Healthcare engagement and equity research

Our purpose

We conduct community engaged health services research to improve healthcare quality and outcomes among priority populations accessing Australian healthcare services.

Our work

Inequitable healthcare quality contributes to the poorer health outcomes experienced by priority populations in Australia. By taking a community-engaged approach to conceptualising and designing research, we create projects that address community research priorities. Together, using participatory methods of co-design and co-production, we develop and evaluate new models, measures and innovations in health services that improve care. Our project governance structures ensure that people with lived experience of health conditions and services have a central role in guiding the research conduct across the project lifecycle and enable its future use.

Our stream members

Professor Johanna Westbrook Professor and Director	Professor Reema Harrison Professor Stream Lead	Dr Bronwyn Newman Research Fellow
Dr Maryam Sina Research Fellow	Dr Beth Catlett Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Dr Ashfaq Chauhan Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stream Coordinator
Dr Ryan McMullan Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Dr Prince Peprah Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Dr Ramya Walsan Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Corey Adams Clinical Research Officer	Dr Upma Chitkara Clinical Research Officer and MPhil Candidate	Mary Li Clinical Research Officer
Kim Elkovich PhD Candidate	Dr Gillian Janes Honorary Associate Professor	Dr Ramesh Walpola Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Maha Pervaz-Iqbal Honorary Research Fellow	Dr Laurel Mimmo Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow	Jessica Kolic Adjunct Fellow