The Central Coast Research & Innovation Centre is a partnership between the University of Newcastle and Central Coast Local Health District. We help shape collaborative health and wellbeing research that responds to the needs, strengths and priorities of the Central Coast.
CCRI connects researchers, clinicians, community organisations, industry, government and funders to shape collaborative health and wellbeing projects. We help partners identify shared priorities, build relationships, develop early ideas and create pathways into research, co-design, funding and implementation.
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What we do
These themes give partners clear entry points for collaboration and help build depth around issues that matter to the Central Coast.
CCRI works across four thematic focus areas:
What CCRI can help with
CCRI can help partners to:
- Connect with researchers, clinicians, community and industry partners
- Shape early project ideas
- Identify shared priorities and potential funding pathways
- Involve community members through the Living Lab, where appropriate
- Make local research and innovation more visible
- Build collaborations around CCRI’s thematic focus areas
Living Lab
The Central Coast Health and Wellbeing Living Lab sits within CCRI. It supports research and innovation projects to work with community members, service providers, clinicians, researchers and industry partners.
Through co-design and community engagement, the Living Lab helps projects understand lived experience, service context and community priorities, and develop solutions that are more relevant, usable and practical.
Get involved
CCRI is built on collaboration. We welcome conversations with researchers, clinicians, community organisations, industry partners, government, funders and people with lived experience who want to contribute to health and wellbeing on the Central Coast.
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