New Frontiers in Rural Health: LRHS Research Conference 2021

La Trobe Rural Health School

The La Trobe Rural Health School is pleased to invite you to the 2021 Rural Health Conference: “New Frontiers in Rural Health"

McKay Lecture Theatre

UPDATE: Due to ongoing COVID-related restrictions on events, it has been decided to postpone this year's LRHS Research Conference to a date in early 2022.Stay tuned for further information.The annual La Trobe Rural Health School Research Conference celebrates rural health research undertaken by La Trobe University through the LRHS and its rural and regional partners.Our rural health research activities are based on regional, national and international collaborations that foster reciprocity.The conference will explore future-based research which addresses major challenges and opportunities in rural, regional and remote health; and will present a diverse range of research which demonstrates the strong relationship that exists between LRHS and our industry and community partners.A Commonwealth funded Department of Rural Health

Keynote Speaker:Professor Sabina Knight AM is an experienced remote area nurse with lifetime roots in outback rural and remote areas. A veteran of remote health in New South Wales, Central Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, Sabina has developed expertise in clinical practice, primary health care, public health, education and health workforce. In 1983, Sabina was one of the remote advocates instrumental in the founding of the Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia, then the Central Australia Rural Practitioners Association and then the National Rural Health Alliance. She has made significant contribution to innovative service models, education and remote practice through the establishment of highly regarded short courses such as the CRANA REC program as well as post graduate programs in remote health practice, clinical guidelines and most recently through the development of student led service learning models. 
From 1989 - 1997, she was a member of the original and subsequent CARPA editorial committees producing internationally recognised clinical guidelines for remote practice, taking over as chair in 1998 and continuing until 2016. 
Sabina has been a key figure in the development of rural and remote health workforce policy and health reform. She has served on a wide range of ministerial advisory bodies and was a Commissioner on the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission and the Queensland Health Reform Group. She has been associated with University Departments of Rural Health since their inception in 1997 and currently leads the Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University in and for outback Queensland. 
For her contribution to remote health and education, Professor Knight was awarded the Centenary Medal as well as being recognised with the Aurora Award by CRANA for outstanding leadership and contribution to remote health in 1994 and again in 2020.

Keynote Speaker:Associate Professor Mark McEvoy is Senior Epidemiologist and Research Methodologist at La Trobe University Rural Health School, Bendigo with an active research program in the epidemiology of chronic disease and healthcare worker research. Previously he was the Associate Professor Epidemiology at the University of Newcastle where he worked as one of the lead investigators on the Hunter Community Study, one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive population-based prospective longitudinal studies of ageing and chronic disease.Associate Professor McEvoy has attracted almost $6M in research funding, published &gt;100 peer-reviewed journal articles over last 5 years, &gt;35 Systematic reviews, and 230+ publications over his career. He is currently the lead investigator of the Loddon Mallee Healthcare Worker COVID Study – a study that will examine the health &amp; well-being of healthcare workers within the Loddon Mallee health services.

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