Learning and Teaching Scholarship and Innovation
Our teaching academics are recognised for their outstanding expertise within their disciplines and for innovation across curricula
About this hub
The Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Scholarship and Innovation Hub undertakes research and develops innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the health sciences. Our research and development spans:
- Curriculum design
- Student engagement and wellbeing
- Generating and evaluating innovative teaching approaches
- Designing bespoke tools for theoretical and practical health science education and assessment
- Optimising clinical placements
A strong focus on the use of digital technologies and interprofessional education underpins our teaching and learning scholarship. We aim to develop best practice approaches to health sciences teaching through our work and provide outstanding learning experiences for our students.
Meet our learning and teaching experts
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Audiology and Speech Pathology
Dr Kelley Graydon
Senior Lecturer | International placements, teleaudiology (including virtual patients and zoom based clinics), clinical simulation for teaching and assessments, online modules and e-PBL sessions, and flipped classroom designkgraydon@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Dani Tomlin
Clinical Audiologist and a teaching and research academic, teaching into the Master of Clinical Audiology. Her interest areas include innovation in clinical education and assessment, with a focus on the development and application of simulations and eLearning tools for clinical training.dtomlin@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Grace Nixon
Lecturer | Flipped classrooms, virtual patients, online assessments, online e-learning, and interdisciplinary education.nixon.g@unimelb.edu.au
Patrick Bowers
Associate Lecturer, teaching in to the Master of Clinical Audiology. His area of interest includes development and implementation of eLearning and simulation for clinical training.patrick.bowers@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Lauren Story
Lecturer, teaching into the Master of Clinical Audiology | Radical flipped classroom, virtual patients, qualitative research, case-based learningstory.l@unimelb.edu.au
Donella Chisari
Lecturer and Clinical Audiologist | Clinical simulation, e-PBL, radical flipped classroom design, interprofessional educationchisarid@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Samantha Tai
Lecturer, Senior Audiologist, Teaching Specialist|Research areas include clinical communication, patient-centred education.samantha.tai@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Michelle Todorov
Clinical Audiologist and a teaching and research academic, teaching into the Master of Clinical Audiology. Her areas of interest include online assessments, virtual patients, and interdisciplinary education.michelle.todorov@unimelb.edu.au -
Nursing
Dr Snezana Kusljic
Senior Lecturer, Senior Academic Adviser | Research areas include pharmacology, medication safety and quality use of medicines, psychopharmacologyskusljic@unimelb.edu.au -
Optometry and Vision Sciences
Associate Professor Anthea Cochrane
Assoc. Professor, Teaching Specialist, 3rd, 4th year OD and Placement Coordinator | Research: low vision, clinical training and assessment, failure to fail, training educators.antheac@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Bao Nguyen
Lecturer, optometrist and human visual neuroscientist | Research areas include understanding eye and brain changes with healthy and pathological ageing, childhood and adolescent development, vision anomalies in ophthalmic and neurological disorders.bnguyen@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Kwang Cham
Senior Lecturer | Research areas include digital technologies for feedback and assessment, inter-professional education, and inter-disciplinary object-based learning engaging with material culture.ckwang@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Laura Downie
Associate Professor and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow | Research areas include ocular diagnostics and therapeutics, tear biomarkers, clinical trials and research translation.ldownie@unimelb.edu.au -
Physiotherapy
Associate Professor Catherine Granger
Associate Professor and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow | Research areas include exercise and physical activity for patients with lung cancer, other cancers, critical illness and respiratory diseasescatherine.granger@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Karen Donald
Course coordinator and Director of Teaching and Learning-Doctor of Physiotherapy. Associate Fellow of Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators. My research interests are ePortfolio, authentic assessment, self-regulated learning, interprofessional education and collaborative practice and technology enhance learning.karen.donald@unimelb.edu.au -
Social Work
Associate Professor David Rose
Associate Professor in Social Work, Director of Learning and Teaching, MSHS | Research areas include impact of criminal justice system, trauma and mental health, alcohol and other drugs, domestic & family violence, children and families across borders and health/mental health in forensic systemsdrose@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Jennifer Davidson
Course Coordinator, MSW | Research areas include navigating complex service systems, disability and the NDIS, social work in the legal and justice systems and the impact of social policy on health and wellbeingjennifer.davidson@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Ralph Hampson
Associate Professor | Research areas include health, ageing and community servicesralph.hampson@unimelb.edu.au