The forum program will:

• Showcase research projects being undertaken across the southern regions of Western Australia
• Explore and discuss the key rural health research priorities identified at the 2020 forum
• Display and share poster presentations of current research activities
• Celebrate the Lishman Health Foundation Fellowship Award recipients, and
• Provide an opportunity for connection and engagement with health professionals, organisations and consumers interested in health research.

Key health research priorities

• Identifying key research questions for Aboriginal youth health
• Demographics and lived experience of the ageing population in regional communities
• Optimisation of community care for regional people with life-limiting conditions
• Chronic disease regional mapping and data sharing project
• Local Government and community responses to mental health