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Program

2014 Annual45 and Up StudyCollaborators’ Meeting

Meeting objectives

• To provide a comprehensive update on the 45 and Up Study

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• To promote and share high quality research findingsusingStudydata

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• To provide researchers, partners and other interested parties with an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas.

Study materials & publications

With permission, presentation material and papers from the event will be made available on our website:

www.saxinstitute.org.au

Please note: photos taken at the meeting may be used for promotional purposes.

Acknowledgements

We thank the many thousands of people participating in the 45 and Up Study.

Post: The 45 and Up Study PO Box K617, Haymarket NSW 1240

Friday 31 October 2014 | Aerial Function Centre | Ultimo | Sydney

www.saxinstitute.org.au

The 45 and Up Study is managed by the Sax Institute in partnership with major partner Cancer Council NSW and partners: the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NSW Division); beyondblue; NSW Ministry of Health; Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of Family and Community Services; and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

2014 Annual 45 and Up Study Collaborators’ MeetingProgram

Mr Robert Wells is Deputy CEO of the Sax Institute. The Sax Institute is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health to strengthen public health and health services research and increase its impact on policy. Robert works with senior levels of government and the NGO sector to build links between policy development and health system improvements and research evidence. He oversees the management and development of research assets including the 45 and Up Study and the SecureUnifiedResearchEnvironment(SURE),whichprovides capacity for researchers to access linked patient data for research purposes.

Mr David Butt was appointed CEO of the National Mental Health Commission in January 2014. David has 30 years of experience in the health system, much of it at CEO and Executive level. David was Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Health from August 2011, head of Rural and Regional HealthAustralia,andtheCommonwealth’sfirstChiefAlliedHealthOfficer.Thisfollowed15yearsasCEOof three major health system organisations: Chief Executive of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health and Community Care, National CEO of Little Company of Mary Health Care (the Calvary group – one of Australia’slargestnotforprofithospitalsandhealthservices providers, operating a range of public and private hospitals, aged care facilities and home care), and CEO of the Australian General Practice Network. Prior to this David worked as an executive in a number of positions in Queensland Health, including as Executive Director of Policy and Planning and for a brief time as Regional Director of Peninsula and Torres Strait health region. David is also a former Chair of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC).

Dr Rosemary Korda is a Fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. She is an epidemiologist with extensive experience in the analysis of large complex data sets, including longitudinal survey data and linked administrative health data. Current research includes studies on obesity and the risk of and costs of hospitalisation; inequalities in health and healthcare; and time scarcity and health. In addition to her research, she has a major role in curriculum development and teaching in post-graduate epidemiology and biostatistics courses at the ANU. She is currently a member of the Medical Services Advisory Committee Evaluation Sub-Committee of the Commonwealth Department of Health Ageing, the National Heart Foundation Health Equity Advisory Group and the ACT Medicare Local Population Health Reference Group.

Speakers

Associate Professor Freddy Sitas joined Cancer Council NSW in 2003 as Director of Cancer Research Division. Previously, Freddy headed the South African National Cancer Registry, and was awarded a Readership in Epidemiology by the University of the Witwatersrand. Freddy was appointed Director of the Cancer Research Division at Cancer Council NSW in 2003. The Division focuses on local and international causes and consequences of a cancer diagnosis. He holds Associate Professor positions at the Schools of Public Health at the Universities of Sydney and of New South Wales. His interests include setting up large epidemiological infrastructure studies, such as the national study on smoking on the South African deathcertificateandtheJohannesburgCancerCaseControl Study. He is the Principal Investigator of the Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk (CLEAR) study, and one of the founding members of the 45 and Up Study.Hehasascientificinterestintheroleinfectionsand tobacco play in causing cancer, with special projects on skin, cervical and oesophageal cancer. In September 2013, he was awarded the AG Oettlé Memorial Medal for his contribution to cancer research.

Professor Emily BanksistheScientificDirectorofthe Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study and a Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. Emily is a medically trained epidemiologist and her work to date has focused on large scale cohort studies (including the UK Million Women Study), women’s health, healthy ageing and pharmacoepidemiology. She is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicines.

Mr Mark Bartlett is an epidemiologist with experience in infectious diseases and the design and establishment of large scale studies. Since 2012, Mark has been based at the Sax Institute as an epidemiologist managing the Analysis for Policy program, aimed at assisting policyagenciestodefineandimplementresearchstudies using the 45 and Up Study to inform priority policy questions. Mark’s previous posts include as a senior pharmacoepidemiologist and team leader with the National Prescribing Service (NPS: MedicineWise) where he was responsible for a team of statisticians analysing PBS and MBS data for prescribing and referral trends and associations, as well as senior management positions in local and state-wide public health services, including Director of two NSW public health units; and Surveillance Manager of the Communicable Diseases Branch in the NSW Department of Health.

9.00AM REGISTRATION

Plenary - Part 1

9.30AM OfficialwelcomeMr Robert Wells, Deputy CEO, Sax Institute

9.40AM Welcome to CountryUncle Allen Madden, Gadigal Elder

9.50AM Study partner updateAssociate Professor Freddy Sitas, Director, Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW

10.00AM Keynote addressMr David Butt, CEO, National Mental Health Commission

10.40AM MORNING TEA

Plenary - Part 2

11.10AM The power of large-scale cohort data on BMI to inform decisions on healthDr Rosemary Korda, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health,Australian National University

11.35AM 45 and Up Study update: research, policy and practiceProfessor Emily Banks, 45andUpStudyScientificDirector,SaxInstitute

12.00PM Tailored research targets policyMr Mark Bartlett, Manager, Analysis for Policy Program, Sax Institute

12.25PM AnnouncementsMr Robert Wells, Deputy CEO, Sax Institute

12.30PM LUNCh

Parallel sessions

1.30PM CancerFacilitated by: Associate Professor Freddy SitasDirector, Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW

Cardiovascular disease and metabolic healthFacilitated by:Professor Adrian BaumanSesquicentenary Professor of Public Health, The University of Sydney

Mental healthFacilitated by:Associate Professor Fiona BlythSenior Adviser, Knowledge Exchange, Sax Institute

healthy ageing and health servicesFacilitated by: Mr Mark Bartlett Manager, Analysis for Policy Program, Sax Institute

2.35PM AFTERNOON TEA

Parallel sessions

3.00PM Parallel sessions (continued)

4.10PM CLOSE