What is BIRCH?

The Ballarat Innovation and Research Collaboration for Health was established in 2019. Our partners are Ballarat’s two major hospitals and six universities. We foster collaboration between our partners to achieve a healthier Ballarat by facilitating local research, and then helping to translate that research into better local health care.

Vision

World class healthcare based on world class research that we can undertake and model in Ballarat, and then roll out to other regional health care services.

Mission

/ Growing well
/ Living well
/ Ageing well

/ To build the collaborative research capacity and capability of scientists and clinicians in Ballarat
/ To provide a shared research 'home' for researchers who live or work in Ballarat
/ To develop innovative systems, which result in greater efficiency in health care
/ To engage researchers, clinicians and the public in the research process
/ To attract world class researchers who undertake innovative and collaborative translational research in Ballarat

OUR PARTNERS