ask how they will impact the community in the coming decades. The session reflected on the outcomes of recent Academy policy projects, including the Health Horizons Forum, which looked at topics including mental health and preventative health, with […]
Panel: Accelerating health equity among First Nations communities
This session addressed key issues that are hindering health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which need to be addressed to Close the Gap, including the determinants of health, racism and self-determination. This session was recorded at our 2023 Annual Meeting. Session Chair: Professor David Whiteman Panel discussion: Cleveland Fagan, Chief Executive Officer, […]
Panel: Accelerating health equity
Recorded at our 2023 Annual Meeting, this session identified steps Australia should be taking to improve equity in health, including in relation to prevention and the determinants of health. Session chair: Professor Denise Doolan FAHMS Panel discussion: Professor Fran Baum AO FASSA FAHMS, NHMRC Investigator and Program Director, Stretton Health Equity, The University of Adelaide […]
New Fellow presentations – AAHMS 2022 Day 2
Four of our new Fellows from 2022 shared insights about their research at the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences 2022 Annual Meeting. Day 2 featured presentations from: Professor Sharon Friel FASSA FAHMS, Professor of Health Equity, Australian National University Professor Ian Freckelton AO KC FASSA FAHMS, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne […]