Join us online for our eleventh session of the Faculty of Health’s International Research Partnerships Colloquium Series 2025.
Each month we feature one of our international partners, with presentations from a Deakin and partner researcher on their latest collaborative work. These 50-minute Zoom sessions (20-minute presentation plus 30-minute Q&A) highlight the great research within our strategic partnerships. They provide an opportunity for all staff, graduate research candidates and other research students to learn more about our major international partners, the key researchers involved and the opportunities that exist to engage.
Following the success of our previous events in February and March 2025, the May session will feature our collaboration with Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Session details
Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Session time: 3pm AEDT
Bridging the gaps: Research priorities in maternal and child health in India
Presented by Dr Judith Angelitta Noronha
Dr Judith Angelitta Noronha is a distinguished nursing educator and researcher who has shaped nursing education in India for over three decades. As the current Professor and Dean at Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, she brings extensive expertise in nursing education, research methodology and healthcare leadership.
In 2023, she was honoured as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland for nursing and midwifery, marking a significant milestone in her career. Dr Noronha’s research interests span a broad spectrum of healthcare domains, with particular emphasis on bioethics, neonatal care, high-risk pregnancy and evidence-based practice.
Effective global partnerships in research focused on improving maternal health
Presented by Dr Heather Wallace
Dr Heather Wallace is a registered nurse and midwife, with a master’s degree in public health and a PhD in midwifery/public health. She is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin University and is based at the Waterfront Campus, where she teaches across the undergraduate, postgraduate, honours and graduate research programs.
She has collaborated nationally and internationally on research projects focused on improving maternal health and has a long history of community engagement centred on women’s sexual and reproductive health. Dr Wallace is a board director of Alola Australia and an active peer reviewer for several global midwifery and public health journals. She represents Deakin on the Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education Consortium, as well as the School of Nursing and Midwifery on the program to support Academic Careers Equitably (PACE).
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