The inaugural Western District Health Service (WDHS) Improvement & Research event held in November 2023 was a great success. The event featured quality improvement project presentations, National Centre for Farmer Health presentations, and research presentations...
The 2023 Western Alliance Symposium, held in the beautiful city of Warrnambool, provided a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and forge new collaborations, while showcasing some of the fantastic research from across western Victoria....
STaRRlite aims to provide health practitioners including clinicians, program staff, and managers with some of the fundamental knowledge and skills to begin or support a team member to engage in a health research or quality...
Translating research into practice is critical to improving healthcare delivery in rural and regional settings however, it does not happen organically. There is increasing recognition of the need to build the capacity and capability of...
Congratulations to Dr Olivia King (pictured) and the STaRR team for their excellent work featured in a new publication describing their evaluation of research translation mentoring for emerging clinician researchers in rural and regional health...
Western Alliance is committed to building research in western Victoria and supporting the translation of research findings into healthcare. Central to this commitment is the Western Alliance Supporting Translation of Research in Rural and Regional...
The Western Alliance funded CReW (COVID-19 & Regional Health Staff Wellbeing) Study team led by Michael Field, Olivia King, Laura Alston and colleagues have released an important paper looking into the factors impacting Victorian rural...
We are pleased to announce the successful applicants for our Higher Degree By Research Scholarship Program. Congratulations to Michael Pang, a senior clinician Physiotherapist from Grampians Health, who will be completing his PhD with Federation University...
We are pleased to announce the successful recipients of the inaugural Western Alliance Rapid Applied Research Translation Grants. After what was an extremely competitive process with 14 applications, 3 teams have been allocated funding to...
The STaRR Emerging Researcher Training Program provides health practitioners with the foundational research skills needed to develop a research translation-focused project that aims to change practice or policy. The 8 week program of workshops and...