News for 2013

In this course, students will learn about the geographic nature of population and public health; how geographic data are incorporated into health research; key considerations in spatial analysis; and the applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to health research and population and… Continue reading about Online course in Population Health & Geographic Information Systems - enrol now for January 2014

18-22 November 2013 at the University of Sydney

This 5-day course introduces the topic of the analysis of linked data. It acquaints health services researchers, clinical practitioners and managers with the theory and skills needed to analyse linked health data. The modular structure of the course… Continue reading about Professional Development Course - Introductory Analysis of Linked Data

As part of the 2013-14 Budget, the Australian Government recently announced additional funding for the renewal of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The renewed NCRIS will provide $185.9 million from 2013-14 to 2014-15 to secure Australian researchers' access to… Continue reading about Australian Government announces the renewal of NCRIS funding

Research collaborators, partners, supporters and others with an interest in the 45 & Up Study are invited by the Sax Institute to save the date for their 10th Annual 45 and Up Study Collaborators' Meeting, to be held in Sydney on 11 October 2013.

This annual meeting is an… Continue reading about 10th Annual 45 & Up Study Collaborators' Meeting

The CHeReL has transferred to the NSW Ministry of Health to enable strategic alignment with the NSW Health and Medical Research Strategy and the Minister of Health and Minister for Medical Research's Bioinformatics Framework.

Record linkage services are unaffected by the move, but please note our… Continue reading about The CHeReL has moved

The Sax Institute's SURE Team will be hosting the next meeting of the 'Health Data Linkage Interest Group' at the Aerial Function Centre at UTS, Sydney on Wednesday 24 July 2013. The theme of the meeting will be 'Maximising the use of non-MLK datasets for health research' with presentations… Continue reading about Agenda for the next SURE meeting in July

The Sax Institute SURE Team will be hosting the next meeting of the Health Data Linkage Interest Group at the Aerial Function Centre at UTS, Sydney on Wednesday 24 July 2013. The theme of the meeting will be "Maximising the use of non-MLK datasets for health research" with presentations about… Continue reading about Data linkage user group meeting

The next Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) training session will be held on 13 June 2013in Sydney. This workshop has been developed to provide information on data management, data security and legislative and ethical requirements to support researchers accessing and using SURE and… Continue reading about Sign up for the next SURE training session

CSIRO, in collaboration with the Sax Institute, is currently investigating approaches to confidentialisation of outputs from research using linked data conducted in secure analysis laboratory environments.

The focus of the project is on confidentialisation of research outputs (not microdata) that… Continue reading about Complete a short survey

The next Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) training session will be held on 28 February 2013in Sydney. This workshop has been developed to provide information on data management, data security and legislative and ethical requirements to support researchers accessing and using SURE… Continue reading about Next SURE training session

The CHeReL is seeking applications from candidates with post-graduate qualifications in epidemiology or biostatistics for the position of Research Project Manager to assist researchers with accessing the CHeReL's linkage services.

For a full position description and application form go to… Continue reading about Position Vacant