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
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb | Prof Anne-Marie Laslett La Trobe University | Contexts, predictors and frameworks for prevention of alcohol’s harm to others |
| 19 Feb | Dr Hanna Ulfsdottir Karolinska Institutet | Waterbirth and Peer learning at a birthing unit |
| 5 March | Desireé 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 April | Dr Chris Murray La Trobe University | My African Adventures |
| 7 May | Dr 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 June | Joy Adcock La Trobe University | Insights from a Homebirth Midwife |
| 2 July | Jenn Ayton University of Tasmania | R.E.S.P.E.C.T and Maternity Health Care |
| 6 Aug | Lynnelle Moran Australian Catholic University | How do professional connections and relationships impact midwives’ wellbeing and career sustainability? |
| 3 Sep | Prof 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 Oct | TBC | TBC |
| 5 Nov | TBC | TBC |
| 3 Dec | TBC | TBC |
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.