AAAPC Subcommittees
The AAAPC Executive committee endorsed a new Strategic Plan on 28 July 2025. The plan outlined the AAAPC’s Mission, Vision, Values and Goals.
The goals in the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan are:
1. To be a visible, effective, accountable and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care audience (stakeholders/community).
2. To optimise relationships with organisations involved in primary care.
3. To advocate for high quality primary care research and education.
4. To promote and nurture primary care research and scholarly activity.
5. To build and sustain primary care academic capacity including teaching focused academics and health professionals.
If you would like to join one of our Subcommittees
please email secretariat@aaapc.org.au.
ACADEMIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY SUBCOMMITTEE The Primary Care Research, Policy and Advocacy subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 2 and 3: To optimise relationships with organisations involved in primary care To advocate for high quality primary care research and education The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Academic Policy and Advocacy subcommittee to conduct work to meet this goal:
In 2025/2027 this subcommittee will be chaired by Associate Prof Ben Harris-Roxas. Ben hopes to have a list of members who are willing to be co-opted at short notice to respond to emerging research and policy issues. This subcommittee may have few regular meetings but members will be called upon to help develop and write submissions for government departments or processes 2025 - 2026 Subcommittee:
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE The Membership Engagement Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2, and 4: To be a visible, effective, accountable and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care audience (stakeholders/community). To optimise relationships with organisations involved in primary care To promote and nurture primary care research and scholarly activity The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Membership Engagement subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goal:
In 2025/2026 this subcommittee is being chaired by Dr Flora Hui. 2025 - 2026 Subcommittee:
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EARLY AND MID CAREER ACADEMIC (EMCA) SUBCOMMITTEE
The Early Career Researchers (ECR) Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goal 5:
To build and sustain primary care academic capacity including teaching focused academics and health professionals
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the EMCA subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goal:
- Build and sustain academic primary care capacity for EMCA’s including teaching and /or research focused academics and health professionals.
In 2025/2026 this subcommittee is being chaired by Dr Jessica Botfield. As with all our subcommittees we are keen to see a mix of early career and established academics from a range of disciplines and geographies join this group.
2025 - 2026 Subcommittee:
- Dr Jessica Botfield (Chair, Monash University)
- Dr Sharon James (Monash University)
- Dr Ruby Biezen (University of Melbourne)
- Associate Professor Leah East (University of Southern Queensland)
- Dr Vera Costa (Monash University)
- Ms Nilakshi Gunatillaka (Monash University)
- Dr Alexandra Davidson (Bond University)
- Ms Maira Sohail (Monash University)
- Ms Hannah Greenwood (Bond University)
- Dr Jialing Lin (University of NSW)
- Dr Sharinne Crawford (Monash University)
- Ms Susan Saldanha (Monash University)
CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Conference subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goal 4:
4. To promote and nurture primary care research and scholarly activity
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Conference subcommittee to conduct work to meet this goal:
- Bring the Australasian primary care academic community together to share knowledge.
In 2025/2026 this subcommittee is being chaired by Prof Liz Halcomb
2025/2026 Subcommittee:
- Prof Liz Halcomb (Chair, University of Wollongong)
- Prof Tim Stokes (University of Otago)
- Associate Professor Sarah Dennis (University of Sydney)
- Prof Anna Williams (University of Technology Sydney)
- Dr Flora Hui (University of Melbourne)
- Ms Anisa Assifi (Monash University)
PRIMARY CARE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
The Primary Care Education Subcommittee seeks to support the AAAPC to deliver on strategic goals 1, 2 , 3, and 5:
To be a visible, effective, accountable and sustainable organisation that is responsive to a broad primary care audience (stakeholders/community).
To optimise relationships with organisations involved in primary care
To advocate for high quality primary care research and education
To build and sustain primary care academic capacity including teaching focused academics and health professionals
The Strategic Plan articulates the following major objectives and action items for the Primary Care Education Subcommittee to conduct work to meet these goals:
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- Establish and maintain collegial relationships between AAAPC and key primary care research, practice, support, education and funding organisations both within Australasia and worldwide.
- Be responsive to key national and/or global issues in primary care.
- Lead discussions, respond to and influence key Australiasian issues in primary care.
- Build and sustain academic primary care capacity for EMCA’s including teaching and /or research focused academics and health professionals.
- Support academic teaching and curriculum development to include evidence based primary care research
In 2025/2026 this subcommittee is being chaired by Ms Frances Barraclough.
2022 - 2023 Subcommittee:
- Ms Frances Barraclough (Chair, University of Sydney)
- Dr Kylie Vuong (University of Melbourne)
- Prof Parker Magin (Newcastle University)
- Dr Lynn McBain (University of Otago)
- Dr Catherine Stephen (University of Wollongong)
- Kaara Calma (Griffith University)
- Dr Mina Bakit (Bond University)
- Monica Coha (Monash University)
- Alexandra Davidson (Bond University)
- Prof Debra Rowett (University of South Australia)