News items & updates
ANZBMS Kaye Ibbertson Award for Bone and Mineral
Medicine
** Deadlne Extended **
This Award is named in honour of the outstanding career and major
investigations into skeletal disorders made by Professor Kaye
Ibbertson, and his contributions to the ANZBMS.
Eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must have been a financial member of ANZBMS for at
least 2 years at the time of the application.
- Applicants with a PhD or MD degree (or equivalent) should have
completed this degree within the past 10 years.
Award amount: $1000.00
Closing date has been extended to 12th August 2010
For further information and to apply see Kaye
Ibbertson Award
Posted: 28 July 2010
Christine & T. Jack Martin Research Travel Grant
2011
** Deadline Extended **
The aim of the Grant is to facilitate travel to undertake bone and
mineral research in any aspect of basic or clinical science. It is expected
that travel would be initiated in 2011.
The award is open to financial members of the Society, and preference
will be given to applications from members who are in the training phase
of their careers.
Applications up to $15,000 (AUD) will be considered, based on merit,
and funded with consideration of the proposed budget.
Closing date has been extended to 12th August 2010
For further information and to apply see Christine & T.
Jack Martin Research Travel Grant
Posted: 28 July 2010
Australian Health & Medical Research (AHMR)
Congress, Melbourne - 14-18 Nov 2010
ANZBMS is a participating society at the AHMRC meeting this year, organised
jointly by ASMR and a number of key medical research societies.
On Tuesday, 16 November 2010 we will have sessions on Vitamin D biology
(including a plenary talk from Prof Daniel Bikle, UCSF) in conjunction with
MEPSA, poster and oral presentations, and a joint session with the Matrix Biology
society (speakers still to be confirmed). In the days either side of our sessions
there will be presentations from some other excellent International speakers
including Rik Derynck (TGFb signalling), Brigid Hogan (stem cell biology and
development), Vivek Mittal (angiogenesis and metastasis), David Sinclair (sirtuins
and resveratrol), Mark Johnson (Wnt signalling in bone and cartilage), Reinhard
Fassler (integrins and cell adhesion), Lorenz Meinel (tissue engineering) and
many others. Keep the dates free, and keep an eye out for more news as speakers
are confirmed.
 Bone
Theme Program (11KB)
Important Dates:
Abstract submission for Oral presentation deadline: 6 August 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 6 August 2010
Abstract submission for poster presentation only (good for Honours students): 10
September 2010
New Program Announcement:
A welcome function, included in your registration, has been planned for Sunday
14th November to begin at 5:30pm. All delegates are encouraged to attend, tickets
for partners are also available for purchase. A number of sessions will also
be taking place on the day. Please visit the meeting website for all of the latest
program information.
See AHMRC website for details: www.ahmrcongress.org.au
Please plan to support and attend this exciting cross-disciplinary
meeting.
Updated: 28 July 2010
RACP Supervisor Workshop - 8 Sep 2010
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians would like to hold a workshop
for supervisors at the ANZBMS ASM in Adelaide on September 8, 2010. This
workshop will be facilitated by A/Prof. Mark Kotowicz and Ms. Ella Moerman
from the Education Deanery, RACP.
The workshop should be about 3.5 hours in length and would cover medical
education aspects such as:
The College's new training program.
*New curriculum.
*Providing effective feedback to trainees.
*Advanced Training Assessment Tools
We expect that this would be an interactive workshop that would benefit
supervisors.
Please RSVP to this workshop by the 25 August to
Supervisor@racp.edu.au or (02) 8247-6277. If attending, please include
any dietary requirements
in the RSVP.
Posted: 28 July 2010
Australian FRAX - Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
ANZBMS is pleased to announce the release of an Australian version
of FRAX.
To access the web version:
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go to: www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/tool.jsp (this
link will open in a new window) then
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roll over 'Calculation Tool' in the
menu bar (near top of screen), then
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select Oceana > Australia.
