Director of Public Prosecutions v Avalos (a pseudonym)

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA AT MELBOURNE

CRIMINAL DIVISION

Revised Not Restricted

Suitable for Publication

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

DILAN AVALOS (a pseudonym)

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JUDGE:	RIDDELL
WHEREHELD:	Melbourne
DATEOFHEARING:	5, 6, 7 February 2020
DATEOFRULING:	18 February 2020
CASEMAYBECITEDAS:	DPP v Avalos (a pseudonym) (Ruling No. 2)
MEDIUMNEUTRALCITATION:	[2020] VCC 2128

RULING

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Subject: CRIMINAL LAW – Ruling (Expert Evidence)

Catchwords: Expert evidence --- Counter-intuitive behaviour --- Intimate partner violence -

-- Sexual offending including multiple rapes --- Multiple complainants --- Prosecution seek to call Expert Evidence --- Whether expert qualified so as to render her opinion admissible --- Whether evidence relevant --- Whether evidence unfairly prejudicial

Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 2009 --- Evidence Act 2008 --- Jury Directions Act

2015 --- Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Bill 2014 Cases Cited: MA v The Queen [2013] VSCA 20 --- Adler v Australian Securities and
Investments Commission [2003] NSWCA 131 --- Honeysett v The Queen [2014] HCA 29 at [23] --- Jacobs (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2019] VSCA 285 --- The Queen v Stuart Lee [2001] ACTSC 133 --- Borowski v Quayle [1966] VR 382

Ruling: Leave to adduce expert evidence of Professor Hegarty granted

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APPEARANCES:

Counsel

Solicitors

FortheDPP

N. Rogers SC

S. Clancy

Office of Public Prosecutions

FortheAccused

P. A. Chadwick QC

K. Rolfe

Ann Valos Criminal Law

COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA

250 William Street, Melbourne

HER HONOUR:

1In this case the Prosecution seeks to adduce evidence from Professor Kelsey Hegarty, who they submit is an expert in family violence and particularly, intimate partner violence.

2Dilan Avalos1 is charged over 2 indictments with approximately 40 charges of false imprisonment, kidnap, rape, causing injury intentionally, assaults and making threats to kill or inflict serious injury.

3Those charges relate to seven complainants, each of whom was for a period of time in an intimate relationship with the accused.

4In addition to the charged acts, the Prosecution seeks to lead evidence of uncharged acts of additional physical violence, as well as what could be summarised as psychologically abusive behaviours and behaviours which were controlling and intimidating.

5Each of the complainants will give evidence of their own behaviours which may be seen as inconsistent with their allegations of physical and sexual violence against them.

6That evidence includes inter alia evidence that they:

i) remained in relationship with the accused and did not try to leave that relationship;

ii) did not take opportunities to report the allegations to various persons in authority or to friends or family who might assist them;

iii) did not seek medical assistance; and

iv) that where reports were made, they were partial and did not include critical allegations.

7Although varied in the specifics the evidence is thematic. Evidence of such behaviours by a complainant in the context of intimate partner violence has been called ‘counter-intuitive behaviour’.

¹ A pseudonym

8The Prosecution seek to lead the evidence of Professor Hegarty in order to explain to or educate the jury about the features of intimate partner violence and the barriers to escaping it. They seek to do so in part to explain features of the evidence in chief, and also to rebut defence cross examination.

Defence response to allegations

9The Defence has submitted defence responses in relation to each indictment. Those responses outline the facts in issue in each indictment.

10In summary, the Defence’s response in relation to any sexual allegations is that the issues relate to consent and reasonable belief in consent. Where there are allegations of anal penetration, that is specifically denied by the accused.

11In relation to allegations of violence the accused denies each of those events occurred. He also denies making any threat, or if made any intention to create fear in the complainant.

12In relation to allegations of false imprisonment, the accused denies he intended to falsely imprison any one of the complainants. The defence responses also raise issues pertaining to whether the particular complainant could escape from the accused at any time.

13Each defence response states that the credibility and reliability of the complainant will be in issue.

Issues of counter-intuitive behaviours

14Each complainant was cross examined at committal. Each one was challenged on the counter-intuitive behaviours relevant to them. Senior Counsel at trial agreed that similar challenges will be made at during the trials, subject to the specific evidence which emerges.

15It is clear as Ms Clancy, Junior Counsel for the Prosecution stated in argument, that the issues of inconsistent or counter intuitive behaviours will be front and centre in the trials of each of these charges. Hence, the Prosecution desire to adduce expert evidence on that topic.

Legislation

16Three provisions provide gateways to admissibility for this type of evidence. The first s 79(1) of the Evidence Act 2008. The second is s 108C of the same Act, and the third is s 388 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.2

17The starting point for consideration is s 55 of the Evidence Act 2008.

55 Relevant evidence

(1)The evidence that is relevant in a proceeding is evidence that, if it were accepted, could rationally affect (directly or indirectly) the assessment of the probability of the existence of a fact in issue in the proceeding.

(2)In particular, evidence is not taken to be irrelevant only because it relates only to—

(a)the credibility of a witness;

18An exception to the credibility rule exists in s 108C –

108C Exception—evidence of persons with specialised knowledge

(1)The credibility rule does not apply to evidence given by a person concerning the credibility of another witness if—

(a)the person has specialised knowledge based on the person's training, study or experience; and

(b)the evidence is evidence of an opinion of the person that—

(i)is wholly or substantially based on that knowledge; and

(ii)could substantially affect the assessment of the credibility of the witness; and

2 MA v The Queen [2013] VSCA 20 at para 94

(c)the court gives leave to adduce the evidence.

See also the opinion rule –

The opinion rule

Evidence of an opinion is not admissible to prove the existence of a fact about the existence of which the opinion was expressed.

20An exception to that rule exists in s.79 for expert evidence. Relevantly, that section states –

79 Exception—opinions based on specialised knowledge

(1)If a person has specialised knowledge based on the person's training, study or experience, the opinion rule does not apply to evidence of an opinion of that person that is wholly or substantially based on that knowledge.

21It is via those two exceptions that the Prosecution seek to have the evidence of Professor Hegarty admitted. That is, that Professor Hegarty is a person with specialised knowledge who can give relevant evidence which is based on that knowledge and which could substantially affect the assessment by the jury of the credibility of each complainant.

Defence objection

22The Defence object to the granting of leave to adduce the evidence of Professor Hegarty.

23Senior Counsel for Mr Avalos objected to the admissibility of Professor Hegarty’s evidence on a number of bases.

24Firstly, objection was made to her expertise. That is, it was said she is not someone with specialised knowledge on this topic and therefore her evidence is not admissible under section 79 or 108C.

25Secondly, that the evidence is irrelevant in that it is incapable of rationally affecting any matter in issue in the trial. That is, it does not meet the requirements of section 55 of the Evidence Act 2008.

26Thirdly, the topics referred to in Professor Hegarty’s statement are not matters in issue in the trial.

27Fourthly, that pursuant to section 135 of the Evidence Act 2008 I should exclude the evidence in the exercise of my discretion given that its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger that the evidence might be misleading or confusing or cause or result in an undue waste of time.

28Fifth, that its probative value is outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice and therefore it must be excluded pursuant to section 137 of the Evidence Act 2008.

Analysis

29The law recognises that inconsistent or counter intuitive behaviours on the part of a person [woman] in a relationship of intimate partner violence are not well understood by the general community.

30The Law Reform Commission in its publication Review of Family Violence Laws Report3produced a fact sheet of Family Violence Myths outlining some of the most commonly held myths. Those myths relate to counter-intuitive behaviours.

31Inclusions such as the directions on family violence in the Jury Directions Act 2015 in relation to self defence or duress in the context of family violence are another example of the law recognising the need for specific directions to address those misconceptions. 4

32In the explanatory memorandum of the Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Bill 2014 at page 23 the legislature referred to the fact that –

3 Victorian Law Reform Commission, Review of Family Violence Laws, Report (2006)

4 Jury Directions Act 2015, Part 6.

‘Studies show that many members of the community do not understand how the dynamics of family violence may impact on the behaviour of family violence victims such as why victims of family violence remain in abusive relationships.… Research shows it is not uncommon for victims… to remain in abusive relationships for a variety of reasons. These include fear of retaliatory violence, concern for children, lack of finances, lack of alternative accommodation, and love for their partner. These new directions are designed to give jurors a better appreciation of the factors impacting victims of family violence’.5

33The explanatory memorandum makes clear that those directions are general in nature and are designed to address general misconceptions about family violence.

34That is, it is an area which goes beyond the understanding of most jurors and is an appropriate subject for expert evidence. The fact that directions are provided for in relation to delay of reporting of sexual offending, or in circumstances of duress or self defence does not preclude expert evidence from being called. Indeed the explanatory memorandum for what is now s 60 states exactly that.

35The Prosecution submit that Professor Hegarty is a person with specialised knowledge who can therefore give evidence on those matters.

36Specialised knowledge is not a defined term in the Evidence Act 2008. It is however not to be a restrictive term and the scope of specialised knowledge is to be informed by the available bases of training study and experience.6

37It is generally understood that the wording of the Evidence Act 2008 by way of inclusion of training study and experience as ways to acquire specialised knowledge confirmed and broadened the common law position.

38The High Court in Honeysett v The Queen stated –

‘Specialised knowledge is knowledge which is outside that of persons who have not the training, study or experience acquired an understanding of the subject matter. It may be

5 Explanatory Memorandum, Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Bill 2014 (Vic), 23.

6 Adler v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2003] NSWCA 131 at 6 to 9

of matters that are not of a scientific or technical kind and a person without any formal qualifications may acquire specialised knowledge by experience. However, the person’s training study or experience must result in the acquisition of knowledge.’ 7

Professor Kelsey Hegarty

39Professor Hegarty is a registered medical practitioner, having qualified in 1983. She became a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practice in 1989. 10 years later, in 1999, she obtained a doctorate by thesis on the Prevalence and Measurement of Domestic Violence.

40Since that time, she has spent two decades researching, analysing and contributing to the field of knowledge of family violence, with particular expertise in intimate partner violence.

41I will not repeat the experience she outlines in her report – because it is extensive – but I will refer to the summary which outlines the following.

42Professor Hegarty was appointed to a joint research Chair in Family Violence Prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital in September 2016. She has led the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence since March 2017.

43She also leads a program researching abuse and violence at the Department of General Practice, and directs the postgraduate primary care nursing course for the University of Melbourne.

44She, along with another professor, established the Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence against Women and their Children.

7 [2014] HCA 29 at [23]

45She states that she has built significant capacity and reputation of high quality innovative research and teaching in the field of domestic and family violence, as well as general practice and primary care nursing. Nothing in cross examination undermined that claim.

46She states, ‘My program of research aims to prevent and respond to domestic and family violence’.

47She has attracted over $10.5 million in competitive funding as a chief investigator on a variety of grants pertaining to issues around domestic and family violence.

48She has published more than 130 scholarly works including 116 peer-reviewed journal papers, nine first authored book chapters, a book on intimate partner violence and health professionals, and she has published abstracts, reports, and manuals. She has published in a variety of medical journals.

49The scale which she developed for her PhD thesis, called the Composite Abuse Scale, is the gold standard in measurement of domestic violence and has been translated into 10 languages and is used globally.

50She now supervises the research of PhD students, and she teaches and trains others on issues pertaining to intimate partner violence.

51She consults to government and other organisations. She has been an invited speaker and, at times, the keynote speaker at various conferences on the issue of domestic violence.

52In particular, I note she has been the Australian representative on the World Health Organisation guidelines for health professionals on the topic of domestic violence. She has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation and the United Nations.

53She has been called as an expert witness for the Victorian Royal Commission into family violence. She has previously given evidence in this court, as well as in the Magistrates’ and Supreme Courts as an expert witness.

54This short summary does not do her Curriculum Vitae justice. I propose to attach it to this ruling.

55Much was made by Mr Chadwick of the fact that her expertise in this area of domestic violence, and particularly intimate family violence, has been gathered through the medical setting of general practice.

56Similarly, much was made of the fact number of published works, consultancies and speaking engagements related to the particular angle regarding how medical practitioners respond to domestic violence.

57In my view, that setting does not in any way detract from her expertise. As with the expert in the matter of Jacobs (a pseudonym) v The Queen8, his experience in the forensic setting was not said to detract from the quality of knowledge gained.

