AHRA Members
AHRA is the voice of 11 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) accredited Research Translation Centres and 3 Emerging Research Translation Centres recognised by NHMRC.
Each centre is a partnership of multiple health services, connected to research centres and universities. Collectively AHRA’s members encompass over 90% of researchers and 86% of acute health care services across Australia.

Our Members
Researcherenye Wappayalawangka-Central Australia Academic Health Science Network (CA AHSN) is dedicated to improving the health of people in central Australia, with a focus on Aboriginal health. CA AHSN focus on community-driven research and research translation in close collaboration with research, educational and service delivery organisations.
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Health Translation Queensland connects the efforts of individuals, organisations and communities in Queensland for better health outcomes. Formerly Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners, Health Translation Queensland's partners are health, research and education leaders who combine their strengths in state-of-the-art facilities to solve major health challenges. Health Translation Queensland research efforts focus on the most pressing clinical and service delivery challenges impacting people in the greater Brisbane region and Queensland.
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Health Translation SA brings together academic, research and health care agencies, as well as the community, in a whole-of-state collaborative network to accelerate the translation of health and medical research findings into policy, education and clinical practice to improve health outcomes for South Australians.
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Maridulu Budyari Gumal is an academic health science partnership which combines 14, thought-leading organisations in the Sydney region that have come together to create the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE). Each partner is world-renowned for research, innovation and education. SPHERE are committed to accelerating life-changing research, reducing healthcare costs and increasing healthcare value, inspiring and training the next generation of health professionals, improving economic prosperity in their region and creating real world benefits for patients and communities.
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The Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH) is a joint venture between Victoria’s top healthcare providers, medical research institutes and leading universities. The MACH's purpose is to facilitate collaboration between academia and healthcare to accelerate the translation of innovative research into clinical care and better patient outcomes.
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Established in 2011, Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre is a partnership between leading health service, teaching and research organisations focused on innovating for better health.
The purpose of Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre is to connect researchers, clinicians and the community to support the wellbeing of around three million Australians and beyond.
Aligned with our purpose we are committed to:
- Responsibility and accountability
- Transparency and communication
- Collaboration and inclusiveness
- Leadership
- Excellence in research, healthcare, education and translation
- Innovation from discovery to healthcare improvement
- Focus where need, benefit and strengths are greatest.
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The NSW Regional Health Partners work to accelerate the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities. They are supported by eight strategically aligned partners with a long history of working together to deliver successful programs prior to the establishment of the Centre.
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Sydney Health Partners is a collaboration between four major health services, a world-leading university and ten affiliated medical research institutions. Sydney Health Partners aim to transform the way research improves patient care and public health in our health system through strong collaboration, inclusive thinking and an overriding commitment to meet the health needs of our community as well as delivering the benefits of research innovation to patients and communities more quickly and consistently.
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Top End Partners is an established collaboration driven by a strong and enduring commitment to translational research that improves health care and health outcomes for its regional, rural and remote communities.
The collaboration includes the health services, research and educational institutions of the Northern Territory (NT) Top End.
- Top End Partners’ four health service members – NT Department of Health, Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Danila Dilba Health Service and the National Critical Care and Trauma Centre - collectively manage the four hospitals and the majority of health clinics in the Top End, and the Howard Springs quarantine facility (Centre for National Resilience);
- the NT Primary Health Network supports the coordination of primary health care delivery and addresses local health care needs and service gaps;
- Menzies School of Health Research is the primary research partner and is one of Australia’s leading research institutes; and
- Charles Darwin University is a research-intensive university, providing education to more than 23,000 students.
The Top End Partners collaboration covers the northern part of the NT. This represents 82% (around 200,000) of the NT’s total population. The collaboration brings an understanding of our context, including the social determinants of health, that underpin the disparities in health status of the NT population. This understanding shapes how we address research priorities identified by our health services and communities to improve health and wellbeing in the Top End. Top End Partners priority health translation research themes are built on our internationally recognised areas of leadership. These four themes are: Aboriginal Health Across the Life Course; Tropical and Environmental Health; Health Emergency Preparedness and Response; and Health Systems.
The Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre (TAAHC) is a collaboration between the five hospital and health services in northern Queensland, the Northern Queensland Primary Health Network, James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine. TAAHC was established to improve the health of the northern Queensland population and grow prosperity in the tropical region through a partnership that enhances collective capability in health service delivery, health and medical research, and workforce development.
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The Western Australian Health Translation Network (WAHTN) is a multi-site, state-wide, collaborative health translation network which brings together WA’s universities, medical research institutes, public and private hospitals, PathWest and the WA Department of Health. WAHTN advances the translation of evidence based health and medical research into changes in policy, practice, training and innovation, to benefit the health and well-being of all Western Australians.
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