Tag Archives: Health policy journalism

Academics need to make sure their evidence matters Academics need to make sure their evidence matters
By Kathleen O’Grady and Noralou Roos

An average paper in a peer-reviewed academic journal is read by no more than 10 people, according to Singapore-based academic, Asit Biswas, and Oxford-researcher, Julian Kirchherr, in their controversial commentary, “Prof, no one is reading you,” which went viral last year.

Symposium on Prescription Drug Pricing
March 8, 2016

On March 8, 2016 experts from the pharmaceutical, government, academic, medical and health care arena will gather at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for a symposium on Prescription Drug Pricing.

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT/CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
By Andre den Exter
November 19-20, 2015

Reproductive Rights, New Reproductive Technologies and the European Fertility Market

Navigating-the-Evidence-Communicating-Canadian-Health-Policy-in-the-Media Canadians care about healthcare — so why don’t we see more health policy coverage in the news?
By Kathleen O’Grady and Noralou Roos

For the last thirty years or so, Canadians have repeatedly flagged healthcare as the most important national concern and the issue they want their political leaders to prioritize. Surveys and studies and polls and panels — there have been plenty — all come up with the same finding: Canadians care about healthcare.

Presentation: Communicating Health Policy Evidence to the Media: EvidenceNetwork.ca
By Noralou Roos
May 15, 2014

Noralou Roos (Co-founder of EvidenceNetwork.ca) presented: Communicating Health Policy Evidence to the Media at “First Do No Harm… Second International Conference on Health Journalism”.

Presentation: The Importance of Evidence and Investigation: EvidenceNetwork.ca
By Noralou Roos
June 13, 2014

Noralou Roos (Co-founder of EvidenceNetwork.ca) presented: The Importance of Evidence and Investigation at “Holding Power to Account: Investigative Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights”.