The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) accredited centres (AHRTC’s and CIRH’s) have formed an Alliance – The Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA).
The vision of the AHRA is:
A single Australian voice for integration of research, education and healthcare to drive better health outcomes.
The Alliance will provide leadership to drive unprecedented national collaboration and integration between research, education and healthcare, spanning the translational research continuum from discovery to health systems and policy implementation and the continuum of health care from population health to acute hospital care.
We will strengthen collaboration and partnership across the Centres to accelerate the pace and scale of research translation and partner broadly with stakeholders to tangibly improve the health of Australians. Our key point of difference is that we are health service led and embedded and we are directly integrated with the community, creating a platform for inclusion of all key stakeholders and for strategic prioritised research.
You can find out more about the Alliance HERE.
The Alliance will:
- Bring unprecedented collaboration transcending silos across State and federal government, research and education organisations, Community, philanthropy and industry.
- Enhance and accelerate patient and public benefit from Australia’s investment in medical research delivering pace and scale
- Facilitate integration and excellence in research, education and health care to drive world-leading improvements and better health outcomes for Australia and beyond
- Provide leadership in health and medical research, research translation, research-infused education and training, and outstanding health care
- Position Australia internationally as a leader in health and medical research and translation based on academic excellence.
The AHRA has agreed on four national systems level initiatives, funded by the MRFF aligned to priority areas and underpinned by consumer and community involvement:
- Health Systems Improvement and Sustainability
- Data Driven Health care Improvement
- Indigenous Research Network and Capacity Building
- Community and consumer engagement in research and healthcare improvement.
The AHRA is governed by a Council composed of directors of each Centre and meets monthly by videoconference and biannually face to face.
AUSTRALIAN HEALTH RESEARCH ALLIANCE WOMEN’S HEALTH
RESEARCH, TRANSLATION AND IMPACT NETWORK
National Priorities in Women’s Health Research and Translation
The Australian Health Research Alliance Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network (AHRA WHN) led a broad-based consensus development process to establish agreed national women’s health research and translation priorities.
The priorities were developed with reference to a systematic review led by Gita Mishra commissioned to inform the development of the Women’s Health Strategy, the Draft National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030, and were supplemented by expert and stakeholder input (electronic dissemination across the AHRA Centre’s and stakeholder groups nationally). This was followed by a national workshop, applying a well-established modified Delphi and Nominal Group Technique for consensus co-development. The process is outlined HERE.
The priorities identify opportunities for targeted funding in women’s health, with a firm focus on public benefit and community outcomes. Nine priorities and seven overarching principles were identified (see above). Detailed research and translation topics were workshopped under each priority with extensive stakeholder consultation nationally across AHRA Centres and stakeholder groups with high level consumer input. These priorities are designed to inform future research and funding strategies and to drive health impact.
The priorities detailed above will accompany a paper published in an upcoming edition of the Medical Journal of Australia (details to follow shortly).
The detailed research and translation points under each priority are undergoing additional consumer input and iterative development and feedback is welcome. To provide feedback, please contact Helena Teede.