58Professor Hegarty was at pains to explain that she was not claiming expertise on the basis of her exposure to victims of domestic violence in her general practice as a medical practitioner. I understand her evidence on that point to be to the effect that this is not what qualifies her as an expert in this field. That is so in large part because of the limited number of women who seek medical assistance in context. She estimated that she has seen approximately 10 women per year who presented in relation to intimate partner violence. That is approximately 200 women.

59The foundation of her PhD study, however, involved surveying 1800 women and then 1300 women about domestic violence. She then collated, analysed and wrote her thesis on the basis of those surveys. Her doctorate was conferred and later published.

60In addition, she has also conducted in-depth interview studies with 90 women over 3 separate studies in relation to reasons as to why they have not disclosed abuse. She stated and I accept that that is a large number of women as compared to many studies.

8Jacobs (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2019] VSCA 285

61In evidence she stated that the medical practice at which she works, in recognition of her expertise in this area, engaged her to work with their psychologist and psychiatrist on the emotional health of women presenting with issues around intimate partner violence.

62Although she firmly stated that her expertise in the area of intimate partner violence is based on her academic study, she said in her report that it is ‘influenced’ by her work in general practice. She did not disavow her actual experience.

63In my view that clinical experience is relevant and forms some of the backdrop for her work.

64She gave evidence as to reviews she has conducted of other studies. Defence submitted that she cannot be an expert if relying only on her reading of other people’s work. That misunderstands or misstates the nature of academic study.

65She indicated that she read, analysed and reviewed many studies. That practice of review, she stated, is the gold standard in the scientific field. I accept her evidence that collation of a multitude of other studies and analysis of those studies to ascertain trends and themes on which she can proffer her opinion is what scientific research demands.

66I note reliance was place by Mr Chadwick on the decision of The Queen v Stuart Lee9
where experts were in part basing opinions on a paper authored some 10 years earlier.

67The problem in Lee was the fact that there was a ‘paucity’ of empirical research on potentially critical medical issues. In particular, the research seemed to be based on one paper written in 1990, itself with significant limitations as to the quality of the research data on which it was based. That meant opinions ventured were not based in credible medical field.10 The expert conceded the results of that study were not completely reliable.

68In my view that case and the conclusions reached regarding the expert evidence turned on its own facts.

9 The Queen v Stuart Lee [2001] ACTSC 133

10 Ibid

69Case law bears out that specialised knowledge can be acquired in a number of ways. Indeed in Borowski v Quayle 11 so much was stated –

‘...to reject a professional physician or mathematician because the fact or some facts to which are testifies are known to him only upon the authority of others would be to ignore the accepted mentors of professional work and to insist on finically and impossible standards.’

70I note Gowans J in Borowski v Quayle referred to ‘Wigmore on Evidence’ (1961 – 1979), in stating the discretionary decisions of trial judges to admit evidence, ‘exercised in light of the nature of the subject and witness’s equipments’, should be exercised with a ‘liberal’ attitude.12

71Reference was made by Defence counsel to comments from the Court of Appeal in the recent decision of Jacobs.13The court made reference to the expert’s experience ‘based on extensive reading of academic literature and his experience of practice in a clinical setting.’ One was not elevated above another.

72In MA v The Queen 14 in relation to the same expert, the court noted it was a ‘function of his professional training that he was able to assess and critically respond to the academic literature to which he referred so as to express his option. Further explained clinical work further informed his opinion.’

73I have no difficulty accepting that Professor Hegarty is an expert on the basis of her study and experience.

74Defence counsel contended that Professor Hegarty’s report and therefore her evidence is not based wholly or substantially on her specialised knowledge. Submissions were made as to the lack of footnotes for various propositions.

11 Borowski v Quayle [1966] VR 382

12 Ibid at 386

13 [2019] VSCA 285

14 MA v The Queen [2013] VSCA 20

75The report does footnote, what I understood from the voir dire, evidence to be the major or main studies for a particular proposition. There was sufficient reference in my view.

76It may be difficult for an expert who has worked in a particular field of study and training to footnote each and every proposition given in a report. It may not be possible for them to identify what study or studies they have read, analysed or conducted which found a particular proposition. That is likely where their experience is gained over many years.

77If admitted, Defence counsel will have capacity to cross examine Professor Hegarty on the bases of her report – but those matters go to weight not admissibility.

78I have no difficulty in concluding that Professor Hegarty’s evidence, outlined in her report and likely to be given in viva voce evidence before the jury, is based on her years of training, study and experience.

Relevance

79The starting point in determining admissibility of the evidence is in identifying the facts in issue.

80Those are, as I have outlined above –

i) can the jury be satisfied that there was a lack of consent or belief in consent in the rape charges;

ii) can the jury be satisfied that the accused anally penetrated any complainant;

iii) can the jury be satisfied acts of violence occurred or threats were made; and

iv) can the jury be satisfied the accused falsely imprisoned any complainant and intended to do so.

81The prosecution case will largely rise and fall on the evidence of each complainant, given most times these alleged events occurred in private – hence, the centrality of the credibility

and reliability of each complainant. They will be challenged on counter intuitive behaviours, partial complaints and delay.

82The evidence to be adduced from Professor Hegarty is as outlined in the Prosecution submissions –

i) the nature of domestic violence;

ii) the psychological and social effects of intimate partner violence which result in women staying in those relationships, and exhibiting counter intuitive behaviours; and

iii) the factors which contribute to delay in reporting and the barriers to full disclosure.

83As the case law dictates, the evidence of Professor Hegarty will be general in relation to what women commonly do and do not do in intimate partner violence situations.

84The Court of Appeal in MA15 and again in Jacobs16referred with obvious approval to what the report of the New Zealand Law Reform Commission stated was the rationale for admissibility –

‘…the purpose of the evidence is educative: to impart specialised knowledge the jury may not otherwise have, in order to help the jury understand the evidence of and about the complainant, and therefore be better able to evaluate it.

Part of that purpose is to correct erroneous beliefs that juries may otherwise hold intuitively. That is why such evidence is sometimes called ‘counter-intuitive evidence’: it is offered to show that behaviour a jury might think is inconsistent with claims of sexual abuse is not or may not be so; that children who have been sexually abused have behaved in ways similar to that described of the complainant; and that therefore the complainant’s behaviour neither proves nor disproves that he or she has been sexually abused. The purpose of such evidence is to restore a complainant’s credibility from a debit balance because of jury misapprehension, back to a zero or neutral balance. This is similar to the

15 [2013] VSCA 20

16 [2019] VSCA 285

use of expert evidence to dispel myths and misconceptions about the behaviour of battered women.’17

85Given the recency of the Court of Appeal decision in Jacobs, and given the time devoted to that decision in argument, it is appropriate for me to refer to it. I will not repeat the facts here.

86Evidence was given by an expert witness regarding common responses to rape, including delay, maintenance of relationship and the impact of cultural issues. Although admitted by the Trial Judge, the Court of Appeal ruled that it should have been excluded.

87The case in my view is distinguishable on its facts. The allegations there related to single encounters between the accused and each complainant (in single complainant trials). The evidence given by the complainants did not bear out the type of issues raised by the expert. Explanations of common behaviour given by the expert witness were therefore irrelevant to the evidence and likely to be prejudicial to the accused by inviting unfair speculation. In addition, there was no attack on the credibility of the complainants using counter- intuitive behaviours, and therefore the evidence could not be said to be relevant for that purpose.

88In my view, Jacobs is confined to its facts.

89In contrast, in MA, a large part of the cross examination of the complainant in that trial, regarding incest, related to counter-intuitive behaviours such as remaining living with the accused and maintaining a relationship with him. The point of relevanceof expert evidence pertaining to common behaviours of victims of sexual offending, specifically incest, was to bring to neutral the evidence of the complainant and to educate the jury by establishing that the complainant’s behaviour was not necessarily inconsistent with the allegations made by her, nor an abnormal response to such offending.

17 New Zealand Law Reform Commission, Evidence: Evidence Code and Commentary, Report No 55 (1999) vol 2, 67 [C110] – [C111]

90Even though a single complainant trial, that factual scenario and the method and nature of attack on the credibility of the complainant by reference to counter-intuitive behaviours and delay is much closer factually to the current situation.

91In my view the evidence of Professor Hegarty is clearly relevant. It will go to address the counter-intuitive behaviours of the particular complainant which will be relied on by Defence to challenge the veracity and reliability of their account. It will do so in relation to the evidence in chief and to rebut the cross examination.

92Given the centrality of those issues, in my view it is relevant; it has capacity to substantially affect the jury’s assessment of the credibility of each complainant, and therefore the facts in issue.

Discretionary Exclusion

93Argument was then made by Defence counsel that I should exercise my discretion under section 135 of the Evidence Act 2008 to exclude the evidence.

94I note also the terms of s 192 regarding a grant of leave which require some overlap considerations.

95Senior Counsel submitted that given the importance which a jury is likely to attach to such evidence from an expert witness, the evidence will assume great importance in the trial.

96Further, that there would then be a real risk of the jury substituting common behaviours described by the expert where a complainant’s evidence may fall short of answering an attack on credit.

97That is, for example, where a complainant cannot explain why she may have only told police or a court during an IVO application ‘half of the story’, the jury may substitute the evidence of partial complaint from the expert for the lack of explanation. In that sense, so the argument goes, it may unfairly prejudice the accused in his defence.

98This risk is heightened here, because of the multitude of complainants. In these trials, there will be at least 2 complainants’ allegations heard together, but possibly as many as 4 complainants and potentially evidence of two women who were previous partners of the accused – that is, a potential total of 6 women in one trial.

99Although there might be common themes, Defence counsel contend that the broad evidence of the expert which may apply to the factual scenario of one complainant, may not apply to others. The prejudice which may flow from the expert evidence is that the jury may conflate it or use it in a broad brush manner to explain away difficulties in a certain complainant’s evidence, even though factually it may not apply to her.

100That is a risk which must be managed. Indeed, the content of Professor Hegarty’s evidence, if admitted, would need to be reviewed after the evidence of each complainant in a particular trial is given.

101I anticipate the evidence of Professor Hegarty will be a relatively small part of each of these trials. I would expect it may be less than a day’s duration, though estimates are notoriously difficult in advance.

102It is important evidence, given the centrality of the issues I have outlined in relation to the complainants’ credibility.

103I do not believe with appropriate direction it will swamp the jury’s consideration of the facts in issue in a given trial, or indeed on a given charge.

104The probative value of the evidence is as was said in the NZLRC report.18 It is educative; to help the jury better understand the evidence of and about a complainant, and therefore better evaluate it. They still have to evaluate it.

105As was said in MA19 at paragraph 22, the jury will be told what it can do and what it cannot do. It is not led to justify behaviour of a particular complainant, but to bring to neutral counter-intuitive behaviours and delay. In that sense, there is no unfair prejudice to the

18 New Zealand Law Reform Commission, Evidence: Evidence Code and Commentary, Report No 55 (1999)

19 [2013] VSCA 20

accused. The prejudice lies in the capacity to restore a complainant’s credibility from a debit balance because of jury misapprehension back to a zero or neutral balance.20 That is not unfair prejudice.

106Argument was also made to the effect that if the report or evidence is not based on the specialised knowledge, that affects the reliability of the evidence. Therefore, it assumes less weight and that is a matter which points in favour of discretionary exclusion. As I have indicated above, in my view the evidence of Professor Hegarty is based on her specialised knowledge and so there is no merit in this argument.

107In my view, the proposed evidence will not be misleading or confusing.

108Any prejudice does not outweigh the probative value of the expert evidence. It is strongly probative in that it has capacity to substantially affect the jury’s assessment of the credibility of each complainant, and therefore the facts in issue.

109Risks of prejudice can be addressed by careful directions as to how the jury should and should not use the evidence.

110I do not propose to exclude the evidence of Professor Hegarty in the exercise of my discretion under s 135.

Section 137

111In light of my finding that the evidence is strongly probative and not outweighed by unfair prejudice, I am not bound to exclude it pursuant to s 137.

s.388 Criminal Procedure Act 2009

112Where there are allegations of sexual offences, I also find that Professor Hegarty’s evidence is relevant pursuant to s 388 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.

20 MA v The Queen [2013] VSCA 20 quoting the New Zealand Law Reform Commission, Evidence: Evidence Code and Commentary, Report No 55 (1999) vol 2, 67 [C110] – [C111]

113As the court said in obiter in MA, and repeated in obiter in Jacobs, the test is likely the same.

Conclusion

114I propose to admit the evidence pursuant to s 79 Evidence Act 2008 and to grant leave pursuant to s 108C Evidence Act 2008.

