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When Professor John Beard talks about the beginnings of the University Centre for Rural Health, he doesn’t start with grand plans, strategic documents or ribbon cuttings. “There was nothing,” he
By the time Professor Lesley Barclay arrived at UCRH in 2009, she was already a recognised voice in Australian health. She had worked across universities, health services and national roles,
Some leaders leave behind buildings. Others leave behind programs, policies or research papers. When staff gathered for a working bee to plant out the native garden behind University House, Professor
Christine Ahern did not set out to become a medical educator. She trained as a doctor, worked as a GP, taught registrars and built a career in clinical practice. But
When Vicki Flood was 17 and living in France as an exchange student, people kept asking her a question she could never quite get her head around. Did Australians cook
This story starts with a cow. The scene isn’t a lecture theatre or a hospital ward, but a dairy farm somewhere in the Northern Rivers, where a young medical student
In rural health education, impact does not always arrive with a fanfare. Sometimes it looks like a dietitian packing up for a Thursday morning cooking group in the park, heading
At UCRH, research has never been confined to the office. At least once, it started in a muddy paddock at Splendour in the Grass. In 2015, a group of Western
In the Northern Rivers, disaster is not a distant possibility. It is a lived experience. Floods shape conversations. Cyclones trigger memories. Communities learn to read weather maps with a mixture
Leafing through the archives, it is hard not to notice the familiar faces. Over 25 years, politicians of every stripe have made their way through UCRH. There is Tony Abbott
