Background
Much of this research is multi-disciplinary and is highly relevant to clinical practice and professional contemporary health service delivery in a range of settings and communities. This is supported by a rapidly growing research higher degree program and a continuing commitment to improving the quality of research outputs in collaboration with our research partners in the Faculty of Health and industry partners in Area Health Services.
The University of Newcastle JBI Evidence Synthesis Group is affiliated with the NSW Centre for Evidence Based Health Care, University of Western Sydney; and is made up of members from the Faculty of Health at the University of Newcastle. All members of the Synthesis group, including the convenor, have either registered or completed the required Joanna Briggs Institute Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program. 5-9 March 2012, The Joanna Briggs Institue, Adelaide, Australia Sophie Dilworth 15-19 November 2010, University of Newcastle, Australia. Professor Michael Hazelton, Dr Mark McEvoy, Professor Clare Collins, Lauren Williams, Carole James, Caroline Hills, Surinder Baines, Lesley Wicks, Tracy Burrows, Debbie Booth, Joanne Harmon, Wai-Yew Yang and Associate Professor Helen Warren-Forward.