Lunchtime seminars and clubs
Seminars
Lunchtime seminars 2023
Our lunchtime seminars showcase the work of national and international academics / researchers. They are free and open to all. They are delivered in accessible academic language. Members of the wider community are welcome to attend.
They are held every first Wednesday of the month from 12:30 - 1:30 pm from February to December. And there are also out-of-session seminars.
| date | presenter | topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 1 | Associate Professor Jodi Oakman School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University | Opportunities and challenges of undertaking projects in the workplace |
February 2 Special out-of-session seminar 5-6:00 pm. | Professor Charlene Senn | The power of resistance: How decades of feminist knowledge and skill led to an effective sexual assault resistance program for young women |
| March 1 | JLC showcase Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand 2023 conference presentations | Anita Moorhead - Antenatal Expressing Not Associated with Earlier Onset of Lactogenesis in Women with Diabetes in Pregnancy Janine Shifman - Exploring women’s planning for childbirth: Identifying coping strategies as intrinsic or extrinsic Stefanie Zugna - Evaluating the impact of a maternity and neonatal emergencies education program in Australian regional and rural health services on clinician knowledge and confidence Deborah Pidd - Optimising Shared Decision Making in a Subsequent Pregnancy After a Psychologically Traumatic Birth |
| April 5 | Associate Professor Helen Hall Federation University | The PNG Midwifery Leadership Buddy Program |
| May 2 (Tuesday 12.30-1.30pm) | Associate Professor Susie de Jersey | Prevention of excess gestational weight gain: Implementing a prevention initiative in maternity hospital settings |
May 25 (Thurs, Out-of-session seminar) | Dr Sandi Dheensa | "Cancer made me weaker to abuse and abuse made me weaker to cancer”: Enhancing the cancer workforce response to domestic abuse |
| June 7 | Dr Hulya Gilbert School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University | Children’s health and wellbeing in the car era |
| July 5 | Professor Della Forster | Implementing a Continuity Model of Midwifery Care For Women Having a First Nations Baby in Three Victorian Maternity Services: Clinical Outcomes |
| August 2 | Professor Jan Nicholson, Dr Shannon Bennetts, Dr Clair Bennett, Ms Jasmine Love | EHLS at School Symposium: Findings from the 5-year follow-up of the ‘smalltalk’ early childhood parenting program |
| September 6 | Professor Kylie Hesketh Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University | From RCT to state-wide scale up: Experience of the INFANT program |
| October 4 | Dr Genevieve Le Bas | Meta-analysis on the associations between paternal perinatal depression, anxiety, and stress, and child and adolescent development |
| November 1 (9am - 10am) | Professor Tina Miller | Motherhood – Contemporary Transitions and Generational Change |
| November 29 (Out of session seminar) | Dr Malin Edqvist | Promoting shared decision-making, respectful and safe care during labour and birth in Sweden |
| December 6 | Associate Professor Hassan Vally | My experience as a science communicator in a public health emergency: lessons and insights |
Lunchtime Seminar Program Co-ordinators: Laura Whitburn, and Deborah Pidd
If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive the lunchtime seminar invitation emails, please email us at jlc@latrobe.edu.au
Journal / methods club
Journal Club, Methods Journal Club
The Journal Club presents an opportunity to engage in dynamic discussion about relevant research publications. Each participant has a chance to select a paper of interest and to lead discussion. Chosen papers are distributed a week prior to meeting to allow time for all participants to review the paper. Students can discuss questions and concerns with more experience researchers in a supportive, collegiate environment.
The Methods Journal Club provides the opportunity for staff and students to present papers of methodological interest for discussion.
Journal ClubDate: every 3rd Wednesday of the month | Methods Journal ClubDate: every 4th Wednesday of the month |
Shut up and write!
Shut up and write!
The University's Research Education and Development Unit initiated weekly facilitated writing sessions designed to help researchers get their writing done at several sites and open to all.
Shut up and write! uses the Pomodoro method of focused writing interleaved with short breaks.
JLC also runs weekly Shut up and write! sessions for their staff and students.