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APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship

Dr Rachel Lee is the recipient of the 2008 Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI)/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship.

The award enables a registrar or recent general practice graduate to spend six weeks undertaking research at the Robert Graham Center, an APHCRI sister institute in Washington, DC.

The APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship aims to provide an opportunity to gain international experience working on a short-term research project of interest to both APHCRI and the Robert Graham Center and build primary health care policy research capacity in Australia. It will also contribute to developing the infrastructure for policy-relevant research in primary health care internationally.

Based in Washington DC the Fellowship provides a grant of $15,000 from APHCRI to cover travel and incidental expenses for a minimum four-week placement. The Robert Graham Center provides the use of an apartment near to the Center and a stipend.

Dr Lee's project investigated policies tackling urban health workforce need. She argues that several marginalised communities (refugees, the homeless and those with drug and alcohol problems) are concentrated in urban areas, and have difficulty accessing health care due to workforce shortages.

Dr Lee's report can be accessed here. (9MB, pdf)

Previous APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellow

Dr Paul Grinzi was awarded the inaugural APHCRI/Robert Graham Center Visiting Fellowship. He spent six weeks in Washington, DC in September 2007.

Dr Grinzi's project assessed the feasibility of translating and using the HealthLandscape's Primary Care Atlas at the Robert Graham Center in the Australian medical workforce policy environment.

Dr Grinzi's report can be accessed here.