Newsletter | Issue 1 | June 2016

Thank you for taking time to read our newsletter. In this edition we celebrate our award winners and welcome new staff and students. We are also delighted to share with you exciting work in the areas of family violence, cancer and the use of big data, to name a few. I also take this opportunity to thank the many GPs, Practice Managers, Practice Nurses and Practice Staff who have once again enriched the education of our medical students during their GP placements and/or participated in research projects.

Professor Jane Gunn, Head of Department.

Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Australia's first chair of Family Violence Prevention.

Our 8th Annual Awards Night was held on 19^th April at the Woodward Conference Centre.

Dr Susie Fletcher and the mental health team were recently successful in their application for a highly competitive Melbourne Engagement Grant.

Dr Jo‐Anne Manski‐Nankervis has been selected to attend the U21 workshop “Big data at the heart of the 21^st century research”.

Dr Susan Webster, an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of General Practice, presented a research seminar to members of the Parliament of Victoria on 23 March 2016.

In collaboration with the Cancer Council Victoria, Professor Jon Emery recently received funding from the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services to extend their work on the implementation of efficient cancer diagnostic pathways.

Congratulations to Professor Hegarty on being awarded the 2016 Bridges-Webb medal.

MAEVe was established in 2015 to draw together research and evaluation capacity across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies, to respond to this pressing challenge.

Dr Laura Tarzia ran an intensive workshop with lead researchers involved in the development of web and smartphone-based interventions addressing intimate partner violence.

Laura Tarzia, Prof Kelsey Hegarty and researchers at the Melbourne Networked Society Institute have come together to build a resource for women who have experience domestic violence.

The Department of General Practice at The University of Melbourne offers graduate nursing programs by distance education.

Professor Kelsey Hegarty is leading a research team to deliver a world first family violence index for Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS).

The Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence Against Women and their Children (MAEVe) welcomes their newly appointed Academic Convenor, Violeta Politoff.

Meet Chance Pistoll - our new academic registrar.

Introducing Dr Chris Otjes, a Dutch GP Registrar and Dr Christine Ladegaard Geyti, a Danish GP Registrar.

Our Scholarly Selective and Honours students for 2016 and their projects.

Professional development and customised non award programs on offer from our department.

2016 Conferences for the Department.

Our Department's recent publications.