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2026 Western Alliance Symposium – Program out now!

The Western Alliance Symposium in Lorne is fast approaching, with a huge crowd expected and a jampacked agenda of keynotes, concurrent sessions and showcases. View the program here.

Read the 2025-26 Western Alliance Annual Report

Over the past year, Western Alliance continued to strengthen research translation across western Victoria, supporting clinicians, researchers and communities to turn evidence into better health outcomes. Read the report here.

Announcing the Future Leader Fellows for Clinical Trials Fellowship Program

Western Alliance is excited to announce two new fellowship roles, designed to support projects that focus on evidence-based approaches to increasing recruitment into clinical trials across western Victoria. The Fellowship Program is delivered through the Victorian Research Translation Centre Collaborative (VRTCC) (MACH, Monash Partners Health Translation Network and the Western Alliance) with support from the Victorian Government. 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.

Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre

Western Alliance is a collaborative of 11 member organisations located across the Barwon, South West 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.