Conference Information

Invitation to Attend 

The combined communities of the University of South Australia and the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak take great pleasure in extending a warm invitation to you to attend the 2nd Biennial Evidence Based Healthcare Conference. The conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from October 27th to 29th, 2010.

This Conference follows on from the highly successful 1st Biennal Evidence Based Healthcare Conference, held in Malaysia in 2008. The issues and ideas raised at the 1st joint Confernece will be followed through at the 2010 Conference, along with exciting new topics and speakers who will contribute to an intellectually stimulating Conference.

 The Conference represents an outstanding opportunity for industry professionals across a wide range of healthcare disciplines to meet and discuss the latest issues and developments in evidence based healthcare, and expand their working knowledge in order to provide the best outcomes of patient care and medical treatment.

Conference Themes 

 The theme of the 2010 Conference, “Experience the Difference, Show the Impact”, embraces all aspects of evidence based healthcare, and the organising committee are developing a dynamic and diverse program incorporating a range of industry professionals and specialist speakers and presenters.

About the Hosts
University of South Australia
http://www.unisa.edu.au

The University of South Australia (UniSA) was founded on 1 January 1991 through the amalgamation of several antecedent higher education institutions in South Australian. Since then, it has quickly earned a reputation as an Australian leader in collaborative research, has been recognised nationally for innovation in teaching and has South Australia's largest intake of international students. UniSA is committed to educating professionals; creating and applying knowledge; engaging our communities; maintaining cultural diversity amongst its staff and students; and providing equitable access to education for greater numbers of people. UniSA has five campuses, each with a distinctive profile and offering modern and sophisticated facilities.

Division of Health Science
http://www.unisa.edu.au/health

The Division of Health Science is one of four discipline cluster Divisions (faculties) at UniSA. The Division of Health Science is located at the City East campus in the heart of Adelaide (the capital city of South Australia), adjacent to the state’s largest teaching hospital and medical school, providing excellent access to valuable resources. On-campus facilities include modern specialised laboratories and clinics including a Physiotherapy Clinic, Podiatry Clinic and Mammography Clinic, providing students with access to invaluable hands on experience.
Set in a vibrant, stimulating and interdisciplinary environment the UniSA Division of Health Sciences seeks to advance the health and wellbeing of the community through relevant and contemporary teaching and research.
Focusing on the science-based prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems the Division works closely with industry, government and business partners to educate professionals and apply knowledge to progress the delivery of health care in vital areas of nursing, midwifery, allied health and medical sciences.
Host to a considerable international community, the Division has a strong multicultural flavour and is committed to maintaining diversity. 

School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Health Sciences
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
http://www.unimas.my

 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) was officially incorporated on 24th December 1992 with a mission to generate, disseminate and apply knowledge strategically and innovatively to enhance the quality of the nation's culture and prosperity of its people. UNIMAS’s main campus is located at purpose built facilities at picturesque Kota Samarahan, about 25 km from the city of Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak. UNIMAS was granted the prestigious MS ISO 9001:2000 certification for excellence in its core management processes -- from the intake of new students to certification of its graduates.
UNIMAS comprises eight faculties, including the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences which opened in 1995, seven Centres and three Institutes. Among other achievements, the University’s Institute of Health and Community Medicine has successfully developed a candidate vaccine for dengue through collaboration with an international company, Bavarian Nordic.
The knowledge discovery initiatives at UNIMAS are premised partly upon the wealth of natural resources and diverse socio-cultural make up of the State of Sarawak, Malaysia. While UNIMAS is strong in biodiversity study, this and most of its other research activities are firmly based on contemporary technologies. UNIMAS commitment to research has already been recognized by the stakeholders and partners in industry by the provision of endowments for the establishment of eight research chairs; these include the Tun Zaidi Chair for Medicinal Chemistry, the Tun Openg Chair for Sago Technology, the Shell Chair for Environmental Studies, and the Sapura Chair for ICT.