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Abstracts open for the 2026 Western Alliance Symposium

Abstracts will be accepted from people working in Western Alliance member organisations, and for the first time Western Alliance will also be accepting abstracts from non-member organisations. Read more here.

Expressions of interest open for the 2026 STaRR Training program

The STaRR Emerging Researcher Mentored Training Program provides member health staff with the foundational research skills needed to develop a research translation-focused project. Read more here.

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.

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/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.