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Welcome to
Wiser Healthcare
A multi-institutional collaboration, supporting evidence-based sustainable healthcare for everyone by producing and translating high-quality research.
We aim to conduct research that will reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment in Australia and around the world.
Wiser Healthcare is a research collaboration involving The University of Sydney, Bond University, Monash University, the University of Wollongong, and international colleagues. We investigate the cause and size of the problem and test new solutions, in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal disorders, with a particular focus on overdiagnosis caused by imaging (like CT scans and MRI scans), testing biomarkers (for example, blood tests like the Prostate Specific Antigen test), and genetic tests. Here you can find out about our plans, read our work, see the evidence about overdiagnosis, and get help to make decisions, whether you are a clinician, policymaker, or citizen considering your own healthcare.
Publications
Rozbroj T, Hoo MH, Gorelik A, O'Connor DA, Buchbinder R.
Graham A, Nickel B, Chen X, Copp T.
Mac O, Marshall S, McFadden K, Ayre J, McCaffery KJ, Billah SM, Muscat DM.
Get the Facts
As we continue our research we will share our findings to help you consider your own healthcare.
News
Written by Dr Julie Ayre, Prof Adam Dunn and Prof Kirsten McCaffery
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel
Featuring the BMJ published study of Wiser Researchers, Dr Brooke Nickel, Jennifer Isautier, Prof Kirsten McCaffery and Prof Nehmat Houssami
Written by Dr Brooke Nickel and Prof Nehmat Houssami
Events
Please join us for this in-person event.
The session will open with Dr Charlotte Blease who will present on her new book, Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us — and How AI Could Save Lives. This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Kirsten McCaffery, with Dr Blease joined by Dr Michael Bonning who will offer a clinician’s perspective and Ms Louise Hardy who will offer a health consumer perspective.
📅 When: Wednesday, 25 February 2026
🕗 12 - 1 PM: Networking Lunch
🕘 1 - 2 PM: Seminar and panel discussion
📍 Where (in-person only): Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium, University of Sydney
👉 REGISTER NOW if you plan to attend, and for catering purposes.
With the 2026 theme, ‘A Wider Lens,’ this year’s conference will bring together clinicians, researchers, patients, and policy leaders to expand our understanding of shared decision-making across specialties, care settings, and systems.
The 13th International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) Conference, hosted at Dartmouth College in the scenic Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.
Important Dates:
Call for abstracts close: 19th December 2025
Abstract notification & Regular Registration opens: 15th February 2026
Pre- Conference workshop: 7th July 2026
IDSM 2026 Conference: 8th - 10th July 2026