2008

Craig Anderson

  • 'The Australian experience in the INTERACT trial’ in the session on. Updates on Trials in Intracerebral hemorrhage', American Heart Association (AHA) International Stroke Conference (New Orleans, February 2008).
  • 'Blood pressure lowering in acute intracerebral haemorrhage - the INTERACT trial.', Advances in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (Melbourne, Australia, July 2008)
  • 'Blood pressure lowering treatment for intracerebral haemorrhage. Interventional Management of Stroke III - IMSIII Update (New Orleans, USA, February, 2008).
  • 'Cognitive decline and MRI substudy results. ONTARGET TRANSCEND Americas - Regional Investigators Meeting (Chicago, USA, March 2008).
  • 'Large-scale priority-driven research projects that build regional capacity with a particular emphasis in China and India', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'The ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET). Invited Presentation', BI Satellite Symposium Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) 2008 (Adelaide, Australia, August 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET Results', ONTARGET TRANSCEND Steering Committee Meeting, Population Health Research Institute (February, Toronto, Canada, 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET Results', Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (ed.) ONTARGET TRANSCEND Europe - Regional Investigators Meeting (Sorrento, Italy, March 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET Results - Cognitive decline and MRI substudy results', ONTARGET TRANSCEND, Americas - Regional Investigators Meeting (Chicago, USA, March, 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET Results'. ONTARGET TRANSCEND Regional Investigators Meeting (Phuket, Thailand, February, 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET sub-studies to date. Invited Presentation', International Symposium in Cardio and Vascular Medicine in Asia Pacific (Bangkok, Thailand July 2008).
  • 'ONTARGET: implications of results to clinical practice', Satellite Symposium in The Congress of The Korean Society of Circulation (BuSan, Korea, April, 2008).
  • 'PRoFESS trial results', Advances in Medicine (Hong Kong SAR, June 2008).
  • 'Recent revelations in the therapeutic management of ischaemic stroke - Role of the renin angiotensin system for stroke prevention', Satellite Symposium 17th European Stroke Conference (Nice France, May 2008).
  • 'What we learn from the evidence of the largest trial of ARB: Results of ONTARGET', ONTARGET Transcend Micardis Evidence Forum (Tokyo, Japan, May 2008).

Vibeke Anna

  • 'Effect of childhood and teenage weight on adult mortality in women over 40, data from the Danish Nurse Cohort', 16th European Congress on Obesity (Geneva, Switzerland, May 2008).

Federica Barzi

  • 'Cholesterol in South-East Asia', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Soufiane Boufous

  • 'Factors affecting the severity of work related traffic crashes in drivers receiving a worker’s compensation claim', 2nd Asian - Pacific Injury Prevention Conference (Hanoi, Vietnam, November, 2008).

Carolyn Broderick

  • 'Fitness in Australian children with haemophilia', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).

Alan Cass

  • 'All they said was my kidneys were dead: Indigenous Australian kidney disease patients' understanding of their health and illness and perspectives on their interactions with the healthcare system', American Anthropology Association Annual Scientific Meeting (San Francisco, USA, November 2008).
  • 'Closing the gap: addressing the burden of complex chronic disease among Indigenous Australians', NSW Rural Doctors Network Annual Scientific Meeting (Sydney, Australia, November 2008).
  • 'Health targets for closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and nonindigenous Australians', Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission National Indigenous Health Equality Summit (Canberra, Australia, March 2008).
  • 'The IMPAKT Study: improving indigenous patients’ access to kidney', 22nd International Congress of the Transplantation Society Congress (Sydney Australia, August 2008).
  • 'The IMPAKT Study: That door is closed', 22nd International Congress of the Transplantation Society Congress. (Sydney, Australia, August 2008).
  • 'Improving health outcomes for Aboriginal people with chronic disease', 2nd Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH), Aboriginal Health Research Conference (Sydney, Australia, April 2008).
  • 'Working with populations in which there is disadvantage and inequity'. The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

