AURHA

Welcome to AURHA

The Adelaide University Rural Health Alliance (AURHA) is the rural health club for The University of Adelaide. We are one of the 29 rural health clubs across Australia that make up the National Rural Health Students’ Network (NRHSN). Locally, we work alongside our Flinders and Uni SA counterparts FURHS and ROUSTAH.

Members are invited to apply to attend our annual Yalata Kidney Health Festival Trip! Rural High School Visits are an opportunity to connect with country high school students about the opportunities of a health degree and what university is like in general. Many other opportunities such as clinical skills trips and other outreach opportunities are available to our members. Each year AURHA host a cocktail evening which is our main social event. This is a chance to relax and socialise with like-minded students, health professionals and leaders in rural health. Traditionally this event has taken place just beyond the city limits.

AURHA membership is FREE and open to all students studying a health degree at The University of Adelaide. This includes medicine, allied health, dentistry, oral health, psychology and health & medical sciences. Anyone interested in rural health regardless of whether they come from a rural area, the city or overseas is encouraged to join and become a member.

To find out more, visit our website: https://aurha.org/

EXECUTIVE 2025

  • President: Amelia Etchells
  • Vice-President: Zachary Mortimer
  • Secretary: Montana Foster
  • Treasurer: Yonina (Yoyo) Yang
  • Sponsorship Officer: Tayla Jackson

GENERAL COMMITTEE 2025

  • Rural High School Visits Coordinators: Constance McIntosh, Eleanor Black, Jack Dundon & Joel Ransom
  • Teddy Bear Hospital Coordinators: Achet Sivabalan, Alana Wilkinson, Emily Lines & Cesca Marafiote
  • Yalata Kidney Health Festival Coordinators: Emily Marshall, Tori Lane, Mathilda Meinecke & Eloise Symes
  • Events Officers: Andy Lu & Rues Zheng
  • Graduate Representative: *Position Unfilled at AGM
  • Officers for Indigenous Health: Emily Marshall & Maddy Taylor
  • Publications Officers: Elly Whittaker, Elise Westrich & Zebah Thankan
  • Research Officers: Arunya Movva
  • Social Media Officers: Angie Nyugen, Jordan Voo, Jason Lim & Lassya Thotthadi

DISCIPLINE REPRESENTATIVES

  • Medicine Representatives: Elly Whittaker, Elise Westrich & Zebah Thankan
  • Dentistry Representatives: Valerie Yung, Angie Nyugen & Jordan Voo
  • Oral Health Representative(s): *Position Unfilled at AGM
  • Nursing Representative: Mia Yashura
  • Occupational Therapy Representative: Angelique Gasiorowski
  • Physiotherapy Representative(s): *Position Unfilled at AGM
  • Speech Pathology Representative(s): *Position Unfilled at AGM
  • Psychology Representative(s): *Position Unfilled at AGM
  • Junior Discipline Representatives (Dentistry, Oral Health, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Health and Medical Sciences) are selected early in Term 1 of each year.Events Coordinators: Eden Smith, Ali Teubner and Chloe Elliot
  • Rural High School Visits Coordinator: Jock Duncan, Grace McMahon and Liam Halford
  • Teddy Bear Hospital Coordinators: Cecilia Har, Sukhmani Dhillon, Emily Li and Elise Toyer
  • Indigenous Representative and Tri Club Officer: Donna Stewart
  • Yalata Trip Coordinators: Abby Moore, Ricky Stocker-Johns and Christine Gan
  • Publications: Dimple Bhatia and Ella Bertolus
  • IT Officer: Anita Suetrong
  • Medicine Representatives: Rebecca Bright and Cicilia Gomez
  • First Year Medical Representative: Gavin Regan
  • Nursing Representative: James Burgess
  • Dentistry Representative: Cecilia Har
  • Psychology Representatives: Issy Reid and Ellie Jones
Join Now

By becoming a member of your Rural Health Club, you are also a member of the National Rural Health Student Network (NRHSN). The NRHSN represents the future of rural health in Australia. It has more than 9,000 members who belong to 29 university Rural Health Clubs from all states and territories. It is Australia’s only multi-disciplinary student health network, bringing together people studying medicine, nursing and allied health, encouraging them to pursue rural health careers. It is important to keep your details up-to-date to ensure your RHC and the NRHSN can keep you informed of everything exciting that’s happening in rural health.