Facts & figures
Medicine and health
- 40+ research initiatives in medicine and health
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Research centres, institutes and groups
Tackling real-world problems in medicine and health
Our research plays an influential role in medicine and health in Australia and globally. Explore over 40 initiatives that are making real-world impact.
Multidisciplinary initiatives
Research centres and institutes
- Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise and Eating Disorders
- Bosch Institute
- Centre for Education and Research on Ageing
- Centre for Disability Research and Policy
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research
- Menzies Centre for Health Policy
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
- Pain Management Research Institute
- Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
- Save Sight Institute
- Sydney Health Ethics
Other research centres, collaborations, networks and groups
- 1000 Norms Project
- Ageing and Health Resource Group
- Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab
- ACRF Image X Institute
- AgHealth Australia
- Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH)
- Breastscreen Reader Assessment Strategy (BREAST)
- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group
- Climate Change, Human Health and Social Impacts Node
- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory
- Critical Infection
- Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre
- Cyberpsychology Research Group
- Dr Liang Voice Program
- Family Medicine Research Centre
- Health and Clinical Analytics
- Health Governance (HealthGov)
- Institute of Bone and Joint Research
- Interdisciplinary Home-bAsed Reablement Program (I-HARP)
- Kolling Institute
- Lifespan Research Network
- Living Well with Chronic Disease Research Group
- National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH)
- Neurological Rehabilitation Research Group
- NSW Brain Tissue Resource Centre
- Prevention Research Collaboration
- Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST)
- Research in Implementation Science and eHealth (RISe)
- Students As Lifestyle Activists (SALSA)/Adolescent Asthma Action (Triple A)
- Sports Injury, Sports Performance, and Activity Promotion
- Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe)
- Sydney Health Education Network (SHERN)
- Sydney Musculoskeletal, Bone and Joint Health Alliance (SydMSK)
- The Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration
- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre
- Wobbly Hub Rural Research Team
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems
- Work and Health Research Team
The NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence grant program provides support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop capacity in clinical, population health and health services research.
We are home to a number of these centres and support the conduct and development of innovative, high-quality and collaborative research.
- Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health
- Centre of Research Excellence for Air Quality and Health Research and Evaluation
- Centre of Research Excellence for Optimising Early Interventions for Young People with Emerging Mood Disorder
- Centre for Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Centre of Research Excellence for Translational Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology
- Centre of Research Excellence for Tuberculosis Control: From Discovery to Public Health Practice and Policy
- Centre of Research Excellence in Creating Sustainable Healthcare: Ensuring New Diagnostics Avoid Harms, Improve Outcomes, and Direct Resources Wisely
- Centre of Research Excellence in Critical Infectious Diseases
- Centre of Research Excellence in Diabetic Retinopathy - Closing the Loop for Diabetic Eye Care and Complication Risk Mitigation
- Centre for Research Excellence in Disability and Health
- Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines and Ageing
- Centre of Research Excellence in Population Health at the Clinical Interface: Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Centre of Research Excellence in Protecting the Public from Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Centre of Research Excellence in Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
- Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research
- Centre of Research Excellence in Melanoma
