Professorial Lecture Series

Primary Care: Now More Than Ever Date: Thursday, 19 November 2026 Time: 4pm – 6pm Where: University Club (Building 6, Level 3) Free Admission All Welcome Primary Care: Now More Than Ever Join us for the final instalment of the Professorial Lecture Series 2026 as Professor Nick Zwar, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, makes the case for why primary care matters now more than ever. Professor Zwar has been a GP for more than 30 years and continues to work part-time in clinical practice. He is also adjunct Professor of General Practice in the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on the prevention and management of chronic diseases, with a focus on respiratory illness, and he has a long-standing clinical, teaching and research interest in travel medicine. He is the immediate past chair of the National Asthma Council Guideline Committee and the RACGP Smoking Cessation Guidelines Expert Advisory Group, chairs the RACGP Travel Medicine Specific Interest Group, and serves on the RACGP Preventive Guidelines Executive Committee, the Lung Foundation Australia COPD-X Guideline Committee and the Board of the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service. Whether you're a clinician, a researcher, a health-policy thinker, a student, or simply someone who cares about the future of healthcare in our community, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.