Lunchtime seminars and clubs
seminars
Lunchtime seminars 2020
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.
The seminars now take place via zoom at https://latrobe.zoom.us/j/448620007
| date / room | presenter | topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Associate Professor Marcos Signorelli Federal University of Paraná, Brazil | Brazilian research endeavors in gender, violence and health: multi-sectoral approaches |
| March 4 | Mridula Shankar Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Novel approaches to measuring induced abortion incidence and the quality of informal abortion care: Findings from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Rajasthan, India |
| April 1 | Kerryn O'Rourke and Dr Stacey Hokke Judith Lumley Centre |
Realist evaluation of Birth for Humankind’s volunteer doula support program for women experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage: a work in progress Does flexible work ‘work’ in Australia? A survey of employed mothers’ and fathers’ work arrangements and health outcomes |
| May 6 | Dr Anni Hine Moana La Trobe University | Shame and alcohol use among Aboriginal women |
| June 3 | Professor Christine East La Trobe University and Mercy Health | Induction of labour: a date of birth and beyond… |
| July 1 | Professor Helen McLachlan, Pam McCalman, Tanisha Springall Judith Lumley Centre | Updates on the Baggarrook trial |
| August 5 | Associate Professor Meredith Nash University of Tasmania | Caring during COVID‐19. A gendered analysis of Australian university responses to managing remote working and caring responsibilities |
| September 2 | Dr Josephine Barbaro OTARC, La Trobe University | Monitoring of social attention, interaction and communication (MoSAIC) in infants and toddlers |
| October 7 | Associate Professor Melissa Graham School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University | Women’s reproductive choices, decision-making and consequences |
| November 4 | Dr Kirsty Forsdike and Dr Elspeth Frew La Trobe University | Commemorative events and public rituals: Redefining our leisure engagement with violent death as healing practice and/through social activism |
| December 2 | Associate Professor Brigid Jordan Royal Children’s Hospital | The Early Years Education Program RCT |
Lunchtime Seminar Program Co-ordinators: Dr Stacey Hokke and A/Prof Catherine Chamberlain
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.