John Chalmers

  • 'ADVANCE blood pressure lowering arm: morbidity/mortality results and implementation', Servier Satellite Symposium. 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Rome, Italy, September 2008).
  • 'ADVANCE Master Meeting I of the ADVANCE Glucose-Lowering Arm. Special lecture by invitation on: (1) Introduction: Rational and study design 2) Blood Pressure-lowering results (3) Current status and substudies', Servier International (Paris, France, April 2008).
  • 'ADVANCE Study: from clinical evidence to new perspectives in the treatment on hypertensive type 2 diabetes patients', 2nd Congress of the Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Vilamoura, Portugal, February, 2008).
  • 'ADVANCE Study: from clinical evidence to new perspectives in the treatment on hypertensive type 2 diabetes patients. Satellite Symposium', 2nd Congress of the Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Vilamoura, Portugal, February 2008).
  • 'Advance; Blood pressure lowering - background and rationale. Invitation to chair Satellite Symposium on ADVANCE', 18th European Meeting on Hypertension (Berlin, Germany, September 2008).
  • 'Advance; Blood pressure lowering - background and rationale. Invitation to chair Satellite Symposium on ADVANCE. ', XV Meeting of European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Rome, Italy September 2008).
  • 'Advances in Type 2 Diabetes: ADVANCE: A new era in diabetes and hypertension', 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2008).
  • 'Blood Pressure issues in patients with diabetes melliltus. Plenary presentation', 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2008).
  • 'BP Lowering Treatment Trialists Collaboration: Updates everyone should know', 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2008).
  • 'First presentation of glucose control arm of ADVANCE in HOTLINE session', XV Meeting of European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Rome, Italy, September 2008).
  • 'Improving diabetic cardiovascular and renal protection: results of the ADVANCE study', 18th European Meeting of The French Society of Cardiology (Paris, France, January 2008).
  • 'Management of Hypertensions; messages from recent trials', 2nd Congress of the Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Vilamoura, Portugal, February 2008). 'Meet the Experts, Masters Meeting', 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Rome, Italy September 2008).
  • 'New Insights from ADVANCE - renal outcomes. Invited Lecture in plenary session on Clinical Trials ', 18th European Meeting on Hypertension (Berlin, Germany, June 2008).
  • 'New results from ADVANCE', 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Rome, Italy, September 2008).
  • 'Rationale, study design and study populations', Baker-George Symposium - Advances in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (Melbourne, Australia, July 2008).

Tom Chen

  • 'Place of residence and risk of motor vehicle crashes in youth: the DRIVE study', 2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference (Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov 2008).
  • 'Self-harm and risk of motor vehicle crashes in youth: the DRIVE study', 2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference (Hanoi, Vietnam, November, 2008).

Leonardo Costa

  • 'Reliability of real-time ultrasound for the measurement of abdominal muscles' activity: A systematic review', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • 'What is the prognosis of chronic low back pain?', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).

Rakhi Dandona

  • 'Census Implementation: Update from Andhra Pradesh', GC13 Population Health Metrics Research Consortium Project-Wide Meeting (Bohol, Philippines, October 2008).
  • 'Under-reporting of road traffic crashes to police: population-based data from India', 9th World Conference on Injury Control and Safety Promotion (Merida, Mexico, March 2008).
  • 'Verbal autopsy data collection: update from Andhra Pradesh', GC13 Population Health Metrics Research Consortium Project-Wide Meeting (Bohol, Philippines, October 2008).

Lalit Dandona

  • 'Health systems framework and assessment', Research Priorities Workshop on Health in China and India - Comparisons, Lessons, and Policies. Harvard University and The Lancet (Boston, USA, March 2008).
  • 'Incidence of road traffic injuries in India: results from a population-based study', 9th World Conference on Injury Control and Safety Promotion (Merida, Mexico, March 2008).
  • 'Methods to understand and track HIV epidemics and measure results: epidemiology estimates and how accurate they are', XVII International AIDS conference (Mexico City, August, 2008).
  • 'New directions for public health education in low and middle income countries', Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) (Hyderabad, India, August 2008).

Joanna DIONG

  • 'Contracture after spinal cord injury', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).

Elizabeth Dunford

  • 'Monitoring salt reduction in Australian processed foods', Nutrition Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting (Adelaide, Australia, December 2008).