115Given what I have said, and what has been described as the lower threshold of admission under s 388, in my view the evidence is relevant and admissible per s 388 Criminal Procedure Act 2009.

116It is not excluded under ss 135 Evidence Act 2008 or 137 Evidence Act 2008.

Note

117Finally I note that particular emphasis was made in relation to the charges pertaining to Sandra Elliot21 – namely, that she does not allege sexual violence and therefore the evidence from Professor Hegarty regarding counter intuitive behaviours by women who have been sexually offended against do not apply. There is still argument to be made regarding whether those charges remain with others on that indictment.

118If they do remain, I do not see a difficulty with the fact that Professor Hegarty’s evidence about sexual violence does not apply to her. The additional issues in relation to counter intuitive behaviours of a woman who is the subject of sexual violence by her intimate partner, are in a way an extension of Professor Hegarty’s evidence of general behaviours.

119That is, directions will be given by me regarding how the jury may and may not take into account the evidence of Professor Hegarty generally. I would then outline to the jury the fact that Professor Hegarty gave evidence of common behaviours of women who allege sexual offending, and that this evidence relates only to the complainants X and Y. That is, they should disregard it when considering Ms Elliot as it is not in any way relevant to her

²¹ A Pseudonym

allegations. I do not believe that would be a difficult task for the jury if those charges stay on a joint indictment.

120The exact extent of the evidence given by Professor Hegarty will depend on the evidence which emerges in the trials. Thus, further discussion will be necessary prior to her being called.

121Similarly, there will need to be discussion prior to closing addresses and prior to my directions.

And so I rule.

Professor Kelsey Hegarty

CAREER SUMMARY

I was appointed to a joint research Chair in Family Violence Prevention at The University of Melbourne and the Royal Women's Hospital on September 1st, 2016. I lead the NHMRC Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence since March 2017 and work as a full time Professor. I lead a Researching Abuse and Violence Program called SAFE in the Department of General Practice and direct the Postgraduate Primary Care Nursing course, University of Melbourne. I established with Professor Cathy Humphreys, the Melbourne Research Alliance to end Violence against women and their children. I have built significant capacity and reputation of high quality innovative research and teaching in the field of domestic and family violence (DV), general practice and primary care nursing. My program of research aims to prevent and respond to domestic and family violence. I have strong international connections in the US (John Hopkins University), UK(University of Bristol, University College London), Canada (McMaster University) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

My academic productivity is shown in that I have:

•   attracted over l 0.5 million dollars in competitive funding as a chief investigator on category l grants (just over 4.5 million as CIA-, l NHMRC CRE, 2 NHMRC, 2 ARC and 2 ANROWS projects),
•   published more than 130 scholarly works, including 116 peer-reviewed journal papers, 9 first authored book chapters, a book, published abstracts, reports and manuals,
•   Published in high impact journals (The Lancet, BMJ. JAMA, SocSciMed, Annals of Medicine, Birth)
•   a substantially increased publication and citation rate over the last five years with an average of 9 publications per year (total citations 2073 - Scopus accessed 12th February, 2018, h index =25).
•   The Composite Abuse Scale, developed for my PhD is seen as "the gold standard" in measurement of domestic violence and is translated into l O languages and used globally.

Recognition of this output as an international expert is shown by invitations to:

•   the World Health Organisation's 8th Violence Prevention Alliance Milestones meeting in Ottowa, Cando
2017,
•   undertake editorials/comments for The Lancet and JAMA and to co-write the Health Systems Response to Violence against Women in the 2014 Lancet Series,
•   be Advisor to the World Health Organisation and United Nations and participate in a WHO guidelines group on health systems,
•   be an expert witness for the Victorian Royal Commission into FV and in multiple court cases,

I have led new initiatives that have changed policy and practice with:

• State and Federal government and Medicare Local and Primary Health Network funded consultancies to develop health practitioner support and training totalling $1.l million in the last two years,
• strong international engagement through a Canadian Institute Health Research network where I am advising the Canadian government and the WHO on curriculum development,

•the re-development of the RACGP White Book - Abuse and violence: Working with our patients and a Domestic Violence online training module, and a new l 800RESPECT Professional line funded through an invited Commonwealth government consultancy.
•Involvement in three international Cochrane systematic reviews.

I enjoy mentoring staff and currently am supervisor for 8 higher degree students, and have had 8 students complete. I have also developed and lead the Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing, which has been evaluated highly by nurses in general practice. I am recognised as leading and delivering innovative teaching including (a) domestic violence curriculum for health practitioners (b) survey design short course, which has attracted a General Practice Evaluation and Training consultancy to be placed online for registrars: (c) gender sensitive programs e.g. Clinical Teaching Associate Program-, which won the Norman Curry Award (d) introduced innovative assessment methods as Chair of the University of Queensland Assessment Sub Committee.

I have had significant experience in membership and chairing of boards. Currently, I co-chair the global family doctor organisation WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence. I am a past choir of the governance group of the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria. My connections with general practice and primary care groups ore strong. I co-chair the RACGP national faculty special Interest Group on abuse and violence and have previously been board member of Nexus community health and Divisions of General Practice.

CURRICULUM VITAE

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1999	Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, November.
1991	fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. (RACGP).
1990	Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Training, RACGP.
1988	Diploma of Obstetrics, Royal Australian College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
1983	MBBS, University of Queensland.
AWARDS
2016	Charles Bridges-Webb Medal 2016: The Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care.
2015	Research Excellence Community Impact Award. The University of Melbourne.
2012	Distinguished Paper, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November.
2012	Best Paper, Primary Health Care and General Practice Conference, Canberra, June.
2011	Sir Benjamin F. Meaker Visiting Professorship, University of Bristol, England, May-July.
2004	Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Support of and Service to Teaching and Learning,
University of Melbourne, Australia.
1999	Dean's Commendation List for outstanding PhD Theses, University of Queensland, Australia.
1983	Elsie Butler Wilkinson Prize in Child Health, and Carnation Company Prize in Child Health, University of
Queensland, Australia.

CURRENT APPOINTMENT

2017	Chair of Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence, NHMRC.
2016	Chair of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospital.
2015	Co-Chair of an interdisciplinary Research Alliance, Melbourne Research Alliance to end Violence
against women and their children (MAEVe), The University of Melbourne.
2015	Professor (Full time) Melbourne Medical School faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne.
2008	Director of Researching Abuse and Violence in Primary Care program. Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne.
2008	Director of Post graduate Primary Care Nursing. Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne.

CHIEF INVESTIGATOR GRANTS

I hove hod a major role in the design or conduct, analysis, writing and dissemination of results. (% role)

2017Sustainability of Identification and Response to Family Violence in antenatal care (SUSTAIN study} Hegarty K, Spangaro J, Forster D, Koziol-Mclain J, Mclindon E, Matthews S, Crombie A, Dyson J, Gentle K, Matthews L, Johnson L, Lee A, ANROWS. 2017-2019 ($298,076.77} (70%}

2017 Early intervention tool for men who use violence in their intimate relationships (eMATE}, Hegarty K,
Tarzia L, Forsdike K. NAB Foundation, 2017-2018 ($150,705.30) (60%}
2017Strengthening Regional and National Capacities to measure Violence against Women in Asia and the Pacific. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Diemer K, Vaughan C, Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Ross S, Forsdike K, Eastman C, Tarzia L, Costello M, Simpson J. 2017- 2018 ($1.6million} (l 0%}
2017HARMONY: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a whole of general practice intervention to prevent and reduce domestic violence among migrant and refugee communities. Taft A, Hegarty K, Krause D, Esler M, Bhandary R, Yelland J, Mazza D, Feder G. NHMRC Partnership Project, 2017-2021 ($595,288,65} (20%}

2016 A new Family Violence Risk Assessment Framework for Victoria, KPMG. Funded by Department of
Premier and Cabinet. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Forsdike K, Ross S, Nicholson D. 2017-2018 ($394,000} 2016 Centre for Research Excellence to promote Safer Families: Tailoring early identification and novel
interventions for intimate partner violence} Hegarty K, Brown S, Humphreys C, Taft A, Arabena K, Sand
L, MacMillan H, Feder G, Glover K, Anderson P. NHMRC 2016-2021 ($2,497.801.20) (50%}
2016Reaching Everyone Programme of Research on Violence in Diverse Domestic Environments. Feder G, Bailey J, Aghtaie N, Blacklock N, Carey J, Cowlishaw S, Cramer S, Gilchrist G, Hegarty K, Hester M, Hollinghurst S, Howard L, Johnson M, Peters T, Sardinha L, Szilassy E, Simon S, Williamson E, Ziebland S. NIHR, 2016 - 2021 (3,2 million pounds} (5%}
2015Responding to ethical dilemmas in primary care: An exploration of the acceptability and feasibility of primary car€! clinical ethics support services. Robins-Browne K, Hegarty K, Palmer V, Sturman N. RACGP Family Medical Care Education and Research Grants, 2015 ($19,837} (20%}.
2015Development of an online interactive repository of survivor stories for women experiencing domestic violence. "I want to feel like I'm not the only one": Tarzia L, Hegarty K, Simons M, Palmer V, Davis H, Humphreys C, Fuller D. Melbourne Networked Society Institute C-Lab Development Fund. 2015 ($15,000} (20%}.

2015 Violence Against Women-A Media Intervention. Simons M, Morgan J, Diemer K, Flood M, Hegarty K, Muller
D, Tarzia L. ARC, Linkage Project. 2015 ($106,000} (5% ).
2015Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence against Women and their children. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Morgan J, Brown S, Arabena K, McLeod J. Strategic Fund Initiative, The University of Melbourne. 2015- 2018 ($270,000} (60%}.
2014Promoting EArly intervention with men's use of violence in Relationships through primary care (PEARL study). Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Vlais R, Flood M, Feder G, Humphreys C. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Foundation Grant. 2014 ($49,009) (50%}.

2014 Women's Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings - The WITH study.
Hegarty K, Rees S, Tarzia L, Wood_lock D, Quadara A, Besley J, Palmer V. Australian National Research Organisation for Women's Safety. (ANROWS). 2014-2016 ($314,614} (80%).

A randomised trial of a clinical prediction tool for targeting depression care (Target-DJ. Gunn J, Mihalopoulos C, Hegarty K, Williams A, Sterling L, Chondros P, Davidson S. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), project grant. 2014-2018 ($907,277) (10%).
Childhood Resilience Study. Brown S, Gartland D, Giallo R, Herrman H, Glover K, Riggs E, Yelland J,
Mensah F, Hegarty K, Casey S. NHMRC, 2014-2017 ($1,030,579) (5%).
Fathers, family violence and intervention challenges, Humphreys C, Chung D, Bromfield L, Hegarty K, Andrews S, Stanley N. ARC Discovery Project. 2014-2017 ($751,668) (5%).
Development and evaluation of a web-based decision and safety planning aid for women experiencing domestic violence (I-DECIDE). Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Murray E, Taft A, Glass N, Gold L, ARC Discovery. 2013-2015 ($717,000) (80%).
Turning points: breaking intergenerational cycles of intimate partner abuse and social adversity.
Brown S, Nicholson J, Hegarty K, Mensah D, Gartland D, Woolhouse H, Hiscock H. NHMRC, 2012-2017 ($1,272,812) (20%).
Drinking and Depression in the Lesbian community. Mc Nair R, Lubman D, Brown R, Hughes T, Hegarty
K. beyondblue. 2012 ($151,439) (10%).
Abuse in young people. Lyer D, Sanci L, Hegarty K. Registrar and Scholarship Fund. 2012 ($4,900) (30%).
Policy Research Programme - Bridging the knowledge and practice gap between domestic violence and child safeguarding: developing training for general practice. Feder G, Stanley N, Hester M, Barran D, Hegarty K. PR-IP-06-11-24002 (£352,000) (10%).
Women's Evaluation of a randomised controlled trial for Abuse and Violence in General Practice (WEAVE) Long term outcomes Hegarty K, Gunn J, Taft A, Feder G, Taket A, Brown S. NHMRC 2011-2012 ($277,190) - 2011 ($149,344); 2012 ($127,846) (80%).
The diamond Cohort Study - better management of those at risk of persistent and disabling depression. Gunn J, Herrman H, Chondros P, Hegarty K, Dowrick C, Palmer V, Kyrios M. NHMRC 2011- 2015 ($1,478,404) (10%).
Exploring GPs views on protective factors for children exposed to domestic violence. Morris A, Hegarty
K. Windermere Foundation.2011($15,500) (60%).
Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Economic Security across the Lifecourse. Humphreys C, Frere M, Hegarty K, Stewart M, Roberts W. Interdisciplinary Seeding Grant University of Melbourne. 2010 ($35,000) (20%).

