Work with us: Research Fellow

27 March, 2026

Research Fellow - Cochrane Australia Job No.: 691811 Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Employment Type: Full-time Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment Remuneration: $118,974 - $141,283 pa Level B plus 17% superannuation Shape clinical guidelines using innovative living evidence synthesis methods Work with Cochrane Australia and the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration Contribute to research influencing healthcare policy and practice worldwide The Opportunity Monash University is...

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Pregnant Australian women and clinicians deserve evidence-based care

24 September, 2025

Authors of the Australian Pregnancy Care Guidelines the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration (ALEC), Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians...

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Dr Alison Teate and Assoc Prof Stefan Kane announced as new LEAPP Co-Chairs

7 May, 2025

ALEC is delighted to welcome two new Co-Chairs to LEAPP for 2025. Dr Alison Teate joins LEAPP as our new Clinical Fellow, co-chairing the Pregnancy and Postnatal Panels...

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Optimising implementation of LEAPP’s postnatal care recommendations

1 May, 2025

Development of Australia’s first national postnatal guideline (LEAPP) is well underway. In a clinical area that often suffers from fragmented care delivery, the LEAPP guideline offers an opportunity...

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LEAPP launches world-first living pregnancy and postnatal care guidelines in Brisbane

30 April, 2025

Australia is a global leader in pregnancy and postnatal care after the launch of world first ‘living’ clinical guidelines by the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration (ALEC) and Federal...

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Survey Invitation: Platform for Living guidelines Usability Study (PLUS)

15 January, 2025

Clinical practice has been significantly enhanced by the introduction of living guidelines, which are consistently updated guidelines, published on an online platform and accessible to everyone when needed....

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Shaping the future of maternity care with Dr Nisha Khot: the challenges and rewards of producing Australia’s first living guidelines for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

5 December, 2024

The Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) Guidelines Group is made up of Australia’s leading maternal and child health researchers, clinicians and passionate consumer advocates....

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Shaping the future of maternity care: the challenges and rewards of producing Australia’s first living guidelines for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

20 November, 2024

The Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) Guidelines Group is made up of Australia’s leading maternal and child health researchers, clinicians and passionate consumer advocates....

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Lived Experience: Recruiting for diversity

11 October, 2024

Dr Annie Synnot and Alecia Staines recently presented a webinar for Evidence Synthesis Ireland on Lived experience in living guidelines: Recruiting for diversity. As it stands, guideline recommendations...

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Get set: LEAPP Process evaluation launching this month

9 April, 2024

The ALEC team is all set to launch a process evaluation of the LEAPP guidelines later this month. The ongoing evaluation will help us identify opportunities for improvement...

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2024: the LEAPP year of the consumer

22 February, 2024

According to the Lunar calendar, 2024 is the year of the dragon. Here at ALEC, it’s also shaping up to be the year of the consumer. For the...

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Share your feedback on the first new Australian Postnatal Care Guidelines recommendation on alcohol and breastfeeding

14 February, 2024

The first recommendation of the new Australian Postnatal Care Guidelines was published this week and is now open for comment. Here, Living Evidence for Pregnancy and Postnatal Care...

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National roundtable on miscarriage aims to raise awareness and improve support

17 October, 2023

Miscarriage is a devastating and traumatic experience that affects an estimated 110,000 women and families each year in Australia. These figures and the grief that lies behind them...

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What’s in a name? ALEC puts collaboration front and centre

19 September, 2023

Earlier this month the Australian Living Evidence Consortium made a slight but purposeful change to our name. Here, we explain why we’ve just become the Australian Living Evidence...

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