News & Events
Recent news
Freddy Sitas has been listed as a field leader in “oncology” as determined by The Australian
Freddy Sitas has been listed as a field leader in “oncology” as determined by The Australian newspaper:
2020 Research Priorities Webinar - Research Priorities for Central and Eastern Sydney
Thirty-five people attended the two-hour research priorities webinar on Wednesday 2 September 2020 organised by the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW in collaboration with Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN).
CPHCE Annual Report 2019 has been released
CPHCE Annual Report 2019 has been released. The report showcases the Centre's achievements, teaching, management and research projects in 2019.
Events
CPHCE Annual Forum 2020
Team Live
The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW, will be holding its Annual Forum via ‘Teams Live’ on Wednesday 16 September 2020 from 9am to 12 noon.
Research Priorities Forum - Research Priorities for Central and Eastern Sydney
Zoom Webinar
The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW in collaboration with Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN) invite you to attend our half day research priorities forum.
COVID-19 and Smoking – Prevention, outcomes and care
Seminar is available by clicking on Teams Meeting Link available under Further info URL
Smoking has been causally linked to greater incidence of infectious respiratory diseases in the US Surgeon General’s report of 2004 and more recently with SARS, MERS and H1N1 and often linked to poorer outcomes. While the benefits of smoking cessation in ‘well populations’ have been well recognised, there is emerging evidence that smoking cessation at any stage, post serious disease, provides significant survival benefits. Yet the role of smoking and cessation in infectious respiratory disease has been largely overlooked.
