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The ALIVE national centre for mental health research translation will implement innovative models of care to improve experiences, reduce fragmentation and address the early mortality gaps in priority populations.
Our vision
Vibrant communities that support mental health and promote well-being to enable people to thrive.
We achieve this by delivering access to preventive mental health care and whole person models of care that are premised on experience-informed approaches.
OUR VALUES
We value lived-experience as a unique expertise that is central to transformation
We value practice experience as a form of wisdom that can inform change
We value making a difference by being data-driven and using evidence for sustained change and impact
We value co-created spaces that are inclusive, equitable and respectful of difference
We value collaborations where trust, respect and connection support honouring all expertise
We value curiosity to grow together, and to be courageous in what we do collectively
Our platform seeks to digitise & unify the fragmented landscape of the mental health research sectors, by bringing them under one roof. It’s our goal to increase the collaborative potential across the mental health settings by hosting online community spaces to connect and collaborate for change and translational research.
Has a vibrant membership base of 2000+ people with lived-experience of mental illnesses across primary and community care settings who come together to co-design in an end to end research design to translation model. This includes bringing industry, policy-makers and researchers together to address the challenge at hand.
A national network of mental health service delivery partners across primary care and community settings who participate in rapid implementation studies to support translation and scaling up innovations in mental health care.
Focused on capacity building of lived-experience researchers with tailored mentor programs, events and training that acknowledge the different needs for lived-experience researchers and to strengthen lived-experience led research and its implementation within primary and community care settings.
For research higher degrees, early, mid career and clinician researchers.
Focused on capacity building with mentorship, training, events, and in-residence exchange.
Focused on capacity building of lived-experience researchers with tailored mentor programs, events and training that acknowledge the different needs for lived-experience researchers and to strengthen lived-experience led research and its implementation within primary and community care settings.
A national network of mental health service delivery partners across primary care and community settings who participate in rapid implementation studies to support translation and scaling up innovations in mental health care.
For research higher degrees, early, mid career and clinician researchers.
Focused on capacity building with mentorship, training, events, and in-residence exchange.
Has a vibrant membership base of 2000+ people with lived-experience of mental illnesses across primary and community care settings who come together to co-design in an end to end research design to translation model. This includes bringing industry, policy-makers and researchers together to address the challenge at hand.
Click on the ALIVE National Centre blueprint for the co-design approach for our Roadmap for National Mental Health Research and Translation
Search this national database of existing research projects and datasets to collaborate nationally.
Find resources to implement for mental health care transformation.
Research translated into bite sized information highlighting key insights and methodologies.
Our aim is to ensure mental health research makes a difference in as many lives as possible in Australia.
The ALIVE National Centre is funded by the NHMRC Special Initiative in Mental Health.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and sky. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We are committed to working together to address the health inequalities within our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We accept the invitation to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this site may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
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The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Special Initiative in Mental Health GNT2002047.
ALIVE Next Generation Researcher Network Application Form Click here
For University based research higher degree students, early/mid-career mental health researchers
ALIVE Lived Experience Research Collective Application Form Click here
For University and community based lived-experience or carer-focused mental health researchers at all career stages
ALIVE Collective Application Form Click here
For any individuals or organisations with a general interest in supporting the special initiative in mental health
ALIVE Implementation and Translation Network (ITN) Application Form Click here
For sector, service delivery organisations in mental health serving people across the life course and priority populations
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