General Practice

Medicine is constantly evolving. We’re a research-intensive department committed to building the evidence-base to improve health outcomes and improving the future of general practice.

We apply a whole-of-life approach to research that helps GPs prevent and manage high-burden, chronic and complex conditions.

Our focus areas

Related research units

Health and Social Care

Working at the intersection of public health, psychology, social sciences and primary care, we take a culturally-sensitive, systems-based, co-design approach to generating evidence for policies and programs that improve community health.

Head of Unit

Professor Helen Skouteris

Musculoskeletal Epidemiology

We apply our research and public health knowledge, and our clinical expertise in rheumatology and physiotherapy, to work towards preventions and helpful solutions that ease pain and improve mobility for people affected by musculoskeletal diseases.

Head of Unit

Professor Flavia Cicuttini

Musculoskeletal Health

We conduct high-quality clinical research and drive translation of evidence into practice and policy change for improved musculoskeletal and general healthcare, and work to reduce low-value interventions that stymie sustainable healthcare systems.

Head of Unit

Professor Rachelle Buchbinder AO

Women’s Health
Research Program

With our strong emphasis on hormone action across the life course and in particular menopause, we help GPs provide current, evidence-based care and advice to patients, to help women live longer, better.

Head of Unit

Professor Susan Davis AO

Centres and major initiatives

A Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause

This renowned guide has supported GPs and other medical professionals to deliver current, evidence-based care for women experiencing menopause for over a decade.

MonREN

A Practice-based Research and Education Network that engages GPs, Practice Nurses, and Practice Managers to support and generate meaningful research and education that improves community health.

NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in women's sexual and reproductive health in primary care (SPHERE)

SPHERE is a prominent national collaborative comprising multidisciplinary researchers, healthcare providers and paradigm-shifters driving better sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women through primary care.

STAtins in Reducing Events in the Elderly (STAREE)

A large community-based RCT leveraging a network of GP co-investigators, to understand the risks and benefits of statins for primary prevention in apparently healthy older people.

Victorian Collaboration for Translating Research Outcomes into the Primary Health Interface (TROPHI)

We conduct high quality implementation and translational research that provides contemporary practice-based evidence to improve primary health care in eastern Victoria, Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges.