Lalit Yadav

Dr Lalit Yadav is looking for opportunties to foster collaborative efforts and contribute in advancing health and medical research focused on improving care throughout the spectrum of life course. In the current role as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Knowledge Translation Enabling Theme) at the Caring Futures Institute, he is working with the research leaders at the Flinders University to help further evolve methodologies, aiming to improve health and care outcomes through effective translation of evidence into practice and policy, requiring complex transdisciplinary approaches.

Initially trained as a dental surgeon, he has considerable experience of working as a public health practitioner in diverse settings, globally. Recently, his PhD from the University of Adelaide, initiated a program of research, thesis titled "Co-creation of a person-centred integrated digital health model of care for fragility hip fractures: a mixed methods pragmatic research”. This doctoral thesis conceptualised Digital Health Hub (DHH) model of care and introduced a new role, Telehealth Liaison Carer (TLC) which can be further co-designed and translated into different settings focused on multimorbidity care.

The width of his experience, spans over 15 years, having worked in the UK, India, and Australia and contributed to development of innovative models of care aiming to reduce inequalities in healthcare. Previously, he led design and implementation of health improvement initiatives in multiple areas of health, covering aspects of primary care, acute, rehabilitation and integrated health and social care. He closely worked in partnership with health service delivery organisations, academic research, social enterprises, voluntary sector, and public-private partnerships. These projects were funded through MRFF and NHMRC in Australia, Australia India Strategic Research Grant, Australia-India Council, BMGF, WHO, UK Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.