Simon Finfer

  • 'Albumin anyone?', Critical Care Society of South Africa, Annual Scientific Congress (Cape Town, South Africa, August 2008).
  • 'Common errors in published critical care research - Don’t get fooled again', Canadian Critical Care (Whistler, Canada, February 2008).
  • 'Fluid resuscitation', Critical Care Society of South Africa, Annual Scientific Congress (Cape Town, south Africa, August 2008).
  • 'Fluid resuscitation: what have we learnt from SAFE and SAFE TRIPS?', Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Annual Scientific Meeting (Sydney, Australia, May 2008).
  • 'Overview of Glycaemic regulation in the critically ill ', Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA) Post-congress meeting on glycaemic control and metabolic regulation (Kauai, USA, February 2008).
  • 'Preventing avoidable deaths', Critical Care Society of South Africa, Annual Scientific Congress (Cape Town, August 2008).
  • 'Reconciling the conflicting results of clinical trials: Should I be using steroids or intensive insulin therapy?', Canadian Critical Care (Whistler, Canada, February 2008).
  • 'Research in critical care', Critical Care Society of South Africa, Annual Scientific Congress (Cape Town, South Africa, August 2008).
  • 'Setting a standard for glycaemic control: we need more data', Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA) Post-congress meeting on glycaemic control and metabolic regulation (Kauai, USA, February 2008).
  • 'We don’t need bundles - Pro-Con debate', Critical Care Society of South Africa, Annual Scientific Congress (Cape Town, South Africa, August 2008).
  • 'Why are outcomes better in my part of the world', Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA) Post-congress meeting on glycaemic control and metabolic regulation (Kauai, USA, February 2008).

Marlene Fransen

  • 'Exercise and osteoarthritis', Public Hospital Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists conference. (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'OA hip and knee: latest research', First Bone Joint Interface meeting, Australian Rheumatology Association/Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (Sydney, Australia, June 2008).
  • 'Therapeutic exercise for knee osteoarthritis. The influence of direct supervision occasions on treatment benefit: a meta-analysis', European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) meeting (Paris, France, June 2008).
  • 'What is evidence and where is the base', First Bone Joint Interface meeting, Australian Rheumatology Association/Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (Sydney, Australia, June 2008).

Patrick Groenestein

  • 'Clinical perspectives on lipid guidelines. Invited Speaker ', Pathology Update 2008 (Sydney Australia, March 2008).

Javier Guzman

  • 'Tracking global investment for product development for neglected diseases', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Maree Hackett

  • 'Management stategies for depression after stroke: what evidence do we really have?', The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Conference (Newcastle, Australia, December, 2008).

Amanda Hall

  • 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of tai chi for musculoskeletal pain', International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Conference 2008 (Glasgow, Scotland, August, 2008).

Emma Heeley

  • 'Cardiovascular risk factor management in Australian general practice', Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (Melbourne, Australia, December 2008).
  • 'Role of health insurance in averting economic hardship in families following acute stroke in China', Lancet Neurology Stroke in Asia Conference (Beijing, PR China, November 2008).
  • 'Stroke care and treatment in China', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'What are the determinants of health-related quality of life after stroke in China? Results of the ChinaQUEST (QUality Evaluation of Stroke care and Treatment) study ', Lancet Neurology Stroke in Asia Conference (Beijing, PR China, November, 2008).

Rob Herbert

  • 'New methods for measuring length and stiffness of human muscles in vivo', APA NSW State Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Stephane Heritier

  • 'MM-estimation and inference in mixed linear model', International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS) (Antalya, Turkey, September 2008).
  • 'Multistage modelling of a cardiovascular trial by saddleppoint approximation', Australia - New Zeland Statistical Conference (Melbourne, Australia, July 2008)
  • 'A revisit of robust inference in the Cox model', International Biometric Society (IBS) Conference (Dublin, Ireland, July 2008).
  • 'Robust regression methods in biostatistics', XXIV International Biometric Conference (Dublin, Ireland, July 2008).

Stephanie Hollis

  • 'The incidence of mild traumatic brain injury in non-elite rugby union players', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November 2008).

Rachel Huxley

  • 'Ambassador Go Red for Women Campaign', National Heart Foundation (Sydney, Australia, July, 2008).
  • 'How many cardiovascular deaths could be avoided in Australia through small reductions in mean population cholesterol?', Dieticians Association Australia (Gold Coast, Australia, July 2008).
  • 'How to differentiate causation from association in epidemiological studies', Dieticians Association Australia. (Gold Coast, Australia, July 2008).
  • 'Implications for population-wide cholesterol lowering in Australia', Population Health Congress (Brisbane, Australia, July 2008).

Suzanne Ingram

  • 'Health and Indigenous Communities', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Stephen Jan

  • 'Health economics for non-economists', Association of Regulatory and Clinical Scientists 17th Annual Scientific Congress (Sydney, Australia, May 2008).

