Associate Professor Frances Batchelor

Frances Batchelor

B App Sc (Physio), M Health St, PhD, Grad Cert Public Policy

Director of Clinical Gerontology, Research Lead Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration

Associate Professor Frances Batchelor is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Clinical Gerontology Division. She is also the Research Lead for the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration. As a research and clinical physiotherapist she has over 35 years of experience in community, hospital and aged care services and completed her PhD at the end of 2010 entitled “Falls Prevention After Stroke."

Her research expertise covers 4 key areas: healthy ageing, health conditions associated with ageing, health and aged care systems, and technology in health and aged care. She has over 70 publications and has been successful in obtaining over $13 million in research funding. Associate Professor Batchelor’s career is focused on collaborative approaches to research, policy and practice to improve the lives of older people.

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Join us Tuesday 30th July for the Seminar in Ageing presented by Sharyn Milnes who will discuss the topic: Putting patient values into shared decision making
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Join us for the launch of the Framework for Enabling Technology-supported Aged Care at Home, Friday 9th August 2024, 12:30 – 1.15pm AEST, register to attend in person or online (Zoom). Note in-person attendence has limited capacity.
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Professor Tracy Comans

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Lisa Seath

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Elizabeth Watt

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Dr Marina Cavuoto

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Amy Parker

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Debra O’Connor

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Dr Josefine Antoniades

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Professor Bianca Brijnath

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Make a difference in the lives of older people and those who care for them by volunteering to be involved in research.
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