Lunchtime seminars and clubs
seminars
Lunchtime seminars 2018
We hold open Lunchtime Seminars from 12:30 - 1:30 pm every first Wednesday of the month from February to December, as well as out-of-session seminars.
The seminars take place at La Trobe's Bundoora Campus, George Singer Building, Level 3, room 335 (unless otherwise indicated).
These seminars showcase the work of our colleagues and of national and international academics and researchers visiting the Centre.
| date / room | presenter | topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 7 | Krli Treyvaud Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology, La Trobe University | Parental mental health after preterm birth: What have we learned about pathways, predictors and relationship with child outcomes? |
| March 7 | Maggie Flood Judith Lumley Centre | Examining childbirth haemorrhage in the women of Victoria: risk factors, data quality and reporting. |
| April 4 | Dr Jane Yelland Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | ‘Doing things differently’ in universal health services to improve refugee maternal and child health: learnings and achievements from the Bridging the Gap partnership program. |
| May 2 | Deborah Widiss Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Visiting Researcher, Melbourne Law School | Paid Parental Leave Policies and Gender Norms in the United States and Australia. |
| June 6 | Dr Sharinne Crawford & Dr Stacey Hokke Judith Lumley Centre | “It’s not black and white”. The ethics of recruiting, retaining and tracing research participants online |
| July 4 | Anita Thomas *This seminar will be held in TLC, Room 215 | TBA |
| August 1 | Laura Biggs Judith Lumley Centre | IVY: InVestigating an online communitY of support for emotional health in pregnancy |
| September 5 | Dr Jennifer Power Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University | LGBT parenthood and donor conception |
| October 3 | Dr Laura Tolton Seabra Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University | The longer the birth plan, the longer the caesarean scar: birth discourse and emotional trauma |
| November 7 | Kelly Coca Judith Lumley Centre Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | Nipple pain in breastfeeding women: measurement and proposal for new trial of laser treatment |
| December 5 | Professor Rhonda Small Professor Emerita, Judith Lumley Centre | Obstetric outcomes for immigrant women in Sweden |
Lunchtime Seminar Program Co-ordinators: Dr Stacey Hokke and Kerryn O'Rourke
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 initated weekly facilitated writing sessions designed to help researchers get their writing done at several sites. Shut up and write! uses the Pomodoro method of focused writing interleaved with short breaks.
Shut up and write! sessions at Bundoora Campus happen on Thursday mornings, TLC Building, Room 114 from 9.30 - 12:00 pm and are open to all staff and students.