07-Aug-2026
12:30pm-2:00pm

Seminar Room 5, Room 603, 6/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road

The School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong and The Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education (BIMHSE) will co-host a Seminar featuring Professor Helen Skouteris, Monash Warwick Alliance Professor in Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science and Head of the Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU) at Monash University, Australia, on the topic “Broadening the Lens of Implementation Science: Equity, Inclusion and Moving Beyond Western Approaches”.

This presentation will introduce the principles of implementation science and explore why an equity-focused approach is critical to improving health, social care, and educational outcomes. Moving beyond traditional Western models, equity-focused implementation emphasises participation, co-design, contextual responsiveness, and the inclusion of diverse ways of knowing to ensure that interventions are accessible, acceptable, and beneficial for populations experiencing social, cultural, economic, and structural disadvantage.

The presentation will provide an overview of the Strengthening Implementation Practice and Research with Equity (SEMPRE) programme, highlighting its work to advance equitable implementation across diverse settings. Through examples from SEMPRE projects, Professor Helen Skouteris will demonstrate how community partnerships, lived experience expertise, and equity-centred implementation strategies can support more effective, sustainable, and impactful outcomes across complex health, social care, and education systems.

 

Professor Helen Skouteris

Monash Warwick Alliance Professor in Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science and Head of the Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU), Monash University, Australia

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia

 

Professor Helen Skouteris is a Monash Warwick Alliance Professor in Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science, Head of the Health and Social Care Unit (HSCU) at Monash University, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Trained as a developmental psychologist, she has spent more than 25 years improving the health and wellbeing of people experiencing disadvantage across the lifespan, with a particular focus on children and mothers.

Professor Helen Skouteris and her team at the HSCU are leading a world-first programme of research – Strengthening Implementation Practice and Research with Equity (SEMPRE). Through this programme, they are advancing implementation science by developing theory, methodology, and practice; building early- and mid-career professional capacity; and fostering global collaborations. Working in partnership with people with lived experience, they are co-developing SEMPRE, a multi-sectoral, transcultural programme of research focused on advancing equitable implementation science across health, social care, and education.

 

Please register here by August 6, 2026 (Thursday) at 11:00 am.

A confirmation email will be sent to successful registrants.

Enquiry
For enquiry, please email sphevent@hku.hk.