20lO Resiliency in Youth sub study. Hegarty K, Gartland D, Sanci L. Part of Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan - Canadian Institute Health Research. 20l O ($10,000) (70%).

Family Violence Actioning Interdisciplinary Research-FAIR. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Frere M, Kavanagh A, Feldberg B, Cripps K, Whitzman C, Page J. Provost grant. 2009 ($40,000) (70%).
Safety and resiliency at home: voices of children who live with fear. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Mudaly N, Roberts W. ARC Linkage Project. 2009-2011 ($26,140); 2010 ($26,140); 2011 ($26,140) (60%).
The diamond cohort study - long term outcomes of depressive symptoms in primary care. Gunn J,
Herrman H, Chondros P, Kokanovic R, Kyrios M, Hegarty K. NHMRC Project grant. 2009-2011: 2009 ($150,600); 2010 ($214,350); 2011 ($189,650) (10%).

2008Improving maternal and child health care for women experiencing violence: collaborative development, implementation and effectiveness of a good practice model. Taft A, Small R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Lumley J. ARC Linkage Project. 2008 ($258,492) (20%).
2007Women's Evaluation of a randomised controlled trial for Abuse and Violence in General Practice (WEAVE) Hegarty K, Gunn J, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. NHMRC Project grant. 2007-2010: 2007 ($654,525); 2008 ($233,175); 2009 ($268,175); 2010 ($153,175) (90%).
2007The diamond cohort study- examining depressive symptoms in primary care. Gunn J, Hermann H, Gilchrist G, Hegarty K, Kyrios M, Pond D. NHMRC 2007-2009 ($549,500) (20%).
2007Maternal Health Study. Brown S, McArthur C, Gunn J, Hegarty K, Donath S. NHMRC Project grant. 2007- 2010 ($627,875) (10%).
2006Men's experience of Partner Abuse and Depression, Hegarty K, Haque M, Gilchrist G. Diamond consortium grant. 2006 ($7,478) (80%).
2006Practice Nurse Adolescent Health Clinic Evaluation (PANACHE) Hegarty K, Parker R, Sanci L, Patterson E, Patton G, Pearce C, Evans J, Walker, L. APHCRI grant. 2006 ($90,294) (80%).
2005WEAVE - Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence care in general practice. Hegarty K, Taft A, Gilchrist G, Parker R. beyondblue. 2005-2006 ($50,000) (80%).
2005Re-orientating general practice toward preventive mental health care for adolescents, utilising the practice nurse: a pilot study. Sanchi L, Hegarty K, Patterson E, Pirkis J, Sawyer S, Patton G. beyondblue. 2005 ($100,000) (30%).
2005RE-ORDER- Re-organising care for depression and related disorders in the Australian primary health care setting. Gunn J, Hegarty K, Hurworth R, Gilchrist G, Pierce D, Griffiths F, Blashki G, Griffiths K, Dowrick C, Pond D, Mihalopoulos C, Kyrios M, Herrman H. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institution (APHCRI). 2005-2008 ($867,005) (20%).
2005PARTY trial- Prevention, Access and Risk Taking in Young people trial in primary care. Sanchi L, Shiell A, Patton G, Pirkis J, Hegarty K, Patterson E, Chondros P, Sawyer S. Funding: Stream 3, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institution (APHCRI). 2005- 2008 ($260,000) (10%).
2005Management of Depression (MOD2), McGarry H, Hegarty K, Pirotta M, Gunn J, Blashki G, Johnson C. RACGP diamond consortium fund. 2005 ($7,000) (50%).

2005 Medical decision making in older people. Robbins-Browne K, Hegarty K. Family Medical Education
Research Fund. 2005 ($12,000) (50%).
2004General practice based end-of-life planning for older people, Robbins-Browne K, Hegarty K. Registrar and Scholarship Fund. 2004 ($4,900) (50%).
2004Feasibility of health risk screening and counselling of adolescents in primary care: cluster randomized controlled trial. Sanchi L, Hegarty K, Pirkis J, Sawyer S, Patton G. APHCRI. 2004 ($10,000) (30%).

2004 Disclosure and attitudes to lesbians: outcomes .in general practice (DIALOG). McNair R, Hegarty K.
Family Medical Care Education and Research Grant, RACGP. 2004 ($4996) (40%).

2004 Mothers• Advocates In the Community (MOSAIC). Taft A, Small R, Hegarty K, Lumley J, Watson L.
Department of Family and Community Services. 2004 ($38,000) (20%).
2004Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (DIAMOND) Consortium. Gunn J, Herrman H, Hegarty K, Blashki G, Pond D, Kyrios M. Victorian Centre for Excellence in the Management of Depression and Related Disorders. 2004-2006 ($450,000) (30%).

The Decision to enter General Practice. A Study into the declining numbers entering GP Vocational Training. Poliness E, Pearce C, Hegarty K, Trumble S. GPET research registrar fund. 2004 ($6,629) (20%).
lnteNentions initiated by health professionals to reduce violence and promote the physical and
psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse: a systematic review. Ramsay J, Feder G, Carter Y, Davidson L, Hegarty K, Chipping P, Osbourne A. Department of Health, United Kingdom. 2003-2006. (£54,202) (10%).
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care - a longitudinal study. Gunn J,
Herrman H, Hegarty K, Blashki G, Pond D, Kyrios M. NHMRC Project grant. 2003-2005 ($460,000) (30%).
Mothers' Advocates In the Community (MOSAIC). Taft A, Small R, Hegarty K, Lumley J, Watson L. NHMRC Project grant. 2003-2006 ($423,500) (30%).
Composite Abuse Scale - Development of a 'how to score' booklet. Hegarty K. Internal Department research competitive funds. 2003 ($1,500) (100%).
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (DIAMOND) - a longitudinal study pilot. Gunn J, Herrman H, Hegarty K, Blashki G, Pond D, Kyrios M. Victorian Centre for Excellence in the Management of Depression and Related Disorders. 2003 ($51,000) (30%).
Mothers' Advocates In the Community (MOSAIC). Taft A, Small R, Hegarty K, Lumley J, Watson L.
Telstra grants. 2002 ($90,000) (20%).
A New way of Supporting Women in Pregnancy. Hegarty K, Gunn J, Brown S, Forster D, Lumley J, Collette J. Department of Human Services, Victoria. 2001 ($260,000) (60%).
Development Phase. The Mentor Mothers Project. Taft A, Lumley J, Small R, Hegarty K, Watson L.
Victorian Department of Human Services. 2001 ($26,100) (20%).
Management of Depression (MOD). McGarry H, Hegarty K, Pirotta M, Gunn J. RACGP Registrar research fund. 2001-2004 ($35,000) (50%).
Women's Emotional Well-Being Study (WEB). Hegarty K, Gunn J, Small R, Taft A. General Practice Evaluation Programme, Department of Health and Aged Care. 1999-2002 ($72,701) (80%).
Stress Management in General Practice. Hegarty K, Etchells A. Division Project Grants, Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices.1995 ($11,939) (90%).
Domestic violence in general practice. Hegarty K. PhD scholarship, General Practice Evaluation Programme, Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices. 1994-1998 ($120, 000) (100%).
Barriers to disclosure of domestic violence in general practice. Hegarty K, Roberts G, Sheehan M, O'Toole
B. General Practice Evaluation Programme, Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices.1993-1995 ($34,430) (90%).
Quality of Medication in Nursing Homes. Roberts M, McCarthy J, Wilson A, Glasziou P, Del Mar C, Hegarty
K. Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices. 1993-1995 ($453,000)
Detecting Skin Cancer: A proposal to develop and evaluate an innovative inteNention designed to promote skin examinations in general practice. Lowe J, Balancia K, Del Mar C, Hegarty K, Najman J. Queensland Health Department. 1992-1994 ($72,021) (15%).
Impact of employing a counsellor on a suburban general practice. Hegarty K. Demonstration Practice
Grants, Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices. 1992 ($32,l 00) (90%).
Detecting depression in general practice. Byrnes G, Del Mar C, Hegarty K. General Practice Evaluation Programme, Department of Health, Housing and Community SeNices. 1991 ($11,000) (20%).

1991 Prospective Cohort Study of 1991 entrants into the Queensland Family Medicine Programme. Hegarty K,
Mudge P. RACGP Trainee Research and Development Fund. 1991 ($1,622) (60%).

ASSOCIATE INVESTIGATOR GRANTS
I have had an advisory role as an associate investigator on these grants.

2009Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan. Pl: McMillan H, Stewart D, Wathen N, Hermann H, Coben J, Al: Hegarty K. CIHR. 2009-2014 ($2,000,000).
2009Re-orientating general practice systems toward youth friendly care: a cluster randomized controlled trial: Sanci L, Patton G, Shiell A, Pirkis J, Sawyer S, Chondros P, Al: Hegarty K. NHMRC 2009-2013: 2009 ($395,425); 2010 ($315,125); 2011 ($277,750); 2012 ($185,363); 2013 ($146,538).

CONSULTANCIES FROM GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS

2017 Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Forsdike K. KMPG.

Department of Premier and Cabinet. $314,000 (50%)

2017 WEAVE Rollout, Family Violence General Practice Training, Hegarty K, Forsdike K, Novy K. Melbourne

Primary Care Network. $24,046 (60%)

2016 Development of a survey for psychiatrists. Hegarty K, Forsdike K. RANZP. $10,000 (80%)

2016 Overcoming the barriers. Hegarty K, Murphy T, DHHS, $48,473 (50%)

2015 Family Violence Index. Hegarty K, Ross S, Diemer K, Humphreys C. ANROWS. $400,000 (70%)

2014 Macedon Ranges and North West Medicare Local comprehensive educational package for

improving the response of primary care to men who use violence. Hegarty K. ($150,000) (100%).

2014 Development of an information and support line for improving the response of primary care to

women and children experiencing domestic and family violence. Hegarty K, Hindmarsh E.

Department of Social Services. ($225,600) (80%).

2014 Bayside WEAVE Medicare Local comprehensive educational package for improving the response of

primary care to women and children experiencing family violence. Hegarty K. Bayside Medicare

2013

Local. ($85,000) (100%).

Development of a Comprehensive educational package for improving the response of primary core

to women and children experiencing domestic and family violence. Hegarty K, Hindmarsh E, Taft A,

Cripps K, Pemberton M. Department of Social Services. ($242,000) (80%).

2013 Development of a needs identification tool for advanced nurse practice. Hegarty K. Australian

Medicare Local Alliance. ($45,000) (100%).

2012 Evaluation of Acting on the Warning signs. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Ross S. North Melbourne Legal

Services and Royal Women's Hospital. 2012-14 ($80,000) (60%).

2012 Evaluation of training for advanced nurse practice. Hegarty Kand Northern Division of General

Practice, Australian Medicare Local Alliance. ($35,000) (90%).

2012 Organisation governance to enhance advanced nursing practice. Hegarty Kand Impetus Division of

General Practice. Australian Medicare Local Alliance. ($25,000) (90%).

TEACHING GRANTS AND AWARDS

2012	PACTS- An innovative Primary care program to Support DV survivors. Coles J, Barnard A, Pond D,
Western D, Hegarty K, Clearihan L. OLT Innovation and Development grant. ($220,000) (10%).
2011	Family violence: Train the trainer. Hegarty K. General Practice Victoria. ($2,500) (100%).
2004	Norm Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Support of and Service to Teaching and Learning.
Gunn J, Hegarty K, Kornman L, Robertson K (alphabetical order). Faculty award, University of Melbourne.
2004	($12,500) (35%). Train the trainer: ANEW program. Hegarty K, Gunn J. Deportment of Human Services. ($45,500) (60%).
2004	Guidelines for Intimate Partner Violence management by GPs. Taft A, Hegarty, K. Victorian
Community Council Against Violence. ($23,460) (consultancy of $13,960) (50%).
2003	Intimate Partner Violence Training of GPs, Hegarty, K, Taft A. Victorian Community Council Against
Violence. 2003 ($4,470) (consultancy of $2,750) (65%).
2003	Provision of training to practice nurses in the toking of Pop tests. Hegarty K, Gunn J, Porker R Madden
V, Anderson S, Nagle C, Robertson K, Rice K. ($45,000) (50%).
2001	Pap Screen CTA funding, Gunn J, Hegarty K. Pap Screen Victoria. ($50,000) (50%).
2000	Sensitive Examination Technique (SET) Project- Gunn J, Hegarty K, O'Connor V, Kerse N, Boyd C,
Roberts H, Liaw T, Keppel! M. Universitos 21, Teaching and Learning Multimedia and Educational
Technology Grant. 2000-2002 ($42,000 and $20,000, Sponsorship from Pop Screen Victoria) (35%).

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

PhD Primary Supervisor

•      Solly Marsden - Development of a feminist informed counselling framework for psychologists (2017-)
•       Amanda McKenzie - STRAPA Scholarship. Development of a family violence intervention for family and friends (2016-)
•      Carol O'Dwyer-APA Scholarship exploring gender sensitive care for women experiencing sexual violence and mental illness (2016-)
•      Renee Fiolet - Development of on Indigenous technological intervention for family violence response (2016-)
•       Cynthia Brown - APA Scholarship exploring Development and validity of a digital doting abuse measure (2014-)
•      Naomi Pfizer - APA Scholarship exploring Engagement of men in parenting programs to prevent violence against women (2013-2016) (50%).

•      Traci Leung - APA Scholarship General Practitioners Readiness to respond to DV (2012-2016) (50%).
•      Elizabeth Mclindon - Sydney Myer Scholarship exploring staff and women's perception of the Violence against Women program at the Royal Women's Hospital (2012-) (50%).
•      Hogen Tusche - APA scholarship exploring Workplace Aggression and Violence in primary core (2009- 2015) (50%).
•      Anita Morris - ARC linkage scholarship APAl exploring Safety and Resiliency at Home: children who live with fear (2009-2015) (50%).

•Kate Robbins Browne (academic registrar) - NHMRC scholarship, End of life decision making (2007- 2013) Maternity leave taken in 2007 and 2010 (50%).
•Ruth Mc Nair - NHMRC (Public Health) scholarship to explore lesbian health issues (2004- 2009) Maternity leave taken in 2006. (70%) outcomes 3 publications and 1 submitted.

Co-supervisor

•Anne-Laure Couineau - Increasing access to trauma-informed care for CALD and Muslim women affected by violence (2017-) (30%)
•Deepthi Iyer - Understanding women's experiences of dating violence (2014-) (30%).
•Katie Lamb - Children's input into design of Men's behaviour change programs. (2014-2017) (30%).

PhD panel member

•Ingrid Wilson - La Trobe University exploring Prevention of Alcohol interventions and family violence (2011-2016).
•Leesa Hooker - La Trobe University exploring Sustainability of screening in maternal health care services (2012-2016).
•Sonia Reisenhofer - La Trobe University exploring Women's Readiness to change when experiencing DV, (2012-2017).

Masters

•Master of Public Health Surriya Balloch - Severity of violence and days off work (2015).
•Master of Public Health Rhian Roberts - Prevention of Violence against women in the workplace (2012).
•Master of Public Health Eleanor Tan - Do communication skills influence disclosure of fear of partner? (2010).
•MMed Rebecca Quake (academic registrar) - Unwanted sexual encounters in young women attending general practice (2007- withdrew because of ill health).
•MMed Heather McGarry (academic registrar) - Managing depression in general practice. (2002-2006) outcome two publications and three presentations. (100%).

Honours and Advanced Medical Science Students

•Georgia Parker, Mangers experiences of a domestic violence workforce support program (2017)
•Molly Wellington, Reproductive Coercion: Understandings and Perceptions of Health Professionals (2017)
•Jacqueline Kuruppu, General Practitioners' experiences of mandatory reporting of Child Abuse (2017)
•Isabelle Carr, Secondary analyses of weave data (2014).
•Emily Thrower, Development of a mobile phone opp for dating violence (2014).
•Abigail Cini, Effect on women of being domestic violence research participants (2013).

• Trang Vo, Prevention of violence against women through place based community interventions (2013).
• 3 AMS Students (2005-6).

Other research supervision

•      Academic Registrar Melissa Tan exploring psychological interventions for domestic violence (2013).
•       PHCRED Fellow Johanna Lynch, Beyond Symptoms: Defining primary care mental health clinical assessment priorities, content and process. (20 l 0-11) - outcome publication in Soc. Sci. Med.
•      Elective Karina Apico Teaching of DV in medical schools (2010) outcome publication.

PUBLICATIONS

I have played a major role in the development and writing of all co-authored articles. I developed and wrote first drafts of all first-author papers and my additional role on other papers varied. I have indicated my contribution percentage after the citation and my 5 best publications with an *.

Invited comments and editorials

G Gilchrist, Hegarty K. Tailored integrated interventions for intimate partner violence and substance use are urgently needed. Drug and Alcohol Review.2017; Jan (36) Available from doi: 10.1111/dar.12526

Hegarty K. Abused women report different levels of care and support from general psychiatric services.

Evidence Based Nurse. 2014. Available from: doi:l0.l l 36/eb-2014-101984. Sole author (100%).
Hegarty K. Can fracture clinics respond to domestic violence? The Lancet. 2013 Sep 7;382(9895):838-9. Sole author (100%).
Hegarty K. Does primary care identification of women experiencing intimate partner violence increase referrals? (Invited research review) US Academy of Violence and Abuse. 2013 January. Sole author (100%).
Hegarty K, Glasziou P. Is increasing referral enough? The Lancet. 2011 Oct 13. Available from: doi:10.1016/S0140- 6736(1 l )61179-3. (60%).

Hegarty K. Domestic violence: The hidden epidemic associated with mental illness. (Editorial) Brit J Psych.

2011;198:169-170. Available from: doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.l l 0.083758. Sole author (100%).
HegartyK. Women's experience of intimacy following their partner's first myocardial infarction reveals three common themes: perceived responsibility and limited life space; sense of life loss; and finding another dimension of life. Evidence Based Nurse. 2011 November 22. Available from: doi:l O.l l 36/ebnurs-2011- 100260. Sole author (100%).

Taft A, Hegarty K. Intimate Partner Violence. What outcomes are meaningful? JAMA. 2010 Aug 4;5:34. (50%)

Peer Reviewed journals

Forsdike K, Murphy T, Hegarty K. Supporting primary care nurses to work at an advanced level through changing practices' organisational governance. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2018 April [epub before print]
Brown C, Hegarty K. Digital Dating Abuse Measures: A Critical Review. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 2018 March [epub before print]
Signorelli M, Hillel S, de Oliveira D, Ayala Qyintanilla B, Hegarty K, Taft A. Voices from low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol of primary health care interventions within public health systems addressing intimate partner violence against women. BMJ. 2018 Feb [online before print]
Leung T, Phillips L, Bryant C, Hegarty K. How family doctors perceived their 'readiness' and 'preparedness' to identify and respond to intimate partner abuse: a qualitative study. Family Practice. 2017 Dec [epub before print]
Tarzia L, Forsdike K, Feder G, Hegarty K. Interventions in Health Settings for Male Perpetrators or Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. Trauma, Violence and Abuse. 2017 Nov [in press]
Forsdike K, Humphreys c, Diemer K, Ross S, Gyorki L, Maher H, Vye P, Llewelyn F, Hegarty K. Realistic Evaluation
of an Australian hospital's training programme and referral pathway within a multi-discplinary health justice partnership addressing family violence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2017 Sep. [in press]
Chondros P, Davidson S, Wolfe R, Gilchrist G, Dorwick C, Griffiths F, Hegarty K, Herrman H, Gunn J. Development of a prognostic model for predicting depression severity in adult primary patients with depressive symptoms using the diamond longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2017 Nov, Available from: doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.042
Gunn J, Wachtler C, Fletcher S, Davidson S, Mihalopoulos C, Palmer V, Hegarty K, Coe A, Murray E, Dowrick C, Andrews G, Chondros P. Protocol for Target-D: A stratified individually randomised controlled trial of the diamond clinical prediction tool to triage and target treatment for depressive symptoms in general practice. Trials Journal. 20l 7 Jul; 18:342 Available from: doi.org/ 10.1186/s13063-017-2089-y
Leung T, Bryant C, Phillips L, Hegarty K. GPs' perceived readiness to identify and respond to intimate partner abuse: Development and preliminary validation of a multidimensional scale. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2017 June; 41(5): 512-517 Available from doi: 10.1I 11/l 753-6405.12683
Tarzia L Valpied J, Koziol-McLain J, Glass N, Hegarty K. Methodological and Ethical challenges in a Web-Based
Randomi:z;ed Controlled Trial of a Domestic Violence Intervention. BMC Women's Health. 2017 Mar;I 9(3) Available from doi 10.2196/jmir.7039
Tarzia L, Maxwell S, Valpied J, Novy K, Quake R, Hegarty K. Sexual violence associated with poor mental health
in women attending Australian general practices. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
2017 Jul; 41(5): 518-523 Available from doi:10.11 l 1/1753-6405.12685
Tarzia L, Lyer D, Thrower E, Hegarty K. "Technology Doesn't Judge You": Young Australian Women's views on Using the Internet and Smartphones to Address Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 2017 Aug; Available from doi:10.1080/ 15228835.20 l 7.1350616
Hegarty K, Leung T, P. Interventions to support the identification of domestic violence, response and healing in mental health care settings. Australian Clinical Psychologist. 2017 May; 3(1): 6-18.

Gilchrist K,Hegarty K. Tailored integrated interventions for intimate partner violence and substance use ore urgently needed. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2017 Jon; Available from doi:l 0.1111/dor.12526

Ford-Gilboe M, Aothen N, Varcoe C, MacMillan H, Scott-Storey K, Montier T, Hegarty K, Perrin N. Development of

a Brief Measure of Intimate Portner Violence Experiences: The Composite Abuse Scale (Revised) BMJ
open. 2016 Dec 7;6(12). Available from: doi:10.l l 36/bmjopen-2016-012824
TarziaL, Moy C, Hegarty K. Assessing the feasibility of a web-based domestic violence intervention using chronic disease frameworks: reducing the burden of 'treatment'. Women's Health. 2016;16(73). Available from: doi:10.1186/s12905-016-0352-0

Hegarty K, Tarzia L Hooker L, Toft A. Interventions to support recovery ofter domestic and sexual violence in

primary core. International Review of Psychiatry. 2016 Oct:5(28):519-532. Available from: doi: 10.1080/0954026l .2016.l 210103
Tarzia L,Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Translating research about domestic and family violence into practice in Australia: possibilities and prospects. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. 2016 Sep. Available from: doi:10.1332/1744264 l 6X14742825885830
Forsdike-Young K, Hegarty K. Setting up a domestic violence telephone helpline for general practitioners in Australia: what exists and what works? Australian Family Physician. 2016 Aug;1(8) 519-532
GartlandD, Woolhouse H, Giallo R, McDonald E, Hegarty K, Mensah F, Herrman H, Brown SJ. Vulnerability to intimate partner violence and poor mental health in the first 4-yeor postpartum among mothers reporting childhood abuse: an Australian pregnancy cohort study. Archive Womens Mental Health. 2016 Aug.
Available from: doi:l 0.1007/s00737-016-0659-8
O'Doherty L, Toket A, Volpied J, Hegarty K. Receiving core for intimate partner violence in primary core: Barriers and enablers for women participating in the weave randomised controlled trial. Social Science and Medicine. 2016 Jul. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.017
Hegarty K, Forsdike K, Tarzia L, Vlois R, Schweitzer R. Identifying and responding to men who use violence in their intimate relationships. Australian Family Physician. 2016 Apr:45(4):176-81.

