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PAST SEMINARS AND RECORDINGS
The future of global health evaluation: Towards an equitable and decolonial framework for practice
MAY 18, 2026 – Research seminar presented by Dr Sali Hafez and Dr Ruth Ponsford from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
WATCH SEMINAR RECORDING
Why change is so hard: 10 lessons about behaviour change
APRIL 29, 2026 – Research seminar presented by Gill ten Hoor, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University (Netherlands).
Inclusive theory development: Incorporating perspectives of adults with a learning disability and other stakeholders into realist reviews
AUGUST 21, 2024 – Research seminar presented by Liz Croot, Senior Lecturer in the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield (UK).
Integrating health equity into implementation science tools and methods
AUGUST 12, 2024 – Research seminar presented by Callie Walsh-Bailey – Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (USA).
The Tree of Life: Indigenous health students and their experiences
JULY 17, 2024 – Research seminar presented by Colleen Kelly – PhD Student/Senior Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit.
Psychosocial Drivers of Health Inequity: Weight Stigma, Acculturative Stress, and Racialization
JUNE 26, 2024 – Research seminar presented by Dr Angela Incollingo Rodriguez – Assistant Professor of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA).
A biopsychosocial investigation of recovery following paediatric concussion: Key findings from the Take CARe studies
APRIL 24, 2024 – Research seminar presented by Dr Michael Takagi, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University.
How can we make lived experience a genuine part of evidence-informed policy and practice?
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 – Research seminar presented by Annette Boaz, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
"You'll make a good social worker – the trouble is you think too much" – Lessons learned about using evidence in UK adult social care
AUGUST 31, 2023 – Research seminar presented by Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Director of IMPACT, the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care.
Strong Boorais, Strong Communities
JULY 26, 2023 – Research seminar presented by Karinda Taylor, Chief Executive Officer at First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing.
Moving beyond resilience: Forging compassionate cultures in health and social care
JULY 12, 2023 – Research Seminar presented by Michael Fischer, Professor of Organisational Culture and Leadership, HSCU, SPHPM, Monash University.
Leading large scale change: Learning from "positive deviants"
JUNE 29, 2023 – Research Seminar presented by Prof Helen Bevan, Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement at Warwick Business School, and Strategic Adviser to NHS Horizons.
Weight stigma in the reproductive years – What do we know and what can we do about it?
MAY 24, 2023 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Briony Hill, ARC DECRA Fellow and Deputy Head of the Health and Social Care Unit.
Health and Social Care Conversations
APRIL 26, 2023 – An interactive exploration of health and social care services as delivered across both Australia and the UK, co-hosted by HSCU and the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy.
Build Back Fairer – Health Equity for Children and Young People
MARCH 15, 2023 – Presented by world-renowned epidemiologist and Director of The University College London's Institute of Health Equity, Prof Sir Michael Marmot CH. Seminar jointly hosted by HSCU and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
8 'Truths' about Suicide
DECEMBER 12, 2022 – Free seminar hosted by HSCU and the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. Keynote presentation by Dr Rachel Gibbons, a national expert in the UK on suicide and the effect that a death by suicide has on those bereaved.
Reframing learning and teaching environments for improved health outcomes in education professionals
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Ben Sacco, a strategic thinker with leadership experience spanning government, corporate and not-for-profit sector organisations.
Permanency for children and young people in residential out-of-home care: An exploration of Allambi Care’s service model
OCTOBER 27, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Tatiana Corrales, a HSCU researcher with extensive experience in the areas of criminal justice and child and family welfare.
Preconception Care – Women's Health Week 2022 special webinar
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 – Special webinar discussion to celebrate Women’s Health Week – a range of voices discussing women’s preconception care across health and social care.
Systems and perspectives to promote meaningful consumer and community involvement
AUGUST 25, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Sarah Carmody, Centre Manager for CREEDD, the Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis, and HSCU postdoctoral researcher.
The hunt for primary aldosteronism, a neglected cause of hypertension
JULY 27, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Jun Yang, Head of the Endocrine Hypertension Group at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Consultant Endocrinologist at Monash Health.
Describing the process of scaling-up a healthy menu program in early childhood and education care settings
JUNE 30, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Serene Yoong, Associate Professor of Dietetics, Swinburne University.
Implementing, sustaining and scaling up evidence-based innovation in young people's social care: Supporting care leavers' transition into adulthood
MAY 25, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Graeme Currie, Professor of Public Management, Warwick Business School (UK).
Levelling up: Protecting children from unhealthy food marketing
MARCH 30, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Professor Sharon Friel, ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Health Equity and Director, Menzies Centre for Health Governance; and Dr Alexandra Chung, public health nutritionist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
The Yoorrook Justice Commission: Truth telling and health and wellbeing of First Nations Peoples
FEBRUARY 24, 2022 – Research Seminar presented by Ms Sue-Anne Hunter, a Wurundjeri and Ngurai illum Wurrung woman and Commissioner for the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
Understanding cultural connection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in out-of-home care
NOVEMBER 24, 2021 – Research Seminar presented by Jacynta Krakouer, a Noongar woman, professional social worker and academic focused on child and family welfare and social work practice with Indigenous Australians.
Sharing the same experiences as your research participants – Lessons learned for consumer and community involvement
OCTOBER 28, 2021 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Danielle Berkovic, a Research Fellow with a focus on using innovative mixed-methods to understand the epidemiology of chronic disease, and to enhance the delivery of patient-centred care.
To qual or not to qual? That is the question
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 – Research Seminar presented by Dr Darshini Ayton, a Health and Social Care Unit public health / health services researcher and NHMRC emerging leader fellow.