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Keep up to date on the awards, media apperances and contributions of Wiser Healthcare Researchers

Krista Verlis 23/5/24 Krista Verlis 23/5/24

Prof Rachelle Buchbinder elected as a 2024 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science!

Krista Verlis 22/5/24 Krista Verlis 22/5/24

Prevention Works Podcast - How health literacy can combat misinformation and improve health for all

Krista Verlis 17/5/24 Krista Verlis 17/5/24

Prof Adam Elshaug elected as Australia’s member of the Scientific Council of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO

Krista Verlis 1/5/24 Krista Verlis 1/5/24

ABC iView – Pain Factory

Featuring Prof Ian Harris, Dr Adrian Traeger & Prof Chris Maher

Krista Verlis 10/4/24 Krista Verlis 10/4/24

The Conversation – Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm

Krista Verlis 4/3/24 Krista Verlis 4/3/24

Prof Katy Bell – Winner of the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award – Health Services Research (Leadership)!

Krista Verlis 4/3/24 Krista Verlis 4/3/24

Research Bytes – Are opioids more harm than help for back pain?

Krista Verlis 18/2/24 Krista Verlis 18/2/24

ABC News - Feminism 'co-opted' to market non-evidence-based women's health interventions like AMH 'egg timer' tests, researchers argue

Krista Verlis 15/2/24 Krista Verlis 15/2/24

The Guardian - Companies marketing useless health products to women using feminist wellbeing messages

Krista Verlis 15/2/24 Krista Verlis 15/2/24

The Conversation - Feminist narratives are being hijacked to market medical tests not backed by evidence

Krista Verlis 26/1/24 Krista Verlis 26/1/24

Prof Chris Maher appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM)!

Krista Verlis 22/1/24 Krista Verlis 22/1/24

The Guardian - You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea

Krista Verlis 22/1/24 Krista Verlis 22/1/24

The Medical Republic - At-home tests: most are useless, some are bad

Featuring Dr Patti Shih, Prof Katy Bell and Prof Stacy Carter

Krista Verlis 18/12/23 Krista Verlis 18/12/23

Prof Denise O’Connor Winner of Best Paper Awards!

Krista Verlis 1/12/23 Krista Verlis 1/12/23

Wiser Healthcare Researchers awarded $6.9 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants!

Krista Verlis 30/11/23 Krista Verlis 30/11/23

Congratulations to Wiser Healthcare researchers who shone at the annual Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) Awards Ceremony!

Krista Verlis 30/11/23 Krista Verlis 30/11/23

Dr Gustavo Machado was highly commended for the Research Australia Health Services Research Award!

Krista Verlis 28/11/23 Krista Verlis 28/11/23

Prof Chris Maher and Prof Andrew McLachlan and colleagues receive the University of Sydney Vice Chancellors Award for Research Excellence!

Krista Verlis 30/10/23 Krista Verlis 30/10/23

The Medical Republic - Dose cancer screening really not save lives?

Featuring Prof Katy Bell and Prof Paul Glasziou

Krista Verlis 18/10/23 Krista Verlis 18/10/23

Prof Rachelle Buchbinder awarded the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Outstanding Female Researcher Medal for 2023