2025 Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture

The 11th annual Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture, From Aspiration to Access: Building equitable high-quality women's sexual and reproductive health care in Australia is presented by Professor Danielle Mazza AM and hosted by the Robinson Research Institute, the University of Adelaide.  

This free public annual event is aimed at researchers, policy makers, academics, clinicians, and the public who have an interest in women's health and reproductive medicine. This lecture series features international research and policy leaders tackling grand challenges in reproductive health, women's health, and early life, bringing some of the most inspiring researchers from around the world to Adelaide, to present on thought provoking topics.

Presenter Biography
Professor Danielle Mazza AM is the Head of the Department of General Practice at Monash University and a nationally and internationally recognised leader in implementation research and knowledge translation in the general practice setting. She has made significant, sustained and ongoing contributions to advance general practice and primary health care in Australia in the field of women’s sexual and reproductive health and as a proponent of evidence-based quality improvement through guideline development and implementation. She leads the SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence, which aims to improve the quality, safety, and capacity of primary health care services to achieve better outcomes in women’s sexual and reproductive health. 

About Professor Lloyd Cox 

In 1958 Lloyd Cox was appointed as the foundation Professor of the University of Adelaide’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) Department, established at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide.

Cox had previously worked in New Zealand and the UK and his vision was for the Department to be a world leader. His strongly held belief that science and medicine should collaborate closely established the foundations for future success and this culture of collaboration has successfully continued under successive leaders. Cox wanted O&G to be a science-based department and was the first person to bring infertility as a medical issue to the attention of mainstream medicine.

He encouraged people to look at new ideas and develop new techniques. During his time as head of O&G, Cox appointed Ron Cox as a biochemist – this was the first department of its kind to appoint a scientist. Also, the first frozen semen bank in Australia, and the first sperm donor program were established. Prof Cox retired in 1984 and was replaced by Prof Jeffrey Robinson, as head of Department while Colin Matthews was appointed as Professor of Reproductive Medicine, with the Robinson Research Institute being named after Professor Jeffrey Robinson.

The event is free and includes pre-lecture drinks and finger food.

5:30 pm Drinks & finger food

6:00 pm Presentation commences