AAAPC WEBINARS
Why join us
An opportunity for real-time discussion and cross-pollination of ideas between members. You will hear from leading and emerging primary health care academics from Australia and New Zealand.
What we will achieve
Build a research community for primary health care academics from all disciplines and foster dissemination of high quality research by experts in the field.
Who should join us
AAAPC members and non-members from all disciplines with an interest in primary health care research.
How often
We aim to run biannual interactive webinars on topics of relevance to primary health care research.
Duration
Webinars will last one hour and include an interactive session where you can ask questions of the expert presenters.
What cost
Webinars are free of charge. Webinar platform Zoom is a web-based platform. You may join from your computer, smartphone or tablet devices.
Recordings
Recordings of past webinars are available online. Please note access to the recordings is restricted to members only.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
How can the primary care sector and health professionals help to build a climate-resilient and sustainable health system?
Our expert panel will share their insights and experiences in building a more climate-resilient and sustainable health system. They will highlight practical ways members of the AAAPC can respond to climate change with our patients and in our practices, teaching, research and advocacy.
This webinar will be co-facilitated by members of the Academic Policy and Advocacy subcommittee, A/Professor Ben Harris-Roxas (Chair, University of New South Wales) and Dr Simone De Morgan (University of Sydney).
Tuesday 28th October 2025, 5-7pm AEDT, 7-8pm NZDT
Register HereAssociate Professor Ying Zhang Dr. Ying Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, and a Fellow of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. She co-chairs the Lancet Countdown Oceania on Health and Climate Change and is the founding chair of the Sydney Sustainability, Climate, and Health Collaboration. Mark Holmes Mark is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with over two decades of clinical experience across Australia and Scotland, including aeromedical, rural, remote, and critical care nursing. He led Flight Nurse Midwife Education at NSW Ambulance for more than ten years, served as President of Flight Nurses Australia, and co-founded Climate Action Nurses following his ACN Policy Fellowship. Currently pursuing a PhD on climate change and human factors in aviation, Mark brings a systems-thinking approach shaped by his Masters in Aviation Human Factors and extensive work in healthcare improvement. Dr George Crisp George trained as a GP in London and settled in WA. With fellow GP, Dr Richard Yin, George explored the concept of a “Green practice”, a model for sustainable practice that provided the opportunity to use their premises and waiting room to educate patients and promote activities that have both environmental and human health benefits. George is an adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer teaching climate and health to medical students at University of WA and Curtin University. George is actively involved in the advocacy group Doctors for the Environment Australia in both state and national committees producing educational resources and submissions to government and representation to Senate inquiries. |
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Tips to Writing Competitive Grants
Grants are intensely competitive to nab. Often, those who write grants that don’t get funded do not consider the possibility it went south because it was a terrible read. Or poorly planned.
Hosted by the EMCA Subcommittee, this seminar offers tips on writing grants that are lovely to read, designed well and pitched to the right audience. The hope of the presenter is that a suggestion or two might tip your next grant over the line.
Thursday 6th November 2025, 6-7pm AEDT, 8-9pm NZDT
Professor Stephen Tong Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, University of Melbourne, Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women Stephen Tong is a clinician researcher with an interest in developing diagnostics and therapeutics for pregnancy complications. He is involved in cohort studies and clinical trials running across many countries. He has a strong record of competitive funding. Since 2013 he has received – as chief investigator A - eight NHMRC grants, and an MRFF grant. He has received 3 NHMRC Achievement awards for the top (co-)ranked Fellowship application. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, NHMRC Fellow (L2), and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellow. He is co-director of Mercy Perinatal and Director of Research at Mercy Health. He has published over 250 papers. Since 2020 he has published papers/invited editorials in Lancet three times, BMJ, Nature Communications, Nature Medicine, JAMA Paediatrics, JAMA Psychiatry, Lancet Global Health, and others. All but one of these are first or co-senior author. |
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