Building Rural Health Research Capacity Through Embedded Researchers and Ecosystem Development

UDRH academic leadership and targeted investment in embedded researchers, combined with support from rural health and community services, has created a research ecosystem. There has been synergistic growth in research capacity, output and research culture that exceeds what either UDRH or partner organisations could achieve independently. Despite this success, sustaining this ecosystem is challenging; there is a need to invest in embedded researchers and ensure an enabling environment for rural health services research through changes to policy and organisational culture.