Yesterday, CSIRO Futures launched the report: ‘Valuation of increased coordination in Australian biobanking.’ In collaboration with research and government partners, CSIRO has developed a report that estimates the benefits of increased coordination among Australian biobanks and provides five recommendations to enhance the visibility, accessibility, and harmonisation of biobanking. National coordination will maximise the impact of…
PHRN is joining critical conversations about collaborative international research infrastructure at the 2025 Australian and European Health Research Infrastructure Symposium in Italy this week. Today, our CE Professor Rebecca Glauert is part of a panel session on industry and community drivers for distributed research initiatives. Fellow panel members include Jim Hennessy (Phenomics Australia), Peter Gray (Bioplatforms Australia), Jens…
Watch this video from our CROSS-Link WEBINAR to learn how clinical registries can help design a data linkage governance framework. Having such a framework will enable the routine updating of administrative data within Australian clinical registries while meeting privacy, legal, and ethical standards.Join this webinar to learn how clinical registries can contribute and have their…
Congratulations to Dr Scott Sims, Biostatistician at the School of Population and Global Health, UWA on completing his PhD! His research explored alcohol-related harm (ARH) in young people, using longitudinal linked data to inform policy, prevention and practice. ARH is a critical issue for young Australians, but hospital records often miss the full scope due…
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Congratulations to A/Professor Hannah Moore OAM and her team on winning a $1.5M NHMRC Partnerships Projects grant to lead the RISE Project! Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains a major public health challenge. The RISE Project team, from Curtin University and The Kids Research Institute Australia, will harness real-world data and advanced mathematical modelling to evaluate…
The University of Western Australia and the Population Health Research Network (PHRN) Board are pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert as the new PHRN Chief Executive. As Scientific Director of the Raine Study, Director of the Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas and Principal Research Fellow at UWA’s School of Population…
We recently celebrated 15 years of PHRN and paid tribute to our fabulous Chief Executive, Dr Merran Smith, who is retiring. Colleagues, old and new, joined us for morning tea and presentations at The University Club of Western Australia. See photos from the day and our flyer of highlights.
A new article in the International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) highlights how user experience shaped the key features of a national metadata platform for linked data collections. Developed by the PHRN, researchers now have access to up-to-date and comparable metadata to support the assessment of data collections for linked data projects. Lead author…
It is with a heavy heart we announce Dr Merran Smith, our Chief Executive, will retire in mid-2025. For more than 15 years, her vision and unwavering commitment have been instrumental in advancing Australia’s national data linkage infrastructure. Thanks to her leadership, PHRN has established itself as the nation’s only comprehensive network of specialist data…