ACADI June Seminar: Designing for Impact: Integrating Co-Design, Behavioural & Implementation Science in Diabetes Innovation

Join us in June as Lauren Monaghan (Diabetes Victoria), Dr Elizabeth Holmes‑Truscott (Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes) and Dr Marlena Klaic (University of Melbourne) present Designing for Impact: Integrating Co‑Design, Behavioural & Implementation Science in Diabetes Innovation.

This seminar brings together three experts in community engagement, behavioural research and implementation science to discuss how these approaches can be integrated to support meaningful, community‑centred diabetes innovation. They will outline how embedding co‑design principles, behavioural insights and implementation science from the early planning stages — and revisiting them throughout a project — can strengthen study design, anticipate barriers and support translation into practice.

Drawing on their collective experience, the speakers will demonstrate how ongoing collaboration with people with lived experience, paired with structured behavioural and implementation methods, leads to more relevant, impactful and sustainable outcomes in diabetes research.

In this seminar, Monaghan, Holmes‑Truscott and Klaic will explore:

🔍 Why involving communities meaningfully enhances diabetes‑related research 
🤝 Practical ways to embed co‑design and collaboration across project stages 
💡 Approaches to understanding and addressing barriers such as stigma and access 
📊 How implementation science supports sustainable, real‑world adoption of new evidence

📅 Time & date: 2:00 – 3:00pm AEST | Friday 19 June 
📍 Online: via Zoom — link provided upon registration 
🔗 Register here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/zw52

Join us to gain insights into these valuable areas of research.