Meg Jardine

  • 'Indigenous access to kidney transplantation in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and USA', 22nd International Congress of the Transplantation Society Congress (Sydney, Australia, August 2008).

Rohina Joshi

  • 'Burden of vascular disease and its management in a rural region of Andhra Pradesh, India', Population Health Congress (Brisbane, Australia, July 2008).
  • 'Chronic disease and risk factors in rural India', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Fatal injury in rural Andhra Pradesh', Population Health Congress (Brisbane, Australia, July 2008).

Steve Kamper

  • 'Course and prognostic factors of whiplash: A systematic review and meta-analysis', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • 'Course and prognostic factors of whiplash: systematic review and meta-analysis', International Association for the Study of Pain World Congress (Glasgow, Scotland, August 2008).
  • 'Course and prognostic factors of whiplash: systematic review and meta-analysis', Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting (Perth, Australia, March 2008).
  • 'Trial methodology and patient characteristics did not influence the size of placebo effects on pain in randomized controlled trials', IASP Placebo Special Interest Group, Symposium on the Placebo Effect (Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2008).

Andre Pascal Kengne

  • 'Classical cardiovascular risk factors, 9-year's overall mortality among those screened for the essential non-communicable diseases health intervention project (ENHIP) in the rural health area of Bafut in Cameroon', 6th Scientific Congress of the Cameroon Cardiac Society (Yaounde, Cameroon, February 2008).
  • 'The Framingham and UKPDS risk equations overestimate the probability of coronary events in a contemporary population with diabetes', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November 2008).

Likhim Kwah

  • 'Contractures in the stroke population: Incidence and prognostic factors', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference -From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • ]'Incidence of contractors after stroke', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November 2008).

Serigne Lo

  • 'Saddlepoint Approximation for Semi-Markov Processes with application to a Cardiovascular Randomized Study', International Biometric Society (IBS) Conference (Dublin, Ireland, July 2008).

Luciana Machado

  • 'Can we help patients with acute low back pain?', McKenzie Education Day (Melbourne, Australia, May 2008).

Stephen MacMahon

  • 'Blood pressure and vascular disease: a global perspective', Hypertension 2008. 18th European Society of Hypertension and the 22 nd International Society of Hypertension (Berlin, Germany, June 2008).
  • 'Blood pressure and vascular disease: From observational studies to randomised trials and beyond', 2008 Cochrane Lecture (Green College, University of Oxford, UK, June 2008).
  • 'Blood pressure lowering with fixed combination perindopril-indapamide: key findings from ADVANCE', Hypertension 2008. 18th European Society of Hypertension and the 22 nd International Society of Hypertension (Berlin, Germany, June 2008).
  • 'Clinical Trials: interpretation. Keynote lecture. Plenary Session', Hypertension 2008. 18th European Society of Hypertension and the 22 nd International Society of Hypertension (Berlin, Germany, June 2008).
  • 'Hypertension - time to give it up? ', Sir George Pickering Lecture. British Hypertension Society Annual Scientific Meeting (Cambridge, UK, September 2008).
  • 'Key findings of the ADVANCE STUDY. Keynote lecture', ADVANCE: a new era in diabetes and hypertension. (Berlin, Germany, June 2008).

Chris Maher

  • '30 years of trivial effects in low back pain trials: why?', 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society (Perth, Australia, March 2008).
  • 'Building a research career', Macquarie University Department of Health and Chiropractic Advisory Board Research Symposium (Sydney, Australia, August, 2008).
  • 'Keeping it simple in an age of complexity', Rehabilitation: Reflecting on the past-positioning for the future. A national colloquium', Australian Government Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Department of Defence (Canberra, Australia, September, 2008).
  • 'Efficacy of musculoskeletal interventions and best practice', Rehabilitation: Reflecting on the past-positioning for the future. A national colloquium. Australian Government Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Department of Defence (Canberra, Australia, September, 2008).
  • 'Factors in acute and chronic disability: low back pain in primary care', Combined Conference of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Adelaide, South Australia, May 2008).
  • 'The Great Debate: Do clinical trials reflect ‘real world’ practice? What mistakes can be made when interpreting evidence? Why are some clinicians so resistant to change?', Australian Physiotherapy Association NSW Branch 2008 State Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October, 2008).
  • 'Overview of different clinical classification systems to guide the management of LBP', Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 of the Hong Kong Pain Society (Hong Kong SAR, October, 2008).
  • 'An overview of the evidence on interventions to prevent low back pain', Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 of the Hong Kong Pain Society (Hong Kong, SAR, October 2008).
  • 'Primary care management of low back pain', Peking University Health Science Centre (Beijing, PR China, October, 2008).
  • 'Update on diagnostic triage, accuracy of clinical assessment to screen for serious pathology and identify the tissue source of LBP', Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 of the Hong Kong Pain Society (Hong Kong SAR, October 2008).
  • 'Update on primary care management of low back pain', Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 of the Hong Kong Pain Society (Hong Kong, SAR, October, 2008).
  • 'Use and interpretation of outcome measures in clinical management of LBP and research on LBP. Invited speaker', Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 of the Hong Kong Pain Society (Hong Kong SAR, October 2008).
  • 'We all use the word evidence, but what do we mean and what is the significance? ', Australian Physiotherapy Association NSW Branch 2008 State Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October, 2008).
  • 'Predictors of outcome for subacute low back pain', Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia - 14th Biennial Conference (Brisbane, Australia, November, 2008).

