Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm theconversation.com/evidence-doesn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating. Sending good wishes and peace to you.

Tonight we’re hearing about prevention of infectious diseases with A/Prof Meru Sheel at Raising the Bar in Sydney Sydney Health

What a shock: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. Male researchers brazenly described their priorities. '“Several said that they actively didn’t respond to emails, or acted in an exaggerated disorganised manner.'
kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

On this #WorldHealthDay , let’s heed the call for people-centred and tailored approaches. WHO/Europe’s Behavioural & Cultural Insights (BCI) approach can help us better enable, support and promote health behaviours that save lives and improve well-being.
#BCI #MyHealthMyRight

There are new flu vaccines on offer for 2024. Should I get one? What do I need to know? By Allen Cheng Allen Cheng theconversation.com/there-are-new-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

These are the best partnerships in research - decades of collaboration that just work. Vale Daniel Kahneman.

Daniel Kahneman, who changed psychology and economics forever, dies at 90.

Thanks for everything.

We remember him in 10 great quotes:

Watch what happens as Gates Foundation stops paying article publishing fees, shifts to peer reviewed preprints, & advocates for “low-cost digital publishing platforms”.

I predicted this 5 years ago!

Advancing Equity and Innovation in Research Publishing cgdev.org/blog/advancing…

Some personal news:

I've decided to step down as EiC of BMJ Global Health. Next week marks 8 years since its first issue, published 8 months after I was appointed its EiC.

Thank you for all your support over the years.

Here's a playlist to mark my exit: open.spotify.com/playlist/3s8qZ…

Come and join our team at USYD! Level B job: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXT… My colleague, Dr Kerrie Wiley, is seeking a part-time research fellow in the behavioural and social science of infectious disease and immunisation. Julie Leask AO Kerrie Wiley

Tweeps, when did I tell you about my cancer diagnosis? To save you looking back, it was AFTER I finished chemo. How long did it take me to tell my kids and immediate family? About 10 weeks after diagnosis. Why does it take that long? Get cancer and you'll know.

Here's a School of Public Health leading on famine in Gaza:
shorturl.at/syBJ0
Northern Gaza is on the brink of famine, as much of the population moves from “acute food insecurity” into “catastrophic levels of hunger'
#GlobalHealth