Prof Karen Price

She joined the HCF Board as a non-executive director and its Research Foundation Corporate Trustee in November 2023. Professor Price is now Chair of the HCF Research Foundation. During her Royal Australian College of General Practitioners presidency, she served on both the RACGP board and national committees including finance, risk, culture, and advocacy, and engaged in high-level health policy discussions with government leaders. She contributed to major initiatives including the Covid vaccine roll out with extensive national media exposure, the return of training to the RACGP commonwealth grant negotiations, the 10-year Primary Health Care Plan and the Medicare Taskforce.

Previously, she was Deputy Chair of the Victorian Council and Chair of Women in General Practice, focusing on strategic leadership and media advocacy. Professor Price holds a PhD on GP collaboration for learning and peer support and continues to participate in GP related research.  She also serves on Melbourne University’s Innovation and Enterprise Advisory Board and has contributed to global medical education through the World Organisation of Family Doctors, where she was a non-executive director 2023- 2025.  Professor Price also co-founded a national educational online GP forum called GPsDownUnder, for problem solving cases in medicine which has 12 000 GP members and a 90% engagement score over 12 years.

Her accolades include the Australian Federation of Medical Women’s Leadership Award (2021), a Family Medicine Research Award (2016), and a Medical Student Teaching Award (2011) and was honoured by the AMA by being added to the roll of fellows at the 2026 National Convention.  She has chaired the AMA council of General Practice and is the RACGP Victorian Faculty provost.  She currently chairs the AMA Victorian GP Policy Advisory Committee. In all activities, Professor Price contributes with a strong focus on collaborative care and values-based leadership.