Australian Rural Health Education Network.
Leading rural and remote health education and research.
ARHEN is the national association and peak body for the 19 University Departments of Rural Health located in rural and remote Australia.
Our purpose is to promote the health and wellbeing of people in rural and remote Australia by delivering high-quality health education, research and advocacy.
Find a University Department of Rural Health.
Latest news from across the network.
ARHEN welcomes rural mental health recommendations
The Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN) today welcomed the Final Report from the House Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the recommendations to improve access to services for people in rural and remote Australia.
Celebrating rural and remote Occupational Therapists
This week is national Occupational Therapy week and the University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) are celebrating the skilled and dedicated occupational therapists working in rural and remote communities across Australia.
Deakin Rural Health wins Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Community Partnerships
Deakin Rural Health has won Deakin University’s 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Community Partnerships for their work on the Budja Budja Aboriginal Cooperative (BBAC) and Deakin Rural Health Research and Clinical Training Partnership.