News Archive

Archived: Our talented team

5 December 2016

The Prevention Centre’s 150 collaborators represent a who’s who of Australian prevention talent. At a recent Investigators’ Forum, some of our investigators …

Archived: Dynamic simulation modelling sheds light on effective alcohol harm reduction approaches

1 November 2016

1 November 2016 Injuries and emergency department presentations caused by alcohol consumption in NSW could fall by 20% in the next five …

Archived: Integrate childhood obesity into routine healthcare: report

13 October 2016

13 October 2016 The long-term success of childhood obesity interventions is being threatened because obesity management and prevention are not integrated into …

Archived: Lancet series highlights liveability project

5 October 2016

5 October 2016 A Prevention Centre project that is addressing risk factors for chronic disease by making cities more liveable has been featured …

Archived: How to top the most highly cited list

19 September 2016

19 September 2016 Having good ideas that lead to innovative research is the key to achieving lasting influence in public health research, …

Archived: Enabling a healthy food chain for urban Aboriginal families

1 September 2016

1 September 2016 A new Prevention Centre project is finding ways to address food insecurity in urban Aboriginal populations – a problem …

Archived: Awards for public health research that has a real-world impact

17 August 2016

17 August 2016 The Sax Institute is again celebrating researchers whose work supports policy decisions that make a real-world difference to people’s …

Archived: Experts meet to map complex factors in childhood obesity

10 August 2016

August 2016 Researchers, policy makers and service providers have participated in the first of three workshops to inform the NSW Premier’s Priority …