2024 Virtual Conference

View the programme and list of speakers here

Session recordings

Day one: 

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Chapter list (slides are linked where available)

0:00:00 - Opening remarks & Karakia

0:03:51 - Prof. Ben Goldacre: 'Better, Broader Safer: Using health data for research and analysis'

0:48:13 - Leonid Schneider: 'Revolution now! (against science fraud)

1:22:05 - David Bilmer, a.k.a. ''Smut Clyde": 'Parody Science'

1:43:23 - Dr Brian Jones: 'Detecting Dodgy Papers'

2:03:03 - Prof. Andrew Grey: 'Complicated Shadows: the strange world of publication integrity'

2:24:38 - Prof. Shanthi Ameratunga: 'Addressing health intelligence gaps in monitoring and evaluating long-term recovery following childhood injuries.

2:39:31 - Giles Graham, Joanne Hewitt: 'Wastewater surveillance - COVID-19 to an evaluation for influenza and RSV'

3:01:00 - Matt Radford: 'Filling the gaps: using pharmacy data in Hawke's Bay post Cyclone Gabrielle'

3:22:05 - James Scarfe: 'Childhood scabies in New Zealand 2001-2023: an exploratory analysis'

3:42:18 - Dr Lynn Riggs: 'The relationship between multidimensional disadvantage, poor health and wellbeing.'

3:59:56 - Dr Kaaren Mathias - 'Opening up the 'black box': what strategies do community mental health workers use to address social dimensions of mental health?'

4:16:05 - Bernadine Williams: 'The wellbeing of children in emergency housing motels: service provider's perspective'.

4:35:20 - Frances Arenhold: 'Paying it forward - Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award makes an investment in tamariki and early learning environments.

4:49:12 - Giles Graham, Zoe Kumbaroff, Andrew Anglemeyer: 'The "Augh" in ARI Surveillance: mistakes and lessons learned from maintaining the ARI surveillance dashboard.

5:12:43 - Closing remarks

Day Two: The future of health intelligence & the implications of AI

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Chapter list (slides are linked where available)

0:00:00 - Opening remarks & karakia

0:01:07 - Dr Chris Skelly & Prof. Barry Borman: 'Public Health Intelligence: past, present, future: a personal perspective'

0:28:07 - Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith: 'Establishing in-house operational Intelligence for NPHS'

0:46:00 - Dr Christie Carter: 'The Public Health Surveillance Strategic Plan'

1:06:18 - Tara Swadi: 'The role of evidence at the Ministry of Health'

1:24:46 - Vince Galvin: 'The Future of Population and Social Statistics'

1:46:41 - Len Cook: 'Tracking the path of the population storm so we might know what to do about it in NZ'

2:11:07 - Dr James Greenwell: 'Checking the foundations of health intelligence'

2:33:37 - Prof. Richard Arnold: 'Arrival risk monitoring'

2:51:12 - Dr Osman Mansoor: 'A Substack on Tairāwhiti District Data'

3:08:54 - Prof. Alistair Knott: 'Use and risks of generative AI in healthcare'

3:30:15 - Assoc. Prof. Michael O'Sullivan: 'An AI-enabled framework for transferable pandemic modelling'.

3:47:25 - Dr Robyn Whittaker: 'AI governance in Health NZ'

4:07:16 - Dr Rooshan Ghous: 'A robust machine learning model for long-term survival prediction of breast cancer patients in New Zealand.

4:28:29 - Dr David Squirell: "Doctor, I can trust this result, right?"

4:39:22 - Closing remarks