Putting our foot to the floor: Mobilising data to accelerate real-world evidence generation
This year's Annual Symposium, held on 1-2 November 2023, featured an exciting program of presentations and panel discussions from MI-CRE researchers, consumers and policy-makers. As usual, there was plenty of opportunity to network with friends and colleagues from across the MI-CRE nodes and our external stakeholders.
One of the highlights of the Symposium on Day 1 was the plenary session:听Turbocharging real-world evidence generation for policy-makers: Lessons from Australia鈥檚 first national COVID19 vaccine effectiveness study. This featured presentations and a discussion by our guest panellists:
- Dr David Gruen AO, Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Dr Phillip Gould, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Aged Care
- A/Prof Bette Liu, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, and UNSW
- Ms Gayle Milnes, National Data Commissioner
- Ms Anne McKenzie AM, Consumer Engagement Champion
On Day 2, we were thrilled to be joined by our special guest speaker Prof Samy Suissa,听Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and of Medicine at McGill University, and Director of the Centre of Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, in Montreal, Canada. Prof Suissa presented on Observational studies of new indications for old drugs:听The good, the bad and the ugly.
Links to the abstracts and recordings of the sessions can be found in the tabs below.
- Program Day 1
- Program Day 2
Opening and WelcomeSymposium Co-Chairs: A/Prof Helga Zoega and Prof Sallie Pearson |
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听 Abstract Session 1A: Medicines in Pregnancy Session Co-Chairs: Dr Erin Kelty and Ms Kelly Hall 听 |
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| Annelies L Robijn, UNSW Sydney | 听 听 |
| Danielle Tran, UNSW Sydney | 听 听 |
| Bianca Varney, UNSW Sydney | 听 听 |
| Claudia Bruno, UNSW Sydney | 听 听 |
听 Abstract Session 1B: Opioids & psychotropics Session Co-Chairs: Dr Erin Kelty and Ms Kelly Hall 听 |
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| Kendal Chidwick, UNSW Sydney | 听 National trends in the use of medicines for opioid agonist treatment, 2013-2022 听 |
| Malcolm Gillies, UNSW Sydney | 听 Initiation and long-term use of opioids after hospitalisation or emergency department presentation 听 |
| Natasa Gisev, UNSW Sydney | 听 听 |
| Ramya Padavathy Radha Krishnan, University of Sydney | 听 听 |
| Claudia Bruno, UNSW Sydney | 听 Expanded access to publicly subsidised lisdexamfetamine treatment for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an interrupted time series analysis 听 |
听 Abstract Session 2A: Cardiometabolic medicines and more Session Co-Chairs: Dr Claire Deakin and Dr Ben Daniels 听 |
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| Masako Araki, UNSW Sydney | 听 Cardiovascular medicine use in adults with ADHD: a nationwide study in Australia 听 |
| Tamara Milder, UNSW Sydney | 听 Patterns and timing of add-on anti-hyperglycaemic medicines after initiating metformin 听 |
| Lan Kelly, University of South Australia | 听 听 |
| Lachlan Dalli, Monash University | 听 听 |
| Jack Janetzki, University of South Australia | 听 What 鈥減roof鈥 is in the pudding? Integrating methodologies for adverse event signal detection 听 |
听 Abstract Session 2B: Biologics Session Co-Chairs: Dr Claire Deakin and Dr Ben Daniels 听 |
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| Katherine Duszynski, University of South Australia | 听 Burden of biologic medicines in the Australian population 听 |
| Kelly Hall, University of South Autralia | 听 Visualised dispensing: An interactive app to monitor biologic medicine dispensing in Australia 听 |
| Jodie Hillen, University of South Australia | 听 The impact of biosimilars on biologic medicines market in Australia: Medicines policy in action 听 |
| Jun Ni Ho, University of South Australia | 听 Uptake and Australian cohort characteristics for innovative migraine prophylactic medicines 听 |
听 Plenary: Turbocharging real-world evidence generation for policy-makers: Lessons from Australia鈥檚 first national COVID19 vaccine effectiveness study Guest panel: David Gruen AO, Phillip Gould, Bette Liu, Gayle Milnes, Anne McKenzie AM Session Co-Chairs: Prof Sallie Pearson and Prof Michael Kidd AO 听 |
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听 Awards Ceremony Session Co-Chairs: Prof Nicole Pratt and Dr Chrianna Bharat 听 |
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听 Consumer Involvement 鈥 You CAN ask that! Guest Panel: Dr Erin Kelty, Ms Danielle Russell, Ms Jan Donovan, Prof Natasha Nassar, Prof David Preen, Dr Natasha Donnolley, Prof Sallie Pearson Session Chair: Ms Anne McKenzie AM 听 |
听 Guest presentation: Observational studies of new indications for old drugs: The good, the bad and the ugly. 听 Guest Speaker: Professor Samy Suissa 听 |