The Breakfast Sessions give an opportunity for participants to hear informally about current issues in health care in Australia and New Zealand, meet the speakers and talk about careers in health services research and other topical issues over a leisurely breakfast. BF5 Meet the speakers Richard Cookson, Colin Tukuitonga and Suzanne Crengle Careers in health services research.
Speakers talk about how they got started in health services research and the challenges they faced.
BF6 Public health challenges for services and research Public Health Association of New Zealand Public and personal health services have uncomfortable overlaps. At times they have collaborated with research and implementation to produce some of New Zealand's greatest health achievements. Mostly they move in paths that are mostly parallel, in ignorance of each other. This session looks at current challenges for public health and where there are gains to be made from service and research collaboration.