Mary Moran

  • 'Impact of product development partnerships: lessons and general applications', OECD Global Forum on Development (Paris, France, October 2008).

Anne Moseley

  • 'Evidence for physiotherapy practice - an updated survey of the PEDro database', Australian Physiotherapy Association NSW Branch 2008 State Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October, 2008).
  • 'The first online international physiotherapy evidence database', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

John Myburgh

  • 'Achieving consensus for the use of vasopressors in critically ill patients', Asia-Pacific Critical Care Congress / Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Albumin is a blood product too - is it SAFE for all patients? ', Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine / Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting (Melbourne, Australia, May 2008).
  • 'Background for SAFE TRIPS: SAFE TBI', SAFE TRIPS China Investigators Meeting (Beijing, PR China, May 2008). 'Catecholamines in shock - is noradrenaline better than adrenaline?', Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting (Sydney, Australia, May 2008).
  • 'The Crystalloid versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial (CHEST): a new proposal for the CTG', Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Annual Meeting (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Fluid resuscitation in patients with traumatic brain injury', Network for Advancement for Transfusion Alternatives Annual Congress (Lisbon, Portugal, April 2008).
  • 'Global blood product use', SAFE TRIPS Investigators Meeting (Beijing, PR China, May, 2008).
  • 'Monitoring of the neurotrauma patient', Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress (Hawaii, USA, February, 2008).
  • 'A study of the trauma system and development of a model hospital research program in China', Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society: Clinical Trials Group, Annual Meeting (Noosa, Australia, March, 2008).
  • 'Trauma systems in China', Asia-Pacific Annual Scientific Congress in Critical Care (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'The use of albumin in traumatic brain injury', Fresenius- Kabi Advanced Course on Transfusion Alternatives (Sydney, Australia, April 2008).
  • 'What does a clinical trials group contribute to intensive care research?', Asia-Pacific Annual Scientific Congress in Critical Care \ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting (Sydney, Australia, October, 2008).
  • 'RENAL study update', Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Annual Meeting (October, Sydney, Australia 2008).

Bruce Neal

  • 'ADVANCE', 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Rome, Italy, September 2008).
  • 'ADVANCE: effects of a gliclazide MR-based intensive glucose control strategy on major vascular events', 68th Annual Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association (San Francisco, USA, June, 2008).
  • 'Advances from ADVANCE for patients with type 2 diabetes - blood pressure lowering arm - main results', The Baker - George Institute Symposium, Advances in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (Melbourne, Victoria, July, 2008).
  • 'Comparative effects of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) on coronary heart disease', The 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology (Nagoya, Japan, July 2008).
  • 'Dietary sodium and human health in China and the United States', Impact of Salt Restriction (Xi’an, PR China, December 2008).
  • 'Do we really need outcome adjudication in clinical trials?', 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (Adelaide, South Australia, August 2008).
  • 'Drop the Salt! Campaign Launch', The George Institute for International Health, Salt Awareness Week (Sydney, Australia, January, 2008).
  • 'Hypertension in the Asian-Pacific Region', 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hypertension (Sapporo, Japan, October 2008).
  • 'Is optimal BP therapy for CHD prevention different in men and women and older and younger people?', The 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology (Nagoya, Japan, July 2008).
  • 'New results from the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration - effects of blood pressure lowering drugs in different patient groups', Satellite symposium at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology supported by Mitsubishi Tanabe (Nagoya, Japan, July 2008).
  • 'Obesity the reality check. Is obesity associated with significant reduction in life expectancy?', The Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise Symposium (University of Sydney. Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Obesity, hypertension and other lifestyle health factors', Australian Nurses Cardiovascular and Hypertension Association (Melbourne, Victoria, December 2008).
  • 'The results of the ADVANCE study glucose lowering comparison', Tokhu University, Sendai, Japan, July (2008).
  • 'SALT! Is trying to reduce Australian salt consumption worth the effort?' Royal North Shore Hypertension Group Seminar (Sydney, New South Wales, February 2008).
  • 'Slowing the chronic disease epidemic in China', The University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November 2008).
  • 'Strategy Think-Tank: Healthy Food', Oxford Health Alliance (Sydney, Australia, February, 2008).
  • 'Time to stop treating hypertension', Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (Sydney, New South Wales, December 2008).