We encourage members to assess the FRAX
tool and compare it
with the Garvan
Fracture Risk Tool. The ANZBMS Therapeutics Committee
would be pleased to receive any feedback about the Australian FRAX
which we will feedback to the FRAX developers
FRAX is also available as an iPhone application. Go
to iTunes to
download.
Posted: 28 July 2010
Tribute to the late Dr. Charles H. Turner
Notice from ASBMR:
It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely
passing of Dr. Charles H. Turner who died peacefully at home on July
16,
2010, surrounded by his family.
Dr. Turner was a Chancellor’s Professor and Associate Director
within the Department of Biomedical Engineering (Purdue) on the Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus, and held
a joint appointment within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
where he was Director of Orthopaedic Research ...read
full notice on the ASBMR website
Posted: 28 July 2010
IOF Regionals - 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting,
Singapore - 10-13 Dec 2010
IOF invites you to attend the IOF Regionals - 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis
Meeting, to be held in Singapore from 10-13 December 2010. The Meeting
will be chaired by Professor Cyrus Cooper (UK, Chair of IOF’s Committee
of Scientific Advisors) and Dr. Ambrish Mithal (India).
Organised in conjunction with the opening of IOF’s new Asia
Pacific Office in Singapore, the meeting promises a stimulating scientific
programme featuring plenary lectures by key international experts and
thought leaders from the Asia Pacific region. Abstracts will be published
in the field's leading journal,
Osteoporosis International.
 Flyer (1.35MB)
Website: www.iofbonehealth.org/singapore-2010
Posted: 28 June 2010
ANZBMS Densitometry Course - Adelaide, 3-4 September
2010
*** Registration Now Open ***
The next course will be held on Friday
3rd and Saturday 4th September 2010 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital,
before the ANZBMS
Annual Scientific
Meeting.
Information and registration will be posted when available at: ANZBMS
Clinical Densitometry Training Course
Registration Deadline: 6 August 2010 (late fee applies to registrations
after this date, no further registrations will be accepted after 20 Aug
2010).
Posted: 9 June 2010
2010 ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting - 5-8 September
2010
*** Online Registration NOW OPEN ***
Registration information and the Online Registration Form is now available.
Payments can be made by credit card (Mastercard
or Visa), or by sending a cheque or international bank draft.
Early
bird discounted registration fees are available until
2 August 2010.
The draft Scientific Program is also available to download.
The 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting of the ANZBMS will be held in Adelaide
from Sunday 5th to Wednesday 8th September. The venue will be the Adelaide
Hilton. Lara Birchby (the [meeting] people pty ltd) has been appointed the
Professional Conference Organiser for the meeting, and the Local Organising
Committee will shortly begin working with Lara on detailed planning for the
meeting. The LOC Chairperson is David Findlay, who is very happy to receive
ideas for the meeting from ANZBMS members. I encourage all members to prioritise
attendance at and involvement in the 2010 ASM in Adelaide
David Findlay (Chair, 2010 ASM LOC)
See: www.anzbms.org.au/asm2010
Updated: 2 June 2010
ANZBMS Membership Subscription Renewals Due
Members: if you have not yet renewed your membership please do so by
30 June 2010.
Membership to the ANZBMS permits access to all meetings, obtaining membership
registration, opportunity to apply for the various ANZBMS Awards/Travel
Grants and the ANZBMS newsletter. If you have a Mastercard or Visa card, you may find
it more convenient to use the Secure
Online Subscription Renewal Form.
Posted: 13 May 2010
10th Intl. Conference on Cancer-Induced
Bone Disease, UK, 22-25 Sep 2010
Call for Abstracts for the Cancer and Bone Society's
10th International Conference on Cancer-Induced Bone Disease to
be held
22-25 September 2010, in Sheffield, UK.
Abstract Deadline: 18 June 2010
Call
for Abstracts and Meeting Flyer (638KB)
Website: www.cancerandbonesociety.org
Posted: 13 May 2010
Tribute to the late Dr Greg Mundy
It is with much sadness that we record that Greg Mundy passed away
peacefully at home with his family in San Antonio on February 25.
