The University of New England (and the NEGPRN) is one of the founding members of the NSW-ACT Practice-based Research Alliance which is supported by 9 universities. Our NEGPRN Chair, Professor Michelle Guppy is on the inaugural Steering Committee.

NAPRA aims to support and promote primary health care research in NSW and the ACT and to facilitate linkages and coordination to achieve scalable and translational multidisciplinary research at a state and national level with large datasets, sample sizes and populations representative of primary health care. NAPRA is comprised of PBRNs and primary care researchers committed to meaningful practice-based research by people working in primary care, to benefit the health of the communities in which they work.
Visit https://napra.com.au/ to learn more.

Official launch
We are excited to announce that Friday 23 May is the official launch of NAPRA, The in-person event will take place at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, but there is an online option to attend.

Professor Michael Kidd will open the event. He is Professor of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems at the University of Oxford, Director of the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales, and has recently been appointed as Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer from 1st June 2025. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say about the future of primary care research.

Additional insights will come from invited speakers representing the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the NSW Health LUMOS Program and the Western Sydney Primary Health Network (WentWest).

Click here to register for in-person or online attendance.