Robyn Norton

  • 'Challenges and opportunities for injury and trauma research in developing countries', Injury in the Developing World - From Prevention to Care. 12th National Health Sciences Research Symposium. (Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, August 2008).
  • 'Does trauma prevention work?', Austrauma 2008. Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Conference (Sydney, Australia, February 2008).
  • 'Principles of evaluation of interventions - Evaluating road safety interventions for health outcomes', Workshop for Multi-Country Study on Helmet Use in LMICs (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2008).

Anushka Patel

  • 'ADVANCE - results of the glucose lowering arm', 44th European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting (Rome, Italy (September 2008).
  • 'Assessing and delivering cardiovascular health care in Asia', 3rd International Conference on Asian Health and Wellbeing. Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation (Auckland, New Zealand, September 2008).
  • 'Blood glucose lowering in diabetes - ADVANCE vs. ACCORD', Kimmelsteil Wilson Meeting (Melbourne, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Diabetes in the Diaspora: a global perspective', Diabetes in South Asians Meeting. South Asian Health Foundation (U.K.), Royal College of Physicians. (London, UK, December 2008).
  • 'Heart disease in women - are we treating it properly?', Women’s Health Update (Sydney, Australia , February 2008).
  • 'Hypertension - what’s in a name?', Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome in the New Millenium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Intensive blood glucose control in diabetes - ADVANCE', Clinical Trials symposium. 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. (Adelaide, Australia, August 2008).
  • 'Intensive glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes - the results of the ADVANCE trial in context', The Rui-Jin 3rd International Endocrine Symposium (Shanghai, PR China, October 2008).
  • 'Predicting risk in diabetes', Advances in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine. Plenary Session (Melbourne, Australia, July 2008).
  • 'The real deal on tight glucose control', NSW Cardiac Retreat (Leura, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Results of the glucose lowering arm of ADVANCE', 68th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association. (San Francisco, USA, June 2008).
  • 'Risks of cardiovascular events and effects of routine blood pressure lowering among patients with type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation - results of the ADVANCE study', Clinical Trial Update Session. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008 (Munich, Germany, September 2008).
  • 'The role of beta blockers in cardiovascular therapeutics in 2008 - the evidence for hypertension', Clinical Trials symposium. 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (Adelaide, Australia, August 2008).
  • 'Strengthening health systems to improve control of common serious diseases and injuries. Chair', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'What clinical trials do we need in diabetes? ', International Diabetes Federation - Western Pacific Forum (Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2008).

David Peiris

  • 'Equity in access to treatment - Kanyini Collaboration for indigenous health', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Teresa Senserrick

  • 'Burden of injury in the Asia-Pacific region: Research in progress at The George Institute, Sydney Australia', National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Institutes of Health, Washington DC, August, 2008).
  • 'Development and evaluation of a driver education and training program to reduce novice driver crashes in China', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).
  • 'Motivating behaviour change among young drivers: recent findings on developmental issues and the role of parents', High Risk Road Users: Motivating Behaviour Change, What Works and What Doesn't Work? (Brisbane, Queensland, September 2008).
  • 'Response to Staysafe inquiry on young driver education and training', Presentation for the Australasian College of Road Safety to the Parliament of New South Wales Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety (Sydney, Australia February, 2008). [Group presentation to parliament].
  • 'Young novice drivers: crash risk factors and successful interventions', The George Institute China (Beijing, PR China, July 2008).

