University of Canberra Health Research Institute
11 Kirinari Street
Bruce ACT 2617
About us
Based at the University of Canberra, the Health Research Institute (91Ï㽶app HRI) delivers leading research to support a healthier future for Canberra, Australia and the world.
Our team examines how factors may influence your health and wellbeing: where you live and work, how you move through your community, what access you have to community facilities, how connected you are to people around you, and what interactions you have with the healthcare system.
The Institute has played a key role in informing policy in the ACT in areas including wellbeing, community resilience to climate change, and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Nationally and internationally, the Institute is renowned for its research in mental health service provision, health and climate change and the prevention of chronic disease.
We acknowledge and thank all of the Health Research Institute staff, alumni, graduates and current students for their dedication and commitment to making a real difference through their impactful research. We also acknowledge that the success of the Institute has been enabled by the support of the wider 91Ï㽶app community.
The Institute marked its decadal anniversary with an internal celebration on Wednesday 19 March – a larger celebration with external stakeholders is being planned for later this year.
Our values
Living and working on Ngunnawal land, the spirit of our work in public health is intrinsically Galambany – as we work together every day to empower, connect, and share knowledge.
Our collaborative, interdisciplinary way of working is central to our success in research. We are a workplace that celebrates a diversity of skills, fields, perspectives and experience – and we are stronger and happier for it.
The 91Ï㽶app HRI team lives the University of Canberra values every day. They empower us to be ambitious, ethical and impactful.
We want to change the world, produce and share new ideas, improve equity and access to healthcare, and work in partnership to create solutions; and by applying these values we can achieve this.
Strategic vision
We are a local Institute striving for global impact.
Through close collaboration and co-design with researchers, government, industry, healthcare providers and consumers, our researchers support public health solutions that build a healthier future for Canberra, Australia, and the world.
In particular this means improving equity of access to good health, wellbeing and healthcare for all – access to health impacts everyone, which means our work has the potential to reach every member of the communities we work with.
We have four strategic focus areas that will support this vision:
- A workplace that attracts and retains the best people
- A sustainable balance between research and teaching
- Robust processes to enable and assess impact
- A diverse set of ethical revenue streams
These pillars support our flexible, interdisciplinary team to be proactive in the health ecosystem, identifying and responding to research needs and opportunities as they evolve, and creating impact on policy and practice.
