Empowering place-based research in south west Victoria
The South West Healthcare Research Day provides an excellent opportunity for staff and students to showcase their work, engage in networking, and generate discussion to encourage innovation in service delivery, clinical practice and research.
Keen to come along? Register your attendance here
This is a free event, catering is provided so registration is required.
We have lined up some exciting guest speakers to help us better understand research and how it impacts our community.
National Centre for Farmer Health
Director / Associate Professor
BBSc (Honours), PostGradDipArts (Criminology), GCertHighEd, PhD
Alison is a Behavioural Scientist who has lived and worked in Victoria’s rural farming community for almost 2 decades. Her expertise in rural/farmer mental health and suicide prevention has drawn on a range of innovative techniques including digital interventions, digital storytelling, community education programs and peer support models. Alison has led numerous farmer mental health projects and continues to build the Centre’s capacity and reach by working collaboratively with researchers, farmers and industry stakeholders across Australia and internationally. Her expertise has been recognised through research awards, numerous advisory roles, peer review publications, international research consultation, invited presentations and expert witness testimony before the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Alison is passionate about co-designing the Centre’s research, education and services in collaboration with the community and industry—to ensure the Centre’s work continues to be effective, relevant and tailored to the needs of rural farming communities.
| 9.30am | Welcome to Country | Joey Chatfield | |
| 9.50am | Welcome and Intro of Keynote Speaker | Craig Fraser | |
| 10am | National Centre for Farmer Health, Deakin University | Dr Alison Kennedy | |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | ||
| 10.50am | Assessing the accuracy of the LACE index to predict 30-day readmissions in regional Victoria, Australia | Dr Reinhardt Dreyer | 15 min |
| 11.10am | The Power of Podcasting: a journey into pregnancy uncut | Dr Alex Umbers | 15 min |
| 11.30am | Building Research Capacity through the embedded research model: Initial stages of implementation at Brophy Family and Youth Services | Bianca Kavanagh | 15 min |
| 11.50am | What should we prioritise: safety or digital literacy? | Hayley Keane | 15 min |
| 12.10pm | AEW Matthews Travelling Scholarship | Dr Rachel Robertson | 15 min |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.15pm | Consumer Experience Keynote | Kat Stanley | 30 min |
| 1.50pm | Australian Teletrials Program | Dr Lisa Zhang | 15 min |
| 2.10pm | Introducing the SWH Quality Framework and Process | Paul Wembridge | 15 min |
| 2.30pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 2.50pm | Introduction of the 5in5 presentations | ||
| 3.00pm | Outcome Measures after attending a Specialist-led Diabetes Mellitus Model of Care in Regional Victoria, Australia | Dr Reinhardt Dreyer | 5in5 |
| 3.10pm | Unlocking Access – Telehealth for Pelvic Floor Muscle Therapies: Development of a Systematic Review and Best Practice Synthesis | Chloe Burger | 5in5 |
| 3.20pm | @research – Your Regional Research Training Network | Heather Cameron | 5in5 |
| 3.33pm | Climate-related heat health impacts: establishing a baseline of Barwon South West emergency presentations during heat events | Elvira Hewson | 5in5 |
| 3.40pm | Breaking down customs of practice to unleash and expand the Allied Health scope of practice | Heidi Manson | 5in5 |
| 3.50pm | Closing Ceremonies and Poster Prize Presentation | Dr Kate McConnon |