Cathie Sherrington

  • 'Is it inactivity rather than ageing that causes disability in older people?', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference- From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • 'What works in exercise to prevent falls and injuries', 3rd Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention (ANZFP) Conference (Melbourne, Australia, October 2008).

Rob Smeets

  • 'Chronic low back pain treatment. What do we learn from recent research and how should we move on? ', Pain, Mind, and Movement II, an official satellite symposium of the XII World Congress on Pain held jointly with The Irish Pain Society, chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 8th Annual Scientific Meeting (Dublin, Ireland, August, 2008).
  • 'Exposure in vivo versus operant graded activity in chronic low back pain patients: results of a randomized controlled trial', 12th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (Glasgow, Scotland, August 2008).
  • 'A rehabilitation medicine point of view regarding the Fear-Avoidance model during multidisciplinary forum on Difficult Cases Or Conditions: To Fear Or Not To Fear', Pain, Mind, and Movement II, an official satellite symposium of the XII World Congress on Pain held jointly with The Irish Pain Society, chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 8th Annual Scientific Meeting (Dublin, Ireland, August, 2008).
  • 'The relationship between psychosocial distress and disability assessed by the SCL-90-R and RMDQ in patients with chronic low back six pain rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands', 12th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (Glasgow, Scotland, August 2008).
  • 'The relationship between psychosocial distress and disability assessed by the SCL-90-R and RMDQ in patients with chronic low back six pain rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands', 12th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (Glasgow, Scotland, August 2008).
  • 'What is the influence of the fear-avoidance model on the reduced aerobic fitness in chronic low back pain? ', 12th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (Glasgow, Scotland, August 2008).

Tasha Stanton

  • 'Definitions of recurrence of an episode of low back pain: A systematic review', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • 'Definitions of recurrence of an episode of low back pain: A systematic review', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).

Mark Stevenson

  • 'The China Seat Belt Intervention', 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Merida, Mexico, March 2008).
  • 'Injury and globalization', 2nd Asia-Pacific Injury Prevention Conference (Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2008).
  • 'Invited lecture on Injury Research and the impact of globalization', 9th World Conference on Injury Control and Safety Promotion (Merida, Mexico, March, 2008).
  • 'Road Safety Engagement in the Asia Pacific', Policy and Practice. Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (Adelaide, Australia, November 2008).

Steve Su

  • 'Fitting Generalised Lambda Distribution to data via Quantile Matching Method', A conference at the Department of Mathematics 'In honor of Professor Edward J. Dudewicz', Carnegie Hall (Syracuse University, USA, July 2008).

Colman Taylor

  • 'The costs and efficacy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November, 2008).
  • 'The efficacy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services', Emerging Health Policy Research Conference (Sydney, October 2008).
  • 'Fluid resuscitation in intensive care', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Jacqui Webster

  • 'Consumer awareness and behaviour related to salt consumption in Australia: more needs to be done', Nutrition Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting (Adelaide, Australia, December 2008).
  • 'From the salt cellar to society: monitoring salt reduction in processed foods in Australia', University of Sydney Faculties of Health Biennial Research Conference - From Cell to Society 6 (Leura, Australia, November 2008).
  • 'A life for less salt', Advances in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (Melbourne, Australia. July 2008).
  • 'Reducing children’s salt intakes in Australia', Population Health Congress (Brisbane, Australia, July 2008).
  • 'Reducing salt in Australian processed foods - the need for government intervention', Menzies 3rd Annual Emerging Health Policy Conference (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Mark Woodward

  • 'Cardiovascular epidemiology in the Asia Pacific region', Welch Cener, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA, March 2008).
  • '(a) Cardiovascular epidemiology: East v West (b) Dyslipidaemia: Burden on cardiovascular disease (c) ADVANCE: additional blood pressure lowering in diabetes', Medical Congress on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty’s 80th birthday anniversary. (Bangkok, Thailand, January 2008). '
  • Evidence for routine blood pressure lowering amongst patients with diabetes', Shiga University of Medical Science, Department of Health Science (Shiga, Japan, March 2008).

Du Xin

  • 'Cardiovascular management in Chinese hospitals', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).

Wu Yangfeng

  • 'Cardiovascular Disease in China: The State of Art. Translationnal and clinical research in France and China', Sino-French Forum (Guangzhou, PR China, March 2008).

Sophia Zoungas

  • 'The world’s largest study of Type 2 diabetes treatments', The George Institute Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) Symposium (Sydney, Australia, October 2008).