In partnership with two other university departments of rural health (UDRHs), UTAS has been awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching council (ALTC) Strategic Priority Project Grant. Read More....

UDRH senior research fellows Kim Boyer and Dr Peter Orpin, together with Professor Judi Walker, have recently had an article published in the prominent primary health care journal Australian Journal of Primary Health. Read More....

The UDRH Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) program is proceeding with Deputy Director Associate Professor Erica Bell taking over the role of UDRH PHCRED Coordinator. She will be supported by research assistant Sarah Brinckman. Read More....

Dr Quynh Lê, Stuart Auckland, Annette Barrett, Lester Jones and Andrew Harris have had their proposal entitled “Community Engagement in Data Collection of Primary Health Care Service: A Spatial Analysis Case Study at the Meander Valley, Tasmania” accepted for an ePoster at the 5th ATBH conference. Read More....

Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Many climate change “hotspots” lie in rural and remote communities. Within these communities, rural children represent a highly vulnerable group that has been relatively neglected in the climate change research. Read More....