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Ginny Barbour, Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia. Haematologist originally, Open Science advocate, editor. See @theMJA for MJA & InSight+ tweets
Sydney and Brisbane
Joined March 2017
This account is no longer posting here and neither is @theMJA. Find us on other platforms
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This @theMJA week's Editor's choice from @mariacinacio on Policy influential research covers new research on vaping, loneliness and its economic impact, and how social prescribing is not new but rather a long established Indigenous concept. Read here >> https://t.co/sBv2bTXzv1
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The 2024 Australian evidence‐based guideline for unexplained infertility provides clinicians with evidence‐based recommendations for the optimal diagnostic workup for infertile couples: https://t.co/bVXPgLtzSz
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If we are to offer accessible, equitable, cost-effective fertility services to people who desire a child, we need to align to best practice evidence
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Authors of an article published today in @theMJA and other key journals have supported changes in the revised Osteoarthritis of the Knee #CCS. Experts explain the stronger focus on clinical diagnosis and reducing unnecessary imaging. https://t.co/LYEV6T625w
@MJA_Editor #OAKCCS
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Here is our recent piece on “Social prescribing” another stolen #INDIGENOUS concept? published in @MJA_Editor @fi_cornforth @RosemaryWyber @YardhuraWalani Prof.Ray Lovett @NACCHOAustralia #FirstNations @creatingopps @CroakeyNews @ANUPopHealth
https://t.co/xnAAj0d8P4
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Click on the article title to read more.
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I'm heading to Darwin next week and am thrilled to be visiting @MenziesResearch where I'll be speaking with researchers & presenting Tues on "What makes a great paper for publication?" Register for in person or online https://t.co/9N5jZhKrYy & come and say hello if you're there!
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12:00 PM Tue 13 Aug at JMB Auditorium, Menzies School of Health Research, Tiwi, NT. We’re delighted to be joined in-person by Professor Virginia (Ginny) Barbour, Editor-in-Chief of the Medical...
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.@CDC has issued its long awaited-update on the pandemic risk posed by the #H5N1 #birdflu virus circulating in dairy cows. It's up a bit from the last H5 risk assessment CDC conducted, but is still in the lower half of the moderate risk range.
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The CDC's latest estimate slightly increased the risk the H5N1 bird flu virus could trigger a pandemic — but the agency still says the risk to the general public is low.
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We are excited to welcome Professor Virginia Barbour, Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia, to the Darwin office for her Guest Presentation "What makes a great paper for publication?". Happening this Tuesday 13 August at 12pm, please register via the link 👇
I'm heading to Darwin next week and am thrilled to be visiting @MenziesResearch where I'll be speaking with researchers & presenting Tues on "What makes a great paper for publication?" Register for in person or online https://t.co/9N5jZhKrYy & come and say hello if you're there!
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Submissions to inform the Aboriginal and Social Justice Commissioner’s agenda over the next 5 years close on 16 September. We shall shortly provide a submission and encourages other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders to do so. More info: https://t.co/wxtvobcxD1
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Thank you @MelissaSweetDr @LRussellWolpe for highlighting our @theMJA Insight+ paper in #TheHealthWrap - read about our @HealthLitLab research on CVD & COVID-19 here:
insightplus.mja.com.au
Up to 60% of Australians have low health literacy, which is associated with poor health outcomes. To improve health literacy, there are many ways we could provide better support for health professi...
#TheHealthWrap includes contributions from @Olympics @Simone_Biles @HealthInfoNet @carissa_bon @alexarmentae @stephenjduckett @BiancaMinnie4 @TheLancet @WesElyMD @CalltoActivism @CheriJacobus @imarajones @JasonUkman @sunrisemvmt & many others
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I'm heading to Darwin next week and am thrilled to be visiting @MenziesResearch where I'll be speaking with researchers & presenting Tues on "What makes a great paper for publication?" Register for in person or online https://t.co/9N5jZhKrYy & come and say hello if you're there!
stickytickets.com.au
12:00 PM Tue 13 Aug at JMB Auditorium, Menzies School of Health Research, Tiwi, NT. We’re delighted to be joined in-person by Professor Virginia (Ginny) Barbour, Editor-in-Chief of the Medical...
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The latest MJA issue is out now! Available online at https://t.co/ccsqH2Vmmf or as an eJournal at https://t.co/9nwTRl0hfu
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We're hiring! We have a vacancy for a Deputy Medical Editor to join @theMJA editorial team. If you're inspired by medical publishing, have a medical degree or or PhD take a look at our ad here https://t.co/OhqdlFaI65
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Important session #AMA24 on Strategies for decarbonising healthcare. Good to see Eugenie Kayak from @DocsEnvAus mention this 2022 paper published in @theMJA
https://t.co/09pOCaO4Jt
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Thanks to everyone who came along this session on #peerreview this am at #AMA24 - great engaged audience. Two resources I shared: @theMJA Reviewer Guidelines https://t.co/0BXDQIywwi and @Training_Goose peer review primer https://t.co/6aNBwQesuz
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Really looking forward to doing this! Come along Saturday am if you're at the #AMA24 National Conference
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Really looking forward to doing this! Come along Saturday am if you're at the #AMA24 National Conference
We're continuing to highlight sessions at our AMA24 conference and we are thrilled to announce @theMJA's Editor-in-Chief Prof Ginny Barbour (@MJA_Editor) will host a breakfast session on peer review for the MJA and other medical journals. Register now! https://t.co/BPeSo7a0w5
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Join Cardiothoracic Surgeon Professor Michael Wilson on this week's MJA Podcast as he discusses the latest in lung cancer screening and treatment: 🎧 https://t.co/avNsS5AH4j
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Flu on your mind this winter? A perspective in @theMJA by Megan O'Moore and colleagues discusses National pharmacovigilance of seasonal influenza vaccines in Australia. Article here https://t.co/5hqp7ar4dH and related InSight+ news here:
insightplus.mja.com.au
With millions of flu vaccines administered every year, monitoring their safety is crucial. As misinformation about the safety of vaccines continues to spread online, many people may be unaware that...
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Two papers recently @theMJA on #exercise at different stages of life Preventing falls & fall‐related injuries in older people https://t.co/cI4GXsiSXv Economics of a national anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program for amateur football players https://t.co/wlIhcmIWfK
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New research provides health policymakers and football organisations information that could assist decision making regarding investing in primary ACL injury prevention. https://t.co/fMJIr3i3nl
mja.com.au
Investing in a national, evidence-based program for averting ACL injuries in amateur footballers is economically justifiable
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