Work with us: PhD Scholarships

23 January, 2026

PhD Scholarships – Integrating living evidence into adaptive platform trials to improve efficiencies within the research ecosystem Job No.: 689242 Location: Melbourne Employment Type: Full-time Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment Supervisory Team: Dr Samantha Chakraborty, Professor Tari Turner We are seeking expressions of interest from talented candidates who wish to apply for a PhD to undertake research enhancing adaptive platform trial (APT) design to improve...

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Expressions of Interest Now Closed: 2026 Lived Experience Advisory Group

18 December, 2025

  Applications are now closed for the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration's 2026 Lived Experience Advisory Group ALEC’s vision is a national system delivering up‑to‑date, trustworthy living syntheses of...

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Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the architects of living evidence

1 December, 2025

    ALEC and Cochrane Australia, with support from GIN-ANZ, JBI and NHMRC, invite you to Living Evidence 2026 Discover what leading minds are thinking Learn from an...

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Fighting outbreaks with FEEVA: New project could support faster approvals of infectious disease vaccines

23 July, 2025

Australian scientists will kickstart research into how early vaccine studies can safely support faster approvals of vaccines in response to infectious disease outbreaks. FEEVA (a Framework for Evidence...

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Co-designing a Living Evidence Architecture: Understanding the needs of our region

18 June, 2025

The two-day regional workshop in Jakarta began with warm introductions and greetings from each of the 36 participants and 15 team members.  Selamat pagi!  Good morning! Magandang umaga! ...

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Evidence-based Immunology

11 June, 2025

Immunology is in an unprecedented era of exploration. How can researchers and decision-makers turn this into meaningful impact? A new paper co-authored by a team from the Kirby Institute...

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Workshop to co-design regional health evidence architecture Jakarta bound

7 May, 2025

A leading group of researchers and technologists will gather in Jakarta on 20–21 May 2025 for a landmark workshop led by ALEC as part of our Monash University...

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Optimising implementation of LEAPP’s postnatal care recommendations

1 May, 2025

If you are a postnatal care provider or guideline developer and would like to share your perspective on this topic in a 30-45 minute online interview, please find...

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LEAPP launches world-first living pregnancy and postnatal care guidelines in Brisbane

30 April, 2025

Australia is a global leader in pregnancy and postnatal care after the launch of world first ‘living’ clinical guidelines by the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration (ALEC) and Federal...

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Survey Invitation: Platform for Living guidelines Usability Study (PLUS)

15 January, 2025

Clinical practice has been significantly enhanced by the introduction of living guidelines, which are consistently updated guidelines, published on an online platform and accessible to everyone when needed....

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Study Invitation: Describing Policymaker Engagement in the Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines

9 December, 2024

How has policymaker engagement improved your clinical guidelines? We invite you to spend 10-15 minutes participating in a new study exploring the different ways in which developers of...

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Shaping the future of maternity care with Dr Nisha Khot: the challenges and rewards of producing Australia’s first living guidelines for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

5 December, 2024

The Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) Guidelines Group is made up of Australia’s leading maternal and child health researchers, clinicians and passionate consumer advocates....

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Trust and reciprocity shine through as key themes of consumer engagement in developing guidelines

22 November, 2024

The ALEC Consumer Engagement Day recently brought together guideline developers and people with lived experience to explore innovative ways to engage consumers in all stages of guideline development....

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Shaping the future of maternity care: the challenges and rewards of producing Australia’s first living guidelines for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

20 November, 2024

The Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) Guidelines Group is made up of Australia’s leading maternal and child health researchers, clinicians and passionate consumer advocates....

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COVID Inquiry lauds Taskforce living guidelines as crucial to Australia’s pandemic response

1 November, 2024

This week’s release of the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry Report highlighted the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce as a successful and valued part of Australia's response to the...

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Lived Experience: Recruiting for diversity

11 October, 2024

Dr Annie Synnot and Alecia Staines recently presented a webinar for Evidence Synthesis Ireland on Lived experience in living guidelines: Recruiting for diversity. As it stands, guideline recommendations...

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Investment into national research agenda critical to advancing evidence-informed health policy in Australia

27 June, 2024

A new paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) this month sets out the case for using Living evidence syntheses to address key challenges of translating...

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