Lunchtime seminars and clubs

Seminars

Lunchtime seminars 2025

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.  Zoom:  https://latrobe.zoom.us/j/86944102094

DatePresenterTopic
5 FebProf Anne-Marie Laslett
La Trobe University
Contexts, predictors and frameworks for prevention of alcohol’s harm to others
19 FebDr Hanna Ulfsdottir
Karolinska Institutet
Waterbirth and Peer learning at a birthing unit
 5 MarchDesireé LaGrappe
La Trobe University
The Value of Cultural Exchange and the Future of Fulbright: Reflections on Researching Reproductive Health and Gender-based Violence in Vietnam
2 AprilDr Chris Murray
La Trobe University
My African Adventures
7 MayDr Meredith O’Connor
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
The Melbourne Children’s LifeCourse Initiative: An Open Science Data Resource for Advancing Health and Wellbeing Over the Life Span
4 JuneJoy Adcock
La Trobe University
Insights from a Homebirth Midwife
2 JulyJenn Ayton
University of Tasmania

R.E.S.P.E.C.T and Maternity Health Care

6 AugLynnelle Moran
Australian Catholic University
How do professional connections and relationships impact midwives’ wellbeing and career sustainability?
3 SepProf Mei Krishnasamy
University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Meabh Cullinane
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Overcoming inequity of opportunity for optimal pain and symptom management for Australians affected by pancreatic cancer

1 OctTBCTBC
5 NovTBCTBC
3 DecTBCTBC

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.

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.