The
ANZBMS was one of the many Societies and other organizations that Greg
contributed to outstandingly in a career of consistent, remarkable achievement
over four decades in bone cell biology and its control by hormones and
cytokines, the implications of this for osteoporosis, and most notably,
for the skeletal complications of cancer. On the several occasions on
which he took part in ANZBMS meetings he provided great inspiration as
a role model for our young scientsists.
Read full obituary by Prof TJ Martin
Posted: 4 March 2010
DXA Statistical Quality Control (DXASQC) Spreadsheet
The DXASQC spreadsheet has been updated
and another version has been added which automatically
loads data from GE/Lunar machines (those with Encore software).
Improvements to the DXASQC spreadsheet include:
- known
bugs have been fixed;
- assistance has been built in for setting parameters, and
- there is now room for 2000 entries in the database.
The automatic version (for GE/Lunar + Encore) links up with the Lunar
database and can be run from any machine across a network. Multiple
instances of the program can be set up to monitor different machines
on the
network from any PC. The automatic version is much easier to
use than the manual data entry version, but may need somebody who is "IT
savvy" to
help set it up .
Many thanks to John Cormack
for his time and generosity in providing
this excellent software.
See Resources > DXA > DXASQC Spreadsheet
Posted: 30 June 2009
Osteoporosis & Nutrition - Proposed Symposium
- Call for Comment
There is accumulating evidence at the clinical and experimental level
that osteoporosis is largely a preventable condition which is responsive
to nutritional and lifestyle measures. Many Clinicians and Medical
Scientists working in calcium-related areas have reached the conclusion
that there
is a need for an Australian
symposium or workshop on nutritional aspects of osteoporosis, notably
the roles of calcium, protein, sodium, vitamin D and possibly vitamin
K in the regulation of bone homeostasis. This view is shared by the
Adelaide group who are considering a 2 day meeting in Adelaide in March
2010.
Your comments and expression of interest are sought for this proposed
symposium.
Please read the letter: Osteoporosis
and Nutrition - A projected Symposium in Adelaide (25KB)
Posted: 17 June 2009
ANZBMS Strategic Plan 2009-2011
The ANZBMS Strategic Plan for 2009-2011 is now available to download
as a PDF from the About Us page.
Posted: 17 June 2009
Changes to Eligibility Criteria for ANZBMS Travel
Grant
Please note the new changes (in bold italics) to
the ANZBMS Travel Grant (effective as of 2010 grant):
- The applicant must be a financial member of ANZBMS for
the past 12 months (or provide documentary evidence of the commencement
date of employment or candidature if this has occurred within the
past 12 months).
- The applicant must have made a substantial contribution to the
work and be first and presenting author of the paper to be delivered
at the ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting.
- The applicant must be employed at a level no higher than lecturer
or Institutional Research Fellow.
- The supervisor must be a financial member of ANZBMS.
See ANZBMS Travel Grant 2009 for
more about this grant. Applications for the 2010 grant are not yet
open.
Posted: 17 June 2009
BoneJoint Inferface conference presentations
Twelve presentations from the BoneJoint Interface conference (Sydney,
June 08) are now available to view and listen to.
See Resources > BoneJoint Interfaces
presentations.
Sponsored by Servier.
Posted: 19 August 2008
Bisphosphonates - audio interview for the 'Dental
Files' program
The following interview was conducted between Dr Patrick Meaney and
ANZBMS President, Prof Philip Sambrook, on behalf of the Australian
Dental Association (ADA) for their audio program, Dental Files,
and discusses the use of bisphosphonates.
 Audio
interview for ADA Dental Files on bisphosphonates* (mp3
file: 15min, 8.37MB)
*This interview is provided courtesy
of the Australian Dental Association and was orginally
produced for the ADA Dental Files audio magazine, August
2008 edition.
NOTE: If you have a slow internet connection, it may
be more convenient if you patiently download and save the MP3 file onto
your computer first before trying to listen to it. To do so, "right-click" on
the link below, select "Save Target As..." from the popup menu
and choose a place on your computer to save it.
