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Join us in creating the Western Alliance/Health Voices Victoria Research Hub

Western Alliance is partnering with Health Voices Victoria at Deakin University to develop a centrally coordinated approach to Consumer & Community Involvement (CCI) in research across Western Alliance member organisations. Read more or get involved here.

Congratulations to Jess Payne, Melbourne Poche Indigenous Health Leadership Program 2026 Fellow

We are delighted to announce that Jessica Payne, proud Yuwaalaraay woman, is the recipient of a 2026 Melbourne Poche Indigenous Health Leadership Fellowship, sponsored by Western Alliance. Read more here.

Now open: Funding support to major external grant applications

Western Alliance has provided funding to projects that have gone on to secure funding of over $24 million from state and federal agencies. Read more here.

2025 Western Alliance Symposium

Over two hundred people across two days gathered in Ballarat in November for our Annual Symposium. Read more here.

Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre

Western Alliance is a collaborative of 11 member organisations located across the Barwon/Southwest and Grampians regions of western Victoria. Members include regional and sub-regional public health services and hospitals, the Western Victoria Primary Health Network and Deakin and Federation Universities. The two regions have a combined population of over 700,000 residents or approximately 44 per cent of rural/regional Victoria’s population.

Through a program of education, funding and advocacy, Western Alliance, an NHMRC-accredited Research Translation Centre, supports its members to improve the health of their communities through research-based and evidence-informed healthcare.

Western Alliance recognises the importance of demonstrating cultural humility and agility as an organisation, whereby it is responsive to the needs of the Communities it serves and privileges Aboriginal leadership, recognising Community strength and amplifying their voice, ensuring that its processes and language reflect a strengths-based approach.