Annual Report 2015–2016

APPENDIX 6: HEALTH TRANSLATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Health Translation Advisory Committee (HTAC) advises the CEO and Council of NHMRC on opportunities
to improve health outcomes in areas including clinical care, public, population and environmental health,
communicable diseases and prevention of illness through effective translation of research into health care
and clinical practice.
The functions of HTAC, as gazetted by the Minister on 29 June 2015, are to advise the CEO and Council on:
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• major challenges, current issues and trends in health and health care, including those specific to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• priorities and strategies to address these challenges
• strategies to promote research translation into practice and policy
• promoting dissemination and implementation of research findings and NHMRC-issued guidelines
• any other matter referred to by the CEO.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE HEALTH TRANSLATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Members have clinical or research expertise and experience in areas such as clinical practice, health
services, new technologies including genomics, public health, health economics, evidence evaluation and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
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Professor Sharon Lewin is the chair of HTAC
MEMBERSHIP
Professor Sam Berkovic AC
Professor Yvonne Cadet-James
Professor Rosemary Calder AM
Associate Professor Clara Gaff
Mr Toby Hall
Professor Michael Nilsson
Professor Vlado Perkovic
Professor John Prins
Professor Steve Webb
Professor Steve Wesselingh
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