Rural Systems &
Frontline Resilience.
Strengthening health infrastructure. We develop and investigate sustainable health models for isolated populations and design high-reliability frontline systems that bridge the gap between primary care and emergency response.
Research Areas
Unit 02 investigates sustainable models for rural health delivery, paramedicine, and frontline system design.
Community & Integrated Rural Care
Lab 02-A
Advancing workforce capability, digital health policy, and health equity through community-led models and economic analysis.
The Wicked Problem
How do we design, fund, and staff sustainable, tech-enabled health models that overcome geographical isolation, chronic workforce shortages, and deep-rooted health inequities?
Pre-Hospital & Frontline Health Systems
Lab 02-B
Leading the professionalization of paramedicine and the design of mobile integrated health networks for remote and resource-limited settings.
The Wicked Problem
How do we dismantle the silos between emergency medical services (EMS) and primary care to create a seamless health network that treats patients in-situ rather than defaulting to hospital transport?
Unit Lead
Unit 02 is led by an internationally recognised authority in system-level policy architecture and field-proven clinical leadership.
Dr. Angela Martin
Unit Research Lead
An international authority on paramedicine, rural health networks, and mobile integrated care. Dr. Martin translates 25 years of frontline clinical leadership into research programmes spanning community care integration and pre-hospital system design. As Unit Lead for Unit 02, she oversees all research activity across the unit's two research areas.
Research Portfolio
Unit 02 maintains an applied research programme investigating the evidence base for sustainable frontline healthcare systems — with particular focus on rural workforce models, paramedicine, and integrated care design.
Track: Systemic Triage
Investigating the economic and workforce dynamics of sustainable rural care models and digital health scaling.
Track: Pre-Hospital Systems
Analysing paramedicine professionalization, EMS systems design, and mobile clinical integration capabilities.
Regulatory Compliance Note
Unit 02 (Rural Systems & Frontline Resilience) is an independent applied research node operated by the International Health Research Institute (IHRI) under Pillar II (Applied Research). Participation, research alignment, or data-sharing within this unit does not confer academic credit towards the MFHEA-accredited Doctor of Health Science (DHS) programme. For information regarding our formal MQF/EQF Level 8 degree qualifications, please refer to the Doctoral School.
Partner with Unit 02
Clinical networks, research organisations, and institutional partners are welcome to explore research collaboration with Unit 02 across rural health systems and frontline care design.
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