In 2018 the Central Australia Academic Health Science Network (CA AHSN) was awarded $2 million from the Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) in support of the following projects:

Development and piloting of non clinical indicators in Aboriginal primary health care

Trauma informed care within Primary Health Care

The HTLV-1 Longitudinal Study

Aremella Arratyenye-ileme – Doing it Right: Research Knowledge Generation and Translation in Central Australia

Enhancing organisational cultural competence to support effective communication between Aboriginal people and health staff in the Central Australian Health Service

The EASI Project: Developing principles and prototypes of effective psychological and social Evaluation, Assessment, and Screening Instruments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Evaluation of the Central Australian Medical Retrieval and Consultation Centre

Optimising remote primary health care service access through evidence-based workforce retention strategies

Improving models of care for Central Australian youth with obesity and/or diabetes

Pilot project: Renal disease nutrition awareness and education in Central Australia – a patient led process