Reisenhofer S, Hegarty K, Volpied J, Watson L, Dovey M, Toft. A. Longitudinal changes in self-efficacy, mental

health, abuse and stages of change, for women fearful of a partner: findings from a primary care trial (WEAVE). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2016 April. Available from doi:10.1177 /0886260516640781. [Epub ahead of print]
RivasC, Ramsay J, Sadowski L, Davidson LL, Dunne D, Eldridge S, Hegarty K, Taft A, Feder G. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse. Cochrane Database Systematic Rev. 2015 Dec 3;(12). Available from l 2:CD005043 doi:l 0.1002/14651858.CD005043
JohnsonK, Warr D, Hegarty K, Guillemin M. Small wins: an initiative to promote gender equity in higher education. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 2015; Oct 26;37(6):689-701. Available from: doi/pdf/10.1080/1360080X.2015.l 102820.
Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Perinatal depressive symptoms preceded by mental health problems: Early intervention with partner violence and abuse needed (Response to Patton et al. 2015) The Lancet (Accepted) 2015.
HegartyK, Tarzia L, Murray E, Valpied J, Humphreys C, Taft A, Gloss N. Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a web-based healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence (I-DECIDE). BMC Public Health. 2015 Aug 1;15(736). Available from: doi:10.l 186/sl2889-015-2072- z

Sonci L, Chondros P, Sawyer S, Pirkis J, Ozer E, Hegarty K, Yong F, Grobsch B, Shiell A, Cohill H, Ambresin AE, Potterson E, Patton G. Responding to Young People's Health Risks in Primary Core: A Cluster Randomised Trial of Training Clinicians in Screening and Motivational Interviewing. PloS One. 2015 Sep 30:10(9).
Available from: doi:10.1371/journol.pone.0137581
O'Doherty L, Toft A, McNoir R, Hegarty K. Fractured Identity in the Context of Intimate Portner Violence: Barriers to and Opportunities for Seeking Help in Health Settings. Violence Against Women. 2016; 22(2):225-248. Available from: doi:10.1177 /1077801215601248
Evans M, Gregory A, Howorth E, Feder G, Hegarty K. 'Even doily is not enough': How well do we measure domestic violence and abuse (DVA)? A think-aloud study of a commonly used self-report scale. Violence and Victims. 2016 31:1(24):3-26. Available from: doi:10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00024.
McNair R, Hegarty K, Toft A. Disclosure for some-sex-attracted women enhancing the quality of the patient doctor relationship in general practice. Australian Family Physician. 2015 Aug 44;(8):573-78.
Tarzia L, Murray E, Humphreys C, Gloss N, Toft A, Volpied J, Hegarty K. I-Decide: An Online Intervention Drawing on the Psychosocial Readiness Model for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence. Women's Health Issue. 2015 26(2): 2018-216. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.whi.2015.07.011.
Pfitzner N, Humphreys C, Hegarty K. Engaging men: A multi-level model to support father engagement.
Child and Family Socio/ Work. 2015 Feb 22:(1) 537-547. Supervisor of Pfitzner N, involvement in publication (20%). Available from: doi:10.1111/cfs.12250.
Volpied J, Aprico K, Clewell J, Hegarty K. Are Future Doctors Taught to Respond to Intimate Portner Violence? A
Study of Australian Medical Schools. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2015 Jul;10(39). Supervisor of Volpied J, Apico K, Clewell J, involvement in publication. (50%) Available from:
doi:l 0.1177/08862605155926l 6 [Epub ahead of print]
O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Feder G, Corter YH, Davidson LL, Warburton A, Toft A. Screening women for intimate partner violence in health core settings. (Review) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015 Jul 22. Co-authors, colleagues, involvement in publication (30%). Available from: doi:
10.1002/ l 465l 858.CD007007.pub3. [Epub ahead of print]
Taft A, Hooker L, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Wolter R, Adams C, Agius P, Small R. Maternal and child health nurse screening and core for mothers experiencing domestic violence (MOVE): a cluster randomised trial. BMC Medicine. 2015 Jun 25;13(150). Available from: doi:10.l 186/s12916-015-0375-7
Garcia- Moreno C, Hegarty K, Oliveri A, Koziol Mcleon J, Feder G. Health systems response to violence against women. The Lancet. 2015 Apr; 385(9977):1567-79. Available from: doi:l0.1016/S0l 40-6736(15)60754-1.
Involvement in publication (40%).
Hooker L, Small R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Taft A. Applying normalisation process theory to understanding implementation of a family violence screening core model in maternal and child health nursing practice: A mixed method process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science. 2015 Mor;
10(39). Available from: doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0230-4
Hegarty K. Abused women report different levels of core and support from general psychiatric services.
Evidence Based Nursing. 2015 Mar;18(4). Available from: doi:10.1136/eb-2014-101984.
Hallinan C, Hegarty K. Advanced training for primary core and general practice nurses: enablers and outcomes of post graduate education. Australian Journal Primary Health Core. 2015 Jon 7. Supervisor of Hallinan C, involvement in publication (40%). Available from: doi:10.1071/PYl 4072. (Epub ahead of print]

GriffithsF, Boardman F, Chondros P, Densley K, Dowrick C, Hegarty K, Gunn J. The effect of strategies of personal resilience on depression recovery in an Australian cohort: a mixed methods study. Health. 2015 Jan;19(l) :86-106. Involvement in publication (10%).
HegartyK, Taft A. James-Hamman D, Johnson M, Feder G. Interventions for intimate partner violence. (Letter to the editor) The Lancet. 2015 Jan; 385(9963):111-12. Involvement in publication (60%).

Valpied J, Hegarty K. Intimate partner abuse: Identifying, caring for and helping women in health care settings.

Women's Health. 2015, Jan;11(1):51-63. Supervisor of Valpied J, involvement in publication (50%).
TiradoMunoz J, Gilchrist G, Hegarty K, Farre M, Albaladejo M. The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy and advocacy interventions for women who have experienced intimate partner violence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Medicine Early. 2014 Dec;46(8):567-86. Involvement in publication (25%).
ValpiedV, Cini A, O'Doherty L, Take! A, Hegarty K. Sometimes cathartic. Sometimes quite raw. Benefit and harm in an intimate partner violence trial. Aggression and Violent Behaviour. 2014 Dec;19(6):673-85. Supervisor of Valpied J, involvement in publication (30%).

Forsdike K, Tarzia L, Hindmarsh E, Hegarty K. Family violence across the lifecycle. Australian Family Physician.

2014 Nov;43(11):764-74. Supervisor Forsdike Kand Tarzia L, involvement in publication (30%).
GartlandD, Woolhouse H, Mensah F, Hegarty K, Hiscock H, Brown S. The case for early intervention to reduce the impact of intimate partner abuse on child outcomes: results of an Australian cohort of first time mothers. Birth. 2014 Dec:4(4):37 4-83. Involvement in publication (10%).
O'Doherty L, Taft A, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Davidson L, Feder, G. Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. (Letter to the Editor). BMJ. 2014 Jun; 348. Supervisor of O'Doherty L, involvement in publication (25%).
O'DohertyL, MacMillan H, Feder G, Taft A, Taket A, Hegarty K. Selecting outcomes for intimate partner violence intervention trials: overview and recommendations. Aggression and Violent Behaviour. 2014 Nov;l 9(6):663-672. Involvement in publication (30%).
Taket A,O'Doherty L, Valpied J, Hegarty K. What do Australian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Abuse want from Family and Friends? Findings from an Australian study. Qualitative Health Research. 2014 Jun; 24 (7):983-996. Supervisor of O'Doherty Land Valpied J, involvement in publication (30%).
O'Doherty L, Taft A, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Davidson L, Feder G. Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2014 May; 348(2913). Supervisor of O'Doherty L, involvement in publication (30%).

Hegarty, K. Morris A. Children outcomes and intimate partner violence research - Authors' reply. The Lancet.

2013 Oct:382(990l): 1326. Supervisor of Morris A, involvement in publication (70%).
Loxton D, Powers J, Fitzgerald D, Forcier P, Anderson A, Taft A, Hegarty K. The Community Composite Abuse Scale: Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Intimate Partner Violence in a Community Survey from the ALSWH. Journal Womens Health, Issues Care. 2013 Jul;2(4). (l 0%).
TaftAJ, O'Doherty L, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Feder G, Carter YH, Davidson LL Warburton A. Screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings. (Review) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013 Apr; 4. Supervisor of O'Doherty L, involvement in publication (30%).
Gunn,J, Elliott P, Densley K, Middleton A, Ambresin G, Dowrick C, Herrman H, Hegarty K, Gilchrist G, Griffiths F. A trajectory-based approach to understand the factors associated with persistent depressive symptoms in primary care. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013 Jun;148(2-3). Involvement in publication (10%).

Fiolet R,Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Arabena K, Owen R. Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives on a Technological Intervention for Family Violence, Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI), Ontario, Canada, September 2018.
SignorelliM, Taft A, Hegarty K, Hooker L, McKee C. Gartland D, MacMillan H, Brown S. Asking about Fear in Measuring Intimate Partner Abuse, Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI), Ontario, Canada, September 2018.
HegartyK. Intervening Early and Managing Complexity in mental Disorders through Primary Healthcare, WPA Thematic Congress, Melbourne, February 2018.
HegartyK. Preventing Violence in Our Communities (Session Chair) Stop Domestic Violence Conference, Melbourne, December 2017.
Hegarty K. How has research helped us identify and respond to family violence? (Invited keynote speaker) Bendigo Health Research Symposium, Bendigo, Victoria, November 2017.

Hegarty K. Challenges working with fathers who use family violence in a maternity hospital (Invited speaker) The Royal Women's Hospital Grand Round, Melbourne, November 2017.
Hegarty K. Routine Screening for Family Violence in antenatal care settings: Workshop (Invited speaker), Deportment of Health and Human Services Victoria, Melbourne, November 2017.
Hegarty K. Strengthening the Primary Care response to domestic and family violence: Pathways to safety and healing, Primary Health Tasmania Women's Health Symposium (Invited keynote speaker), Launceston, Tasmania, November 2017.
Tarzia L, Hegarty K. Shipwrecked on an island: women's experiences accessing health services when they hove experiences both sexual violence and mental health problems, Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2017.
Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Forsdike K. e-sofe relationships: Development and evaluation of a suite of technological tools for partner violence, Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2017.
Mclindon E, Hegarty K. Identifying the effect of domestic and family violence personal experience on a health professional is clinical practice with victimised patients, and exploring the role of the healthcare workplace. National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, September 2017
Hegarty K. Strengthening the Primary Care response to Family Violence: Pathways to Safety and Healing, (Invited speaker) COAG Health Council Meeting, Brisbone, August 2017.
Hegarty K. Domestic violence early intervention in general practice: working with male patients, Primary Health
Core Research Conference, Brisbone, August 2017.
Hegarty K, Tarzia T, Forsdike K. Domestic Violence: the hidden epidemic in health settings, RACGP GP &
Psychiatry Family Violence Workshop, (invited speaker) Melbourne, July 2017.
Hegarty K. Domestic and Family Violence: Early intervention in paediatric settings is urgently needed, Grand Rounds, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, February 2017.
Hegarty K. Identification and response to domestic violence in health settings, Western Health White Ribbon Doy (invited keynote speaker) Victoria, November 2016.
Hegarty K. Domestic Violence: The hidden epidemic in health settings, Research Week 2016, Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, November 2016.
Hegarty K. International Women's Day, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, November 2016.
Tarzia L, Maxwell S, Valpied J, Hegarty K. Prevalence of sexual violence and poor mental health outcomes in women attending Australian general practices, Nursing Network on Violence against Women International conference (NNVAWI) (invited keynote speaker), Melbourne, October 2016.
Tarzia L, Hegarty K. Recruiting online for a randomised controlled trial of a web-based domestic violence intervention (I-DECIDE) Who do you get and how does it work, Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Conference (invited speaker), Dublin, July 2016.
Hegarty K, Bailey J, Dowrick A, Pas L. How can we best respond to women experiencing domestic violence?
WONCA Europe Congress 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2016.
Hegarty K. Domestic Violence: The Hidden Epidemic, RACGP 59th Clinical Update Weekend (invited speaker) Brisbane, April 2016.
Hegarty K. End violence Against Women International Conference, Washington, USA, March 2016.

HegartyK. Women's Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings: The WITH study (invited speaker) ANROWS Inaugural National Research Conference on Violence against Women and their Children Melbourne, February 2016.
HindmarshE, Hegarty K. Caring for Patients who are socially disadvantaged, RACGP Conference, Melbourne, September 2015.
HegartyK. Domestic Violence: Implications for Mental Health (Invited keynote speaker) RANZCP, Brisbane, May 2015.
HegartyK. Domestic violence - The hidden epidemic: Implications for Primary Health Care Nurses. (Invited keynote speaker) APNA National Conference, Gold Coast, May 2015.
Hegarty K, Taft A, Jack S, Feder G. The critical role of theory and qualitative methods in development and evaluation of complex interventions for intimate partner violence in health care settings, 7th Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Washington, USA, March 2015.
GlassN, Koziol- McLean J, Hegarty K, Ford-Gilboe M, Varcoe C. Global research collaboration to adapt and evaluate an internet and smartphone accessible safety decision aid intervention on survivor safety and health, 7th Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Washington, USA, March 2015.
ForsdikeK, Hegarty K. Learning from the development and implementation of an educational programme for family doctors to provide care for women exposed to intimate partner violence, 7th Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Washington, USA, March 2015.
Morris A,Hegarty K, Humphreys C, A primary care response to children and mothers experiencing domestic violence, 7th Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Washington, USA, March 2015.
Taket A, Valpied J, Hegarty K. "I haven't got a broken arm, I've got a broken heart!" a qualitative investigation of uptake of an intervention for women exposed to intimate partner violence, 71h Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence Washington, USA, March 2015.
HegartyK, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S, Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A, Gold L, Astbury J, Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. Australian Women's Health Network conference, Sydney, May 2013.
HegartyK. Trauma and dual diagnosis. Victorian Dual Diagnosis conference, (invited keynote speaker) Melbourne, August 2013.
HegartyK, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S, Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A, Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. RACGP conference, Gold Coast, October 2013.
HegartyK, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S, Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A, Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. Mother and Children Health La Trobe seminar series, Melbourne, May 2012.
HegartyK, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S, Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A, Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. Key centre for Women's Health seminar series, Melbourne, April 2012.
Hegarty K, Primary Care response to domestic violence: from evidence to practice, ANU WONCA Women's special interest group. Invited presentation, Canberra, July 2012.

