Departmental Seminars
1pm - 2pm AEDT
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Hayley Barker
https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/school-structure/general-practice-and-primary-care/engagement/departmental-seminarsDepartment of General Practice and Primary Care runs a weekly seminar series, Research Matters, every Wednesday, 1.00 - 2.00pm.
Chair: A/Prof Cath Kaylor-Hughes
Administrative Coordinator: Hayley Barker
Seminars will be held in-person and also available via Zoom. Please contact Hayley Barker if you would like the Zoom details.
Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation
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| 11 Feb | Molly Wellington | PhD Completion Seminar | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 18 Feb | Stephanie Ong | Integrated Models of Care: Impact, Insights, and the Road Ahead | Toronto General Research Institute / Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |
| 4 March | Dr Charlotte Blease | The Influence of GenAI Models on What We Read and Write | Uppsala University |
| 11 March | Dr Charlotte Blease | Ethical challenges of AI in health care | Uppsala University |
| 18 March | Dr Rim Ghali | PhD Confirmation Seminar | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 25 March | Dr Shurong Lu | Bridging Mental Health Disparities in CALD Communities: From Evidence to Action | MSGPH, University of Melbourne |
| 22 April | Wellbeing Session | ||
| 29 April | Dr Rochelle Sleaby | PhD Confirmation Seminar | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 6 May | session cancelled | ||
| 13 May | Wellbeing Session | ||
| 20 May | A/Prof Jennifer Neil | When the GP is a survivor: Working with families affected by domestic and family violence | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 3 June | Dr Alicia King | What does “fair dinkum” co-design look like? Findings from a nested process evaluation of experience-based co-design to develop a multicomponent intervention to improve communication in aged care. | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 17 June | Honours Students 2026 | Honours initial orals presentation | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 24 June | |||
| 1 July | Dr Alvin Neo | Singapore Healthcare System [Time Change: 11am - 12pm] | Singapore Ministry of Health, Office for Healthcare Transformation |
| 8 July | |||
| 22 July | Dr Allison Drosdowsky – Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Data Connect (Chair) Ms Nicole Kinnane – PMCC Nurse Consultant GynaeOncology & MACH-Track PhD Nursing Research Fellow Dr Shoake Lei – Research Fellow, Data Connect Ms Brooke Garrard – Data Analyst, Data Connect | Data Connect - linking health data to improve diagnosis and cancer care. | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 29 July | |||
| 5 August | |||
| 12 August | Prof Irene Blackberry | Transforming care for older people | La Trobe University |
| 19 August | Brandon Carp | ||
| 2 September | Dr Andrew Donald | FHT - a case example of clinical decision support in practice | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 9 September | Beng Eu | The role of GPs and the Peptide Boom | |
| 16 September | Dr Sibel Saya | The landscape of general practice recruitment for research | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 23 September | Natalie White | The TRANSFORM project | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 30 September | |||
| 7 October | Nilakshi Waidyatillake | ||
| 14 October | |||
| 21 October | Kelvin Lau | Headspace Collingwood Social Prescribing Project (Stage 1) | Headspace Collingwood |
| 28 October | Honours students 2026 | Honours final oral presentations | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 4 November | Mark Gabbay | ||
| 11 November | |||
| 18 November | Cath Kaylor-Hughes | Link-me+: An Update from the team | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 2 December | Tracy Murphy | PhD confirmation | DGPPC, University of Melbourne |
| 9 December |
Would you like to present at Research Matters?
Research Matters is a valuable way of sharing knowledge and insights in a wide variety of topics. In 2026, our focus will be on Primary Care more broadly and we are always looking for presenters. Maybe you know someone who has a topic that would be of interest to students and staff? Visitors are welcome to present!