I mean, there have been worse ideas in the history of healthcare, but this is close to taking the cake... 'Shoot Bambi': NIB boss pushes to abolish Medicare theage.com.au/business/compa… via The Age

Pleased to present results from my latest study exploring low back pain in compensated Australian workers at #APATransform. Thanks to my co-authors ⁦@axcollie⁩ ⁦Ross Iles⁩ Shannon Gray and ⁦⁦Rachelle Buchbinder⁩ linkedin.com/posts/activity…

The risk of a claim for low back pain is higher than limb fracture. Check out my latest article with Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, Dr Ross Iles, Dr Shannon Gray, and Prof @axcollie in the Journal or Occupational Rehabilitation: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In their review, Di Donato et al. examine how and in what contexts income support systems impact the healthcare quality for people with work disability and low back pain and their functional capacity.bit.ly/3lA6qVb #PAINJournal #EditorsChoice

Very cool! A massive thank you to my awesome PhD supervisors, Prof @axcollie, Dr Ross Iles and Prof Rachelle Buchbinder!

And a massive thank you to my incredible supervisors Prof @axcollie A/Prof Ross Iles and Prof Rachelle Buchbinder . Looking forward to continuing our work in the future!

Also a big thank you to Monash Public Health for hosting an excellent PhD program. It was a great environment as a student, and now a great place to work too!

Congrats to our researchers who won Dean's Awards for Excellence today! The team at @evidenceCOVID19 , Chris Barton, PhD from Dept. Gen. Practice, & @axcollie Ross Iles @ShanzkiGray Michael Di Donato & @DrTLane from our Insurance Work & Health Team! Full deets: tinyurl.com/4thefmfn

Pleased to present our recent study on patterns of opioid dispensing in compensated workers with low back pain at day 1 of EPICOH2021. Looking forward to virtually presenting again tomorrow at 6am Melbourne time!

It’s #WorldHealthDay ! With our Monash University colleagues we’re celebrating our work building a #HealthierTomorrow by supporting resilient health services, thriving communities and healthy environments. More bit.ly/3DBCkdD Monash Research Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Michael Di Donato is talking about medicines for compensated Australian workers with #LBP and other musculoskeletal disorders. He is examining trends in medicines use and impact of policy #opioids #pregabalin #codeine #anzmusc2022

What happens when workers’ compensation benefits stop? First report from the Transitions Study explores transitions to Centrelink after workers’ compensation.

Have you registered for our next event in the 2022 Healthy Working Lives Seminar Series yet? It's on this THURSDAY 19 May. It's free to register! Head here to secure your spot: lnkd.in/gmpUAH3x

Join us for our FINAL seminar the 2022 Healthy Working Lives Seminar Series for the Recovery stream on Wed 1 June presented by Dr Shannon Gray (HWLRG) and Andrew McGarity (Fire and Rescue NSW). 👉🏾Register for free now: bit.ly/3Lsr1Xy

TOMORROW Michael Di Donato will present Report #3 in the #TransitionsStudy, the first Australian study to examine general practitioner, psychological and physical health service use toward the end of long workers' compensation claims, and afterwards. Register: bit.ly/3QAd5h0

Teachers found to have higher rates of #workerscompensation claims for mental health and assault-related work injury than the average worker. New paper from Fatimah M Al Afreed, @DrTLane, Dr Shannon Gray. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.inju…

#TBT to when our Healthy Working Lives Research Group won the 2021 Dean's Award for excellence in research (social and economic impact) for the COMPARE project, looking at the most effective ways to help employees return to work after a workplace injury. Watch them here 🎬 youtube.com/watch?v=t-eYP_…

Join the webinar on 'Long-term work disability: What happens after workers' compensation ends?'. Apr 27. Organised by the ICOH Scientific Committee on Work Disability Prevention & Integration (WDPI). eventbrite.com.au/o/icoh-work-di…