Posted: 16 August 2008
Tribute to the late Prof Pierre Delmas
It is with regret that we advise you that Professor Pierre Delmas
recently passed away after a prolonged illness.
Pierre was known and loved by many-clinicians, academicians, administrators,
and patients alike. The contributions that Pierre made to the field
are legion.
In addition to his seminal collection of work, Pierre will be remembered
by many of his colleagues around the world for his intelligence, lucidity
of thought, insightfulness, enthusiasm, and perhaps most of all for
his biting wit. Pierre gave of his time generously, and was also
a strong supporter of ANZBMS.
Read full article and download the eulogy given
by Prof Ego Seeman.
Posted: 12 August 2008
'Calcium & Bone Health' position paper
The final version of the Calcium and Bone Health position paper, endorsed
by ANZBMS, OA and ESA has been posted in the Resources > Policies & Position
Statements section of this website.
See Calcium & Bone Health
Position Paper
Posted: 22 July 2008
Bone Fracture Risk Calculator
The Garvan Institute website has an online calculator for
estimating bone fracture risk.
The Fracture Risk Calculator performs estimation of 5-year and 10-year
fracture risks for any individual aged 60+ years by taking into account
actual BMD T-score (or body weight, if BMD is
not available), age, prior fracture, and fall history. This work has been developed
from the data collected between 1989 and 2006 from >2000 men and women in
the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study.
Website: www.garvan.org.au/promotions/bone-fracture-risk
Posted: 9 April 2008
IOF announces 'Progress in Osteoporosis' available
free online
A free online review journal to keep you abreast of the
latest research in osteoporosis, Progress in Osteoporosis is
a leading quarterly review journal that provides a timely update of
the most
recent articles on scientific
advances in the field of osteoporosis. Regular editorial overviews
contain accurate summaries and incisive commentaries on the most relevant
papers.
Most original research and reviews are cited.
Summaries and figures are provided for readers who may not have easy
access to all the specialist literature.
See the Progress in Osteoporosis
website
Posted: 18 March 2008
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and bisphosphonates
UPDATE:
ABC admits breaches of impartiality and accuracy in ONJ story
ABC has responded after the Audience and Consumer Affairs investigation
relating to the misleading and inaccurate story on ONJ and bisphosphonates.
ABC
response after complaint investigation (497KB)
The ABC's
current affairs program, 7:30 Report, ran a story
on Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) and bisphosphonates on 11 Dec 2007.
The story contained numerous errors and misleading information prompting
ANZBMS President, Prof Philip Sambrook, to respond in a letter to
the Executive Producer requesting urgent correction.
ANZBMS
Statement about the 7:30 Report (42KB)
The transcript and video of that story is on the 7:30
Report website.
A follow-up interview was televised on 21 Dec 2007 with Prof Sambrook
and Prof Nordin.
The transcript and video of the interview is on the 7:30
Report website.
Osteoporosis Australia and ANZMBS have jointly released a Consumer
Fact Sheet on Bisphosphonates and ONJ (38KB)
Updated: 14 February 2008
Bone Densitometry Committee Report 2005/2006
The 2005/2006 report from the ANZBMS Bone Densitometry Committee is
now available to download from the Resources:
Bone Densitometry section.
Posted: 16 November 2006
ANZBMS Strategic Plan
The 2007-2009 ANZBMS Strategic Directions outlined in the plan
were developed as a consequence of an on-going review of the strategic
directions by ANZBMS during 2006. Specific objectives for each strategic
direction are detailed. They will be evaluated
for feasibility and further developed or changed to best meet the broad
strategic directions.
Download
the Strategic Plan (335KB)
Posted: 16 November 2006
Report on the economic cost of not adhering to bisphosphonate
treatment
"Breaking Point - The economic cost of not adhering to bisphosphonate
treatment for osteoporosis" is a report by Access Economics identifying
major costs and related health care issues that require careful evaluation
and that must be fully addressed in concerted attempts to improve health
care and community outcomes in osteoporosis.
Download
the report (417KB)
Posted: 16 November 2006
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