Deakin Court Mural, The University of Melbourne, Parkville

Interdisciplinary Integrative Healthcare Symposium, September 2025

Event Program with abstracts

Research & Practice: Whole person health, lifestyle medicine, contemplative practice, music therapy, traditional, complementary & integrative health care and more – The University of Melbourne and partners

Join forward-thinkers in their fields for a collaborative, interdisciplinary dialogue to identify research priorities and establish new leadership, partnership and advocacy opportunities

Explore with us:

  • opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration
  • research priorities across traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and associated contemplative, lifestyle and holistic practice for wellness, health care and disease prevention
  • pathways for consumer engagement

When: Wednesday 10 September 2025, 9.30am – 2pm (including networking lunch 1-2pm).
Arrival 9.15-9.30am

Where: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (Building 158), The University of Melbourne, 761 Swanston Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3052

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  • TCIM-related research, current and planned, at the University of Melbourne
  • Consumer panel discussion and Q&A: Research priorities to support an integrated healthcare system, including:
    • Panel members include: Sophy Athan, Gabrielle Covino, Rhett Hughes, Dr Tamara Nation
  • Launch of the Integrative Healthcare Special Interest Group and Stakeholder Network
  • Mini experiential workshops
  • Networking lunch supported by the Jacka Foundation

Who should attend

Academics (researchers and educators) and postgraduate students and other stakeholders, including healthcare providers, professional association and consumer representatives interested in traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and associated therapies and practice for wellness, condition management and prevention.

  • Including, but not limited to academics & clinician interested in whole person health, health services research, public health, health promotion, medicine, indigenous traditional / holistic healthcare practice, music and movement therapies, Chinese medicine, allied health, lifestyle medicine, contemplative practice, pharmacy, ethnomedicine, plant medicine, natural therapies, etc.

Cost: FREE, but registration is essential

Register to attend

Register by 4 September 2025

If your plans change and you can no longer attend: Please let us know. We anticipate that there will be a wait list

Event Flyer (PDF)

Present your current or planned research

Theme: Interdisciplinary partnerships. Showcasing TCIM-related research undertaken or planned by University of Melbourne academics or postgraduates

Who should submit an abstract?

  • Academics and clinicians interested in lifestyle medicine, traditional, complementary or integrative medicine, holistic healthcare at the University of Melbourne and its partner institutions.
  • Members of the University of Melbourne’s interdisciplinary Integrative Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG) – academics and postgraduates at the University of Melbourne and partner institutions.
    • Not a member? It’s free to join and without obligation. 

Abstract submissions are closed

  • Abstracts can be for research that is: underway, completed or planned
  • Use this event to gather momentum for projects in planning
Submit an Abstract

Questions? Contact: integrative-sig@unimelb.edu.au

This event is organised by the Integrative Healthcare Special Interest Group. Founded in 2024, it is an interdisciplinary group of academics and postgraduates associated with the University of Melbourne and it partner institutions (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, etc)