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Disastrous Writing returns to Lismore
The annual Disastrous Writing Retreat is returning to UCRH in November, bringing together people from across the disaster and climate change space for two days of focused, in-person writing, connection and collaboration. Supporting stronger networks and the sharing of ideas is an important part of building healthier and more resilient
Disastrous Writing returns to Lismore
The annual Disastrous Writing Retreat is returning to UCRH in November, bringing together people from across the disaster and climate change space for two days of focused, in-person writing, connection and collaboration. Supporting stronger networks and the sharing of ideas is an important part of building healthier and more resilient
Disastrous Writing returns to Lismore
The annual Disastrous Writing Retreat is returning to UCRH in November, bringing together people from across the disaster and climate change space for two days of focused, in-person writing, connection
UCRH researchers recognised with major awards
Two UCRH researchers have received significant recognition for work that is helping shape the future of rural health research and Aboriginal health outcomes. Dr Cas Sedran-Price (pictured right) has been
Healthy country equals healthy people
This news post is part of a series for our website and quarterly newsletter where we are invite contributions from others who share our commitment to health equity. From partners,
Renewing local rural health partnership
The University of Sydney and Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) have reaffirmed their longstanding partnership through their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a further three years, continuing their shared
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Choices, choices, choices! We were pleased and proud to hear that the University of Sydney Year 4 medical students who have been on rural placement with us were all offered their first preference for internship next year! Five of them will be returning to Lismore Base Hospital, with one student
UCRH Social Work students who undertook their research placement over the past twelve months have reaped rewards for their efforts by being the runners-up best poster at the recent Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference. The poster and associated article under review is entitled: “Utilising inclusive
Welcome to our new cohort of Western Sydney University Medical students! The students will be here over this year and 2024 for their twelve month rural placement. Say hi to Grace, Patrick, Joel, Sean, Michael, Chris, Elly, Isabella, Mitch, Cameron, Jasmin, Krishna, Niranjanan, Ling, Beata, Mikaela ,Emma and Lucy. Hope
UCRH team member Kerryn Harkin recently attended the third Lowitja Institute’s 3rd International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, held on the lands of the Gimuy-Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji peoples (Cairns). She shared some thoughts about the experience with us. The conference brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and international
There was an exciting health focus at the Northern Rivers Careers Expo at Lismore showgrounds this week. Nathan Rollinson, Rural Schools Community Engagement Officer from Western Sydney University was assisted by WSU Lismore medical students, Lucy and Lucinda, who did a great job talking to local students about careers in
Get the popcorn ready for our first film night of the year. From 5pm on Wednesday 2 August in our Lecture Theatre we will be showing the film, ‘Our Generation’ a documentary that presents a first-hand view of the experiences of remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The film
Covid restrictions and the floods have made it a tricky couple of years for the Baribunmani Wanyi Ngay Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth program. In an effort to recover, the Aboriginal Health Team partnered up with the Regional Industry Education Partnerships (RIEP) Program to assist in getting the word
As part of NAIDOC Week, it’s timely to shine the spotlight on the array of research work underway at UCRH that focuses on Aboriginal Health. Our Aboriginal Health team are engaged in a range of exciting research projects, two of which are related to the potential of virtual reality for
Our Goori Book Club, which focuses on books about or connected to Aboriginal culture, health, authors and content, has had a great start to the year. Book Club has been in session twice already with students and staff meeting to talk about two fabulous books. Our first book was ‘Is
Just a few days ago our Aboriginal Health Team travelled to beautiful Lennox Head to provide the new cohort of long stay medical students from Western Sydney with a two-day intensive Aboriginal Health Immersion program. The Immersion involved a mixture of classroom and on-Country experiences. Classroom activities included topics focussed
This year’s NAIDOC theme, For Our Elders reminds us that in working and advocating for better health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities, we stand on the shoulders of giants. We walk the pathways our Elders have paved for us through generations of advocacy
UCRH is leading the Northern Rivers arm of a qualitative study about community-led Self-Organising Following Disaster. The study aims to explore community-led organising before, during and after disasters. For the Northern Rivers, the work will focus on the aftermath of the 2022 floods. The study has been designed and data
