Welcome to The Rural Researcher Podcasts
In this episode of The Rural Researcher, Dr Kristy Robson, Chair of the ARHEN Research Staff Network, welcomes listeners and outlines the purpose of this podcast series and her background as a rural health researcher.
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Dr Kristy Robson is a Senior Research Fellow with the Three Rivers Department of Rural Health at Charles Sturt University and current Chair of the ARHEN Research Staff Network. Kristy has significant experience as a clinician, academic and researcher in rural and regional areas for the past 28 years, contributing to improving health outcomes for community members living in rural and regional Australia. Kristy has undertaken extensive research in the areas of healthy ageing, chronic disease, rural health services evaluation and sustaining the rural health workforce.
The Rural Researcher: Interview with Associate Professor Pim Kuipers, Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Rural Health
In this episode of The Rural Researcher, Dr Kristy Robson interviews Associate Professor Pim Kuipers on rural and remote publishing.
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Pim originally trained as a psychologist before transitioning into research to explore models of rehabilitation service delivery. He completed his PhD at Griffith University in the late 1990s, focusing on community-based, including rural, approaches to rehabilitation. Throughout his career, Pim has worked mainly in joint-appointed roles across university and health department settings, supporting allied health practitioners to conduct and publish research. His experience also includes two-year stints with disability-focused international NGOs in Laos and Geneva.
Pim was a senior researcher at the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs (2007–2010) and has published widely on disability, rehabilitation, rural and remote primary care, workforce, allied health, and leprosy services. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Rural Health, where he works to ensure the journal’s ongoing relevance and impact for rural health practitioners, policymakers, and managers.
The Rural Researcher: Alternative approaches to translating and disseminating research for real-world impact.
In this episode of The Rural Researcher Dr Kristy Robson, Chair of the ARHEN Research Staff Network interviews Dr Dan Wadsworth from the University of the Sunshine Coast on effective strategies for translating and sharing research beyond publications and conferences to maximise real-world impact, especially in rural and remote settings.
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Dr Dan Wadsworth is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Manna Institute for rural and regional mental health, where his work is grounded in the healthy ageing of older adults and wellbeing across the lifespan. Throughout his work, he aims to promote accessible physical activity in older adults, incorporating social connection and creative practice through a multi-disciplinary, mixed-methods approach. He holds a particular interest in the health and wellbeing of older adults in rural and regional areas, and in the co-creation of accessible and appropriate supports and services in such settings. Dan leads the Manna Institute Student Community of Practice, and co-leads Manna’s Health and Wellbeing in Later Life stream with A/Prof. Belinda Cash.
The Rural Researcher: Co-design only works at the speed of trust
In this episode of The Rural Researcher Dr Kristy Robson, Chair of the ARHEN Research Staff Network interviews Carrie Hayter from Carrie Hayter Consulting on all things co-design and working with consumers. Kristy and Carrie discuss effective strategies for engaging with rural and remote communities for health researchers.
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Dr Kristy Robson is a Senior Research Fellow with the Three Rivers Department of Rural Health at Charles Sturt University and current Chair of the ARHEN Research Staff Network. Kristy has significant experience as a clinician, academic and researcher in rural and regional areas for the past 28 years, contributing to improving health outcomes for community members living in rural and regional Australia. Kristy has undertaken extensive research in the areas of healthy ageing, chronic disease, rural health services evaluation and sustaining the rural health workforce.
Carrie Hayter has over 30 years of experience working alongside older people, people with disabilities, and health consumers and their carers to improve their involvement in health research and service systems. She has worked with a diverse range of consumer organisations, not-for-profit and government organisations across health, aged care and disability services in Australia.