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
- Centre for Education and Research on Ageing
- Centre for Disability Research and Policy
- The Daffodil Centre
- 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 Education Network (SHERN)
- Sydney Health Ethics
Other research centres, collaborations, networks and groups
- 1000 Norms Project
- ACRF Image X Institute
- Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab
- Ageing and Health Resource Group
- AgHealth Australia
- Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration
- Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH)
- Bowel Cancer and Biomarker Research Group
- Breastscreen Reader Assessment Strategy (BREAST)
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Group
- Climate Change, Human Health and Social Impacts Node
- Critical Infection
- Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre
- Cyberpsychology Research Group
- Digital Health Informatics Network
- Dr Liang Voice Program
- Empathy Simulation Training Suit and Training Program
- Family Medicine Research Centre
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Australian Registry
- 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
- Melanoma Institute Australia
- National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH)
- Neurokids Research Laboratory
- 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 and Adolescent Asthma Action (SALSA and Triple A)
- Sports Injury, Sports Performance, and Activity Promotion
- Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe)
- Sustainability, Climate and Health Collaboration (SCHC)
- Sydney Musculoskeletal, Bone and Joint Health Alliance (SydMSK)
- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory
- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre
- Watershed Interventions for Systems Health in Fiji (WISH Fiji)
- 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.
- Australia and New Zealand Low Back Pain Research Network (ANZBACK)
- Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC)
- Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health
- Centre of Research Excellence for Air Quality and Health Research and Evaluation
- 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 of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
- Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
- Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines and Ageing
- Centre of Research Excellence in Melanoma
- Centre of Research Excellence in Optimising Early Interventions for Young People with Emerging Mood Disorder
- Centre of Research Excellence in Population Ageing Research
- 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 Translational Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology
- Centre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control: From Discovery to Public Health Practice and Policy
