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Collaborations improve health and wellbeing for everyone
At the Deakin Institute for Health Transformation, we’re home to more than 350 leading researchers dedicated to activating healthy populations, innovating health service design and delivery, empowering consumers, and driving equity and value in health and care.
We collaborate with health, government, community, and industry partners to deliver research with real-world impact — making better health and wellbeing easier for everyone to achieve.
Why partner with us?
Partnering with Deakin Institute for Health Transformation means tapping into a dynamic network of researchers, evidence-based programs, and innovative approaches to health system transformation. We work closely with our partners to co-design solutions that are practical, scalable, and tailored to their needs. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your workforce, evaluate your programs, or co-design innovative solutions, partnering with Deakin Institute for Health Transformation can help you achieve meaningful outcomes for your organisation and the communities you serve.
Flexible partnerships that deliver impact
We’re flexible in how we work with partners and open to exploring new ideas. Here are some of the ways we can collaborate:
Strategic Research Collaborations
Deakin Institute for Health Transformation often co-develops research agendas with our partners to address shared challenges. These partnerships sometimes involve:
- Joint research projects or programs
- Shared research infrastructure or innovation hubs
- Long-term strategic alliances focused on innovation or policy impact
Workforce Development and Capacity Building
There are a range of ways that partnering with Deakin Institute for Health Transformation can supercharge your current and future workforce.
- Student projects and/or placements: Connect with Deakin’s top students through tailored placements and research projects
- Industry-Based PhDs: Support your staff to undertake a PhD while working on topics aligned with your organisation’s goals, and receive a government subsidy to support staff salary and other costs
- Capability building: Access a range of professional development, training, and continuing education opportunities
- Joint Appointments: Collaborate on shared roles such as health economists or evaluation specialists to build internal capability and foster an evidence-based culture
Translational Research and Innovation
Do you want to turn ideas into real-world application? Together with our partners we:
- Co-design and pilot new technologies, models, or services
- Collaborate on commercialisation or startup incubation
- Participate in translational research programs
Evidence, Engagement and Evaluation Services
We offer high-quality, cost-effective services to support your organisation’s initiatives:
- Rapid Evidence Reviews or needs assessments on topics of interest
- Independent Evaluation Services for models, programs, and initiatives—including clinical and health economics perspectives
- Co-Design, Implementation and Evaluation of health-focused initiatives for your workforce or community
- Consumer engagement services to contribute to your organisation’s work
Featured Evidence-Based Programs
Deakin Institute for Health Transformation offers a range of proven programs that can be adapted to suit your organisation’s needs, including:
- LISTEN: A coaching program that improves coping skills and diabetes self-management
- Mind Online: A mindfulness program for people affected by cancer and their carers (currently in trial phase)
Policy and Governance Engagement
We work to align with our partners to help each other achieve the greatest impact, through:
- Participation in each other’s advisory boards or steering committees
- Developing joint policy submissions or white papers
- Hosting roundtables, forums, or think tanks to shape sector direction
Joint Grant Applications and Funding Leverage
Together we can amplify our impact by unlocking additional funding from government and other sources.
- We work with partners to secure funding to design, develop, and evaluate innovative programs
- Investments you have planned for new initiatives can be leveraged in funding applications, making your investment go much further
Community and Regional Initiatives
We have a long history of supporting place-based and community-led initiatives, including by:
- Co-designing flagship programs targeting local health or social outcomes
- Engaging community stakeholders in participatory research
- Scaling successful regional models to broader contexts
Regional Flagship Opportunities
We’re exploring flagship initiatives in regions like Geelong that focus on prevention and wellbeing. These multi-party projects aim to deliver local impact while showcasing innovation that can be scaled nationally. We invite partners to co-design these initiatives with us, or invite us into your region to work together on something transformational.
Testimonials
“For us one of the real strengths has been that we’ve built integrity, strength and believability, in terms of our evidence base, but also in terms of our broader strategic thinking. So for me, that would be one of the key reasons to be looking to partner with IHT and the brilliant researchers they’ve got.”
“There is just so much to do in solving the epidemic of diabetes that we face as a as a society, and no one individual organisation can do it alone… So partnerships like what we have with Deakin University are absolutely critical… We’ve got common goals, a common view of the future and what we want to achieve, but we also have some different skills and abilities to bring into the partnership.”
“It is very clear that the GLOBE (IHT) colleagues are among the world’s leaders in their fields and that they strive for scientific excellence. But what is truly remarkable about the Deakin University researchers is that they are fully aware that the ultimate impact of the work is not just limited to the quality of scientific publications, but that through their work, GLOBE very much wants to make a difference.”
“The great virtue in our in our relationship has been the two-way exchange of knowledge and information. The two organisations have had a very productive relationship and we’ve been able to really make some great inroads into areas that have been priorities for Cancer Council.”
“If we genuinely want to transform the primary health care sector and the overall health system in Australia, which desperately needs to be done, these are the sort of partners that you need, because you need the evidence base to make the changes, but you also need to partner so that you can actually do the translation on the ground. And that’s, I think, where the magic happens.”
“QPS and the Deakin Institute for Health Transformation are incredible partners, able to deliver better outcomes for our community and for our workforce as well.”
Let's talk
Some collaborations require no additional resourcing, while others may involve shared investment. We’re happy to tailor our approach to suit your organisation’s goals and capacity.
Interested in exploring a partnership? Contact us to start a conversation—we’d love to hear your ideas and explore how we can work together to make better health and wellbeing easier for everyone to achieve.