International Women's Day – Women in research: Bold perspectives. Positive change.

Event date
Tuesday 7th March 2017
Event time
12:00 PM
Event address
Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney

Location:

Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney

Cost

Free

This seminar includes a lunch that will be served at 1:15pm. Please RSVP by COB Friday 3rd March to recpt@kirby.unsw.edu.au for catering purposes.

 

Panel:    
  The Hon Susan Ryan AO
Former Age Discrimination Commissioner
Former Women's Ambassador for ActionAid Australia
     
  Associate Professor Rebecca Guy
Head of the Surveillance Evaluation and Research Program, Kirby Institute
     
  Ms Jane Costello
Program Coordinator, Sexual Health Program and Surveillance Evaluation and Research Program
President of the Positive Life NSW Board
     
  Ms Zahra Stardust
PhD Candidate, School of Arts and Media, UNSW 
     
Co-chairs:    
  Dr Bridget Haire
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Kirby Institute
President of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
     
  Professor Lisa Maher AM 
Head of the Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology and Prevention Program, Kirby Institute 

 

The 2017 International Women’s Day theme is Be Bold for Change. This special Kirby Institute seminar celebrates the successes of women in research. Our outstanding panel of speakers will share bold new approaches and concepts for change from the perspective of politics and policy, academia, community and early career researchers and students.

The short talks will focus on how past barriers have been overcome and paved the way for the future, and what barriers remain to be boldly challenged.