Hegarty K, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A. Brown S, Valpied J. Feder G. Taket A, Gold L. Astbury J Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. NAPCRG conference, New Orleans, November 2012.
Hegarty K. Domestic violence the hidden epidemic, MD Student conference, invited speaker. July, 2012.
Valpied J, Apico K. Hegarty K. Medical student's exposure to domestic violence education. PHCRIS conference, Canberra, July 2012.
Hegarty K, O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S. Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A, Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J. Women's Evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: Six and Twelve month outcomes. Best paper- keynote address. PHCRIS conference, Canberra. July 2012.
Hegarty K, Feder G, MacMillan H, Taft A. Methodological and Ethical Issues in randomised controlled trials of
health care interventions for women survivors of DV. US National Domestic Violence and Health conference, San Francisco, March 2012.
Hegarty K. O'Doherty L, Chondros P, Taft A, Brown S, Valpied J, Feder G, Taket A. Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J.
Effect of screening and brief counselling for abused women on quality of life, safety planning and mental health: A primary care Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (weave). US National Domestic Violence and Health conference, San Francisco, March 2012.
Hegarty K, Hester M, Garcia Moreno C. Measurement Issues in Domestic violence research. US National Domestic Violence and Health conference, San Francisco. Morch 2012.
Hegarty K. GPs and Nurses- Maximising collaboration to benefit your practice. GPCE. November, 2011 and 2012 invited speaker.
Hegarty K. Hindmarsh L. Domestic violence workshop, RACGP conference, Darwin, October 2011.
Pas L, Fernondez-Alonson M, Kendre J, Hegarty K, Bacchus L. Dealing with Family Violence: from action to research and reverse? International workshop WONCA Europe, Warsaw, September 2011.
Tusche H, Hegarty K. Magin P, Parker R, Forrest L. Prevalence of patient aggression and violence in general practice: on international literature review. WONCA Europe, Warsaw, September 2011.
Hegarty K. Communicating with women at risk. Deportment of Health and Maternity Clinical Network Forum.
Invited keynote, Melbourne. August 2011.
Hegarty K, O'Doherty L. Chondros P. Taft A, Brown S. Feder G, Toket A, Gold L, Astbury J Gunn J. Six month outcomes of a primary care Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (weave). UK SAPC conference, Bristol, July 2011.
Hegarty K. Domestic violence- the hidden epidemic. Prevalence, health consequences and interventions.
Invited seminar. Kings College Institute of Psychiatry seminar, UK, July 2011.
Hegarty K. Domestic violence- the hidden epidemic. Prevalence, health consequences and interventions.
Invited Benjamin Meaker seminar, University of Bristol. UK. June 2011.
Hegarty K. Domestic violence- the hidden epidemic. Prevalence. health consequences and interventions.
Invited seminar. University of Greenwich, UK, June 2011.
Hegarty K. Gender and medical education: State of the Art in Australia. Invited keynote speaker. Invitational Gender and medical education conference. Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 2011.
Hegarty K. Measuring outcomes in domestic violence trials. Invited keynote speaker, Domestic violence intervention conference, Nijmegen. The Netherlands, Moy 2011.
Hegarty K. Gender. Mental Health and Violence across the lifespan - Canadian Institute Health Research trainee meeting (invited facilitator), Toronto, Moy 2011.

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HegartyK. Measuring outcomes in domestic violence trials. Invited preconference DV workshop, WONCA Europe, Malaga, Spain, September 2010.
HegartyK. Primary Care Nursing: A vision for the future. Primary Health Care Reform Conference Invited keynote speaker Melbourne. October 2010.

Hegarty K. Alice Springs Women's Shelter and Division of GP, September 20l O Grand Rounds Hospital, invited

speaker, GP workshop, ED workshop Domestic Violence.

Hegarty K. Invited ED workshop Domestic violence Northern Hospital. August 20l 0.

HegartyK, Gunn J, O'Doherty L, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: An RCT- baseline findings. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Darwin, NT, June 2010.
O'DohertyL, Hegarty K, Gunn J, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: A RCT- baseline findings. WONCA Europe conference, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2009.
HegartyK, Gunn J, O'Doherty L, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: A RCT- baseline findings. National Domestic Violence and Health Conference, New Orleans, USA, October 2009.
Hegarty K.Gender, Mental Health and Violence across the lifespan-CanadianInstitute Health Research meeting (invited to attend) 2009.
HegartyK, Gunn J, O'Doherty L, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: A RCT- baseline findings. North American Primary Care Conference, Montreal Canada, October 2009.
Hegarty K.Teamwork in Australia. (invited keynote). Royal New Zealand College of GP conference. Wellington, August, 2009.
HegartyK, Gunn J, O'Doherty L, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: AnRCT- baseline findings. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Melbourne, June 2009.
HegartyK, Gunn J, O'Doherty L, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J, Brown S. Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care in general practice: AnRCT- protocol. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Hobart, Tasmania, June 2008.
Hegarty K.Domestic violence: The Hidden Epidemic: Implications for primary and mental health care (invited keynote) World Psychiatric Association conference, Melbourne, Vic. November 2007.
Hegarty K. Mental health consequences of intimate partner abuse in Australia. (invited plenary speaker) World Psychiatric Association conference, Melbourne, Vic, November 2007.
HegartyK, Brown S. Mental and physical health associations of intimate partner abuse. World Psychiatric Association conference, Melbourne, Vic, November 2007.
Hegarty K. Intimate partner abuse in primary care (invited keynote). Promoting Women's Health and Safety Colloquium, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, August 2007.
HegartyK. Intimate partner abuse (invited keynote). Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology National Conference. Melbourne, Vic, August 2007.

Hegarty K, Parker R, Cameron J. (2007) Exploring women's resilience in the face of intimate partner violence.

General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Sydney, NSW. June 2007.

Hegarty K. Women's experience of abuse and violence care in general practice: a RCT. National Domestic violence and Health conference, San Francisco, USA, March 2007.
Hegarty K, Gunn J, Chondros P, Taft A, Small R. Can we predict which women attending general practice will have experienced partner abuse? NAPCRG, Tuscon, Arizona, USA, 2006.
Hegarty K, Gunn J, Blashki G, Griffiths F, Kendrick T, Dowell T, (2006)How do international depression guidelines rate when consumers and general practitioners contexts are taken into account in the review process? PHCRIS, Perth, Australia, July 2006.
Hegarty K. Health services evaluation - postnatal care. Short course in Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, Melbourne, Vic, July 2004.
Hegarty K, Taft A. Partner violence, maternity and mental health: recent findings from Australian studies. London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine seminar. June, London, UK, 2004.
Hegarty K, Taft A. Methodologicalissues in intimate partner violence research: issues from Australian studies.
University of London seminar, June, London, UK, 2004.
Hegarty K, Gunn J, Brown S, Forster D. A New Way of Supporting Women in Pregnancy. WONCA European Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2004.
Robertson K, Williamson M, Gunn J, Hegarty K. The Consumer as Teacher: a powerful and effective means of
enhancing the delivery of health promotion services. International Health Promotion and Health Education Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004.
Gunn J, Madden V, Hegarty K, Robertson K. Developing and implementing a vertically integrated education program for medical practitioners to undertake cervical screening. International Health Promotion and Health Education Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004.
Hegarty K, Taft A. Depression and Intimate Partner Violence. North East Volley Division of General Practice workshop, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004,
Hegarty K, Gunn J. Women's Emotional Well Being: Association of depression and partner abuse. PHCRED Conference, Canberra, Australia, June 2003
Hegarty K. Approaches to Counselling. North East Valley Division of General Practice workshop, August, Melbourne, Australia, 2003.
Watts R, Hegarty K, Mitchell C. Good practice in Maternal Health, November, City of Great Bendigo seminar, Victoria Australia, 2003.
Hegarty K, Women's Emotional Well- Being. Emerging issues in pregnancy care: Tackling violence and depression. Evidence, dilemmas and solutions. Melbourne, Australia, June 2003.
Hegarty K. Screening for partner abuse in general practice. Notional conference on Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for health professionals, Melbourne, Australia, June 2003.
Hegarty K, Gunn J, Brown S, Forster D,Colette J, Lumley J, Nogle C. Enhancing skills of pregnancy care providers: A New Approach to Supporting Women in Pregnancy. PHCRED conference, Canberra, Australia, June, 2003.
Hegarty K, McNair R, Porker R, Madden V, Gunn J. Researching sensitive issues. AAAGP conference, Canberra, Australia, June, 2003.
Hegarty K. Prevalence of partner physical, emotional and sexual abuse in Australian general practice: Should general practitioners ask? WONCA European Conference, June, London, UK, 2002.
Hegarty K. Definition, prevalence and health consequences of partner abuse in Australian general practice.
London, UK, May 2002.

Hegarty K. Overview of partner abuse research in Australian general practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Moy 2002.
Hegarty K. Prevalence of partner abuse in Australian general practice: To screen or not to screen. Netherlands Domestic Violence Invitational Conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands, April 2002.

Hegarty K. Gender and Mental Health, University of Nijmegen seminar, Nijmegen, Netherlands, April 2002.

HegartyK, Gunn J, Brown S. Forster D, Nogle C. Lumley J, Collette J, Nicolson S. (2002) Evaluating on alternative model to screening for psychosocial issues in pregnancy. General Practice and Primary Health Core Research Conference. Melbourne, Australia, Moy 2002.

Hegarty K, Gunn J, Small R, Toft A. Identification of partner abuse for women attending Australian general practice.

WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 2002.
HegartyK, Bush R, Sheehan M. Identification of partner abuse for women attending general practice. The 2000 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, Moy 2000.
HegartyK, Bush R, Sheehan M. Management of partner abuse for women attending general practice. The 1999 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, May 1999.
HegartyK. Prevalence of domestic violence in Australian general practice. Women's Health East workshop, Melbourne, Australia. May 1998.

Hegarty K, Bush R, Sheehan M. Barners to disclosure of partner abuse in women attending general practitioners.

1998 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, Moy 1998.
HegartyK. Prevalence of partner abuse in women attending Australian general practice. WONCA. Dublin, Ireland, June 1997.
Hegarty K, Bush, R, Sheehan, M. Prevalence of partner abuse in women attending general practice. The 1997 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, May 1997.

Hegarty K. Domestic violence. Logan Division of General Practice workshop, August, Brisbane, Australia, 1996

Hegarty K, Roberts G.Prevolence of domestic violence in Australia. The 1996 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, June 1996.
Hegarty K, Sheehan M, Roberts G. Development of the Composite Abuse Scale. The 1995 General Practice Evaluation Conference Proceedings, November 1995.

HegartyK, Roberts G. Barriers to disclosure of domestic violence in general practice consultations. The 1994 Work in Progress Conference Proceedings, May 1994.

Reports, Manuals and other publications

Forsdike K. Hegarty K. (2017) Comprehensive Educational Package for Improving the Response of Primary Care to Women and Children Experiencing Domestic and Family violence. Phase 2: Primary Care Specific telephone Information and Support Line. Department of Social Services.
RossS, Hegarty K, Forsdike K, Diemer K. (2017) Family Violence Index Final Report. Department of Premier and Cabinet and ANROWS.

Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Rees S, Fooks A, Forsdike K, Novy K, Woodlock D, Fernbacher S, Simpson L, McCormack C,

Amanatidis S. (2017) Women's input into a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings (the WITH study): Research Report. ANROWS: Melbourne, Australia.

Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Forsdike K, Vlais R, Flood M, Feder G, Humphreys C. (2016) Final Report: Promoting Early intervention with men's use of violence in Relationships through primary care (PEARL study). APHCRI. Canberra, Australia.
Forsdike K, Hegarty K, Ross S. (2016) Scoping Review Report: Family Violence Indices Department of Premier and Cabinet and ANROWS.
Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Valpied J, Forsdike K, Novy K. (2015) Briefing paper 1: Addressing Family Violence in Health
Settings. Submission to the Royal commission on Family Violence.
Tarzia L, Hegarty K, Valpied J, Forsdike K, Novy K. (2015) Briefing paper 2: Using Technology to Address Family Violence. Submission to the Royal Commission on Family Violence.
Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Valpied J, Forsdike K, Novy K. (2015) Briefing paper 3: Coordinated Service Responses. Submission to the Royal Commission on Family Violence.
Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Valpied J, Forsdike K, Novy K. (2015) Briefing paper 4: Research Recommendations. Submission to the Royal Commission on Family Violence.
Hegarty K, Hindmarsh E, Forsdike K. (2014) Comprehensive Educational Package for Improving the Response of
Primary Core to Women and Children Experiencing Domestic and Family Violence. Final report submitted to Australian Government, Deportment of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (now Department of Social Services).
Hegarty K. (2014) How to Treat Domestic Violence. Aus Doc 42-7.
Hegarty K. (2012) Domestic Violence. Medicine Today. 13 (7) 54-7.
Hegarty K. (2009) Domestic Violence in eds Hindmarsh E, Roberts G, Abuse and Violence manual, 3rd edition, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, Australia.
Hegarty K. (2008) How to Treat Domestic Violence. Aus Doc 35-8.
Hegarty K. (2008) WEAVE study Final Report. APHCRI.
Hegarty K. Composite Abuse Scale in Measuring intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment tools. Thompson MP, Basile, KC, Hertz MF, Sitterle D. Atlanta (GA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. 2006.
Hegarty K, Gunn J. (2003) Link between depression and partner abuse: The Women's Emotional Well Being Study.0 & G; 5(3); 190-191. Co-authors, colleagues, involvement in publication (70%).
Hegarty K. (2002) How to Treat Domestic Violence. Aus Doc 60-65.
Hegarty K. (2002) Women's Emotional Well-Being. Final report, Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra.
Australia.
Hegarty K, Ames D, Anderson J, Johnson C, McKinnon, R, Moulds R. (2000) Use of Antidepressants in the general practice setting: A Critical Review, Victorian Drug Usage Advisory Committee. Melbourne.
Hegarty K, Gunn J. (2000) Towards sensitive Pop test examinations by medical practitioners, Pap Screen Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Hegarty K, Gunn J. (2000) Quality issues in cervical cancer screening. Final report, Pap Screen, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Australia.
Hindmarsh E, Knowlden S, Hegarty K. (1998) Women and Violence manual, 2nd edition, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, Australia.
Hegarty K. (1996) Barriers to disclosure of domestic violence in general practice. Final report, Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Canberra, Australia.

Hegarty K. (1993) Prospective cohort study of 1991 entrants into the FMP training progr.am. Final report, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, Australia.
HegartyK. (1993) Impact of employing a counsellor on a suburban general practice. Final report, Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Canberra, Australia.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTING TO LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Journal Editor

Editor in Chief Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2012-2014

Reviewing Competitive Grants

•    National Health and Medical CRE panel, 2016 and 2017
•      Australian Research Council
•      Medical Research Council, UK
•      National Health and Medical Research Public Health Panel member - 20l 0 and 2000
•      National Institute for Health Research - 2005
•      Health Technology Assessment Grants - 2005
•      Family Medical Care, Education and Research grants since 2004
•      Austrian Science Fund - 2003
•      National Health and Medical Research grants and scholarships since 2000

Reviewing papers submitted to peer-reviewed journals - review 1-3 papers/month.

•    The Lancet, Journal of American Medical Association
•    British Medical Journal, British Journal of General Practice
•     Women and Health, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
•    Medical Journal of Australia, Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health
•    Australian Family Physician, The Australian Journal of Rural Health

University Service

2016-	Chair of Examiners, Department of General Practice
2012-2016	Member, Faculty Health Sciences Ethics Committee,
2011-12	Chair, working group Gender on Faculty Committees, Equity and Staff Development Committee
2009-2016	Member, Teaching and Learning Committee, Department of General Practice
2009-	Director of Postgraduate Nursing Studies, Department of General Practice,
2006-2014	Equity and Staff Development co-ordinator, Department of General Practice
2005-	Member, Faculty Equity and Staff Development Committee Member, Executive Committee, Department of General Practice
2005-	Member, Research and Research Training Committee, Department of General Practice
2007-	Member PhD and masters selection committee
2005-2010	Member, Ethics Committee, Department of General Practice
2003-2006	Chair of Examiners for Masters and PhD candidates, Department of General Practice

2003-2006 Member, University of Melbourne Faculty postgraduate meetings

2002-2006 Coordinator, Research Higher Degrees, Department of General Practice

2001-2006 Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of General Practice

2000-2004
Member, Masters of General Practice Psychiatry committee, joint Monash, University of Melbourne

course

2000-2003 Member, Management Committee Graduate Certificate in General Practice, National Consortium

for Education in Primary Medical care, joint University and RACGP course

1999- Examiner, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne

1995-1997 Member, Assessment Committee for Graduate Medical Course, University of Queensland

1994-1995 Chair, Assessment Committee for Graduate Medical Course, University of Queensland

1993-1994 Member, Curriculum Committee, University of Queensland

1993-1994 Member, Goals and Objectives Subcommittee Four-Year Postgraduate Course, University of Qld

1991-1994 Member, Fifth Year Board of Studies, University of Queensland.

Professional Service

2017- Member, Royal Women's Hospital's Prevention of Violence Against Women Advisory Group

2017- Member, Royal Women's Hospital's Board Research Committee

2017- Member, Royal Women's Hospital Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Project

Advisory Group (SHRFV PAG)

2017- Member, Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS) Advisory Committee

2016- Member, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Family Violence

2016-

Working Group

Co-Chair, WONCA Steering Committee Special Interest Group on Family Violence

2013-2015 Member, WONCA Steering Committee Special Interest Group on Family Violence

2012-2014 Co-Chair, RACGP Abuse and Violence Special Interest Group

2008-2011 Member, RACGP National Research Standing Committee

2004-2005 Member, Medical and Scientific Committee of Breast Screen Victoria

2002-2004 External Training Adviser, National Consortium for Education in Primary Medical Care

1994-1998 Member, Queensland RACGP Research Committee

1994-1995 Executive Member, Australian Association of Academic General Practice

1993-1995 Member, Queensland Quality Assurance and Medical Education Committee

1992-1994 Chair, Queensland RACGP Research Committee

1992- Examiner for FRACGP

1992-1994 Family Medicine Programme Training Adviser

1990-1994 Member, Queensland Research Committee

1990 Chair, State Trainee Association, Family Medicine Programme

Community and Government Service

2017Temporary Adviser, Advisory Committee for the Training Curricula on Violence Against Women, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, May

2017	Member, Victorian Government Multi-agency risk assessment and management (MARAM) Expert Advisory Group
2017	Member, Royal Com miss.ion into Family Violence Project Advisory Group
2016	Recommendation 100 Expert meeting, Royal Commission into Family Violence, Melbourne, December
2016	Temporary Clinical Adviser, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, Moy
2012-2013	Member, Nexus Boord, Mitchell Community Health
2012	Temporary Clinical Adviser, World Health Organisation, Geneva, September
2011-2012	Member, WHO Guidelines Group for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence
2009-2012	Member and RACGP representative, Common Approach to Assessment Referral and Support
Taskforce, FaHCSIA, Commonwealth Government
2009-	Member, Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths, Dept. of Justice, Vic. Government
2008-	Choir, Domestic Violence Resource Centre management committee, Melbourne, Australia
2006-2007	Member, Melbourne Division of General Practice Board
2005-2006	Victorian Representative, Australian Association of Academic General Practice
2005-2006	Member, Women's Health Special Interest Group, Public Health Association
2004-2008	Member, Domestic Violence Incest Resource Centre management committee, Melbourne,
2003-2004	Convenor, Women's Health Special Interest Group, Public Health Association
2002-2003	Member, Ministerial Advisory Committee on Women's Health and Well Being, Vic. government
1997-1998	Member, Domestic Violence Resource Centre management committee, Brisbane, Australia
1993-1997	Member, Brisbane Inner South Division of General Practitioners, Management Committee
1994-1995	Secretory, Australian Association of Academic General Practice

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2017	Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Forsdike K. KMPG.
Department of Premier and Cabinet. $314,000 (50%)
2017	WEAVE Rollout, Family Violence General Practice Training, Hegarty K, Forsdike K, Novy K. Melbourne
Primary Care Network. $24,046 (60%)
2016	Development of a survey for psychiatrists. Hegarty K, Forsdike K. RANZP. $10,000 (80%)
2016	Overcoming the barriers. Hegarty K, Murphy T, DHHS, $48,473 (50%)
2015	Family Violence Index. Hegarty K, Ross S, Diemer K, Humphreys C. ANROWS. $400,000 (70%)
2014	Macedon Ranges and North West Medicare Local comprehensive educational package for
improving the response of primary care to men who use violence. Hegarty K. ($150,000) (100%).
2014	Development of an information and support line for improving the response of primary care to
women and children experiencing domestic and family violence. Hegarty K, Hindmarsh E.
Department of Social Services. ($225,600) (80%).
2014	Bayside WEAVE Medicare Local comprehensive educational package for improving the response of
primary care to women and children experiencing family violence. Hegarty K. Bayside Medicare
2013	Local. ($85,000) (100%). Development of a Comprehensive educational package for improving the response of primary core
to women and children experiencing domestic and family violence. Hegarty K, Hindmarsh E, Taft A,
Cripps K, Pemberton M. Department of Social Services. ($242,000) (80%).
2013	Development of a needs identification tool for advanced nurse practice. Hegarty K. Australian
Medicare Local Alliance. ($45,000) (100%).
2012	Evaluation of Acting on the Warning signs. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Ross S. North Melbourne Legal
Services and Royal Women's Hospital. 2012-14 ($80,000) (60%).
2012	Evaluation of training for advanced nurse practice. Hegarty Kand Northern Division of General
Practice, Australian Medicare Local Alliance. ($35,000) (90%).
2012	Organisation governance to enhance advanced nursing practice. Hegarty Kand Impetus Division of
General Practice. Australian Medicare Local Alliance. ($25,000) (90%).

2003-2006	Member, University of Melbourne Faculty postgraduate meetings
2002-2006	Coordinator, Research Higher Degrees, Department of General Practice
2001-2006	Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of General Practice
2000-2004	Member, Masters of General Practice Psychiatry committee, joint Monash, University of Melbourne course
2000-2003	Member, Management Committee Graduate Certificate in General Practice, National Consortium
for Education in Primary Medical care, joint University and RACGP course
1999-	Examiner, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
1995-1997	Member, Assessment Committee for Graduate Medical Course, University of Queensland
1994-1995	Chair, Assessment Committee for Graduate Medical Course, University of Queensland
1993-1994	Member, Curriculum Committee, University of Queensland
1993-1994	Member, Goals and Objectives Subcommittee Four-Year Postgraduate Course, University of Qld
1991-1994	Member, Fifth Year Board of Studies, University of Queensland.

2017-	Member, Royal Women's Hospital's Prevention of Violence Against Women Advisory Group
2017-	Member, Royal Women's Hospital's Board Research Committee
2017-	Member, Royal Women's Hospital Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Project
Advisory Group (SHRFV PAG)
2017-	Member, Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS) Advisory Committee
2016-	Member, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Family Violence
2016-	Working Group Co-Chair, WONCA Steering Committee Special Interest Group on Family Violence
2013-2015	Member, WONCA Steering Committee Special Interest Group on Family Violence
2012-2014	Co-Chair, RACGP Abuse and Violence Special Interest Group
2008-2011	Member, RACGP National Research Standing Committee
2004-2005	Member, Medical and Scientific Committee of Breast Screen Victoria
2002-2004	External Training Adviser, National Consortium for Education in Primary Medical Care
1994-1998	Member, Queensland RACGP Research Committee
1994-1995	Executive Member, Australian Association of Academic General Practice
1993-1995	Member, Queensland Quality Assurance and Medical Education Committee
1992-1994	Chair, Queensland RACGP Research Committee
1992-	Examiner for FRACGP
1992-1994	Family Medicine Programme Training Adviser
1990-1994	Member, Queensland Research Committee
1990	Chair, State Trainee Association, Family Medicine Programme

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