GP Academic, Western Victoria Primary Health Network; Australia

Bianca Forrester is a GP academic at the Department of General Practice Primary care, University of Melbourne (DGPPC UoM) and the clinical lead of innovation and learning at the Western Victorian Primary Health Network (WVPHN). Living and working in regional Victoria, Bianca has developed skills as an educator and systems change facilitator. Since March 2020, she has led a rapid learning network for primary care, focusing on policy and best practice implementation through the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the pandemic, she is leading organisations activities through a transition towards a learning health system operating model to address other population health and complex problems in healthcare. As an academic GP, she leads the clinical training program for the Doctors in Secondary schools’ Victorian government initiative and completing her Masters of Adolescent Health and wellbeing. She produces a podcast called The Maze Phase: for primary care professionals working with teens navigating life and the healthcare system.