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Charles Perkins Centre's decade of discovery
1 November 2022
Key milestones in multidisciplinary research
Over 10 years, the Charles Perkins Centre has made significant inroads in the fight against chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Ten years ago, the anonymous donation of a Picasso painting provided a $20.7 milllion kickstart for the Charles Perkins Centre and its vision of a multidisciplinary approach to tackling chronic disease.
A decade on, the CPC's collaborative research, industry partnerships and some more unexpected collaborations - many made possible by the gifts of generous donors - have helped to reshape thinking around some of the most significant health challenges of modern times.
TIMELINE: 10 years of achievement
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2012
Above ground construction of Charles Perkins Centre begins -
2012
Academic Director Steve Simpson AC appointed -
2013
World Health Organisation partnership promotes exercise, nutrition -
2013
Charles Perkins Centre Nepean established -
2014
Charles Perkins Centre official opening -
2014
Charles Perkins Centre Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Clinic opened -
2014
Over 500 researchers move into Charles Perkins Centre Hub; recruitment of 18 professors, early and mid-career researchers; four Core Research Facilities established -
2015
Obesity Australia comes under Charles Perkins Centre leadership -
2015
Breakthrough in using advanced proteomics to understand effects of exercise on metabolism -
2015
Roadmap of what happens in human muscle during exercise leads to breakthrough drug mimicking beneficial effects -
2015
Landmark study finds swapping one hour of sitting with physical activity can dramatically decrease risk of early death -
2015
Study shows low protein, high carbohydrate diets could be as effective at extending life as calorie-restricted diets (Photo: Anh Nguyen) -
2016
Judy Harris Writer in Residence Fellowship program launched with author, Charlotte Wood (Photo: Chris Chen) -
2016
Charles Perkins Centre Westmead launched, improving outcomes for Type 1 diabetes, heart disease and child health -
2016
Research partnership launched with NSW Office of Sport - the Sport and Active Recreation Intervention & Epidemiology Research Group (SPRINTER) -
2017
BABY1000 Study into the influence of our first 1000 days on the risk of developing chronic disease -
2017
Cardiovascular Initiative launched, bringing cardiovascular researchers together from across disciplines and locations. Played a leading role in establishing the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance -
2017
Family Metabolic Clinic launched at Charles Perkins Centre Nepean to tackle obesity -
2017
Charles Perkins Centre Qantas Health and Wellbeing in the Air launched, world-first long-haul air travel health and wellbeing partnership -
2018
Perth-London Dreamliner service launched – the first major output from the CPC-Qantas partnership -
2018
University biotech spinoff company, Elastagen, bought by leading global biopharmaceutical company, after it develops a product with the potential to repair skin tissue -
2018
The Obesity Collective launched - a cross-sectoral national initiative to change the way we think and act on obesity -
2018
Australia's first national research centre for eating disorders, the InsideOut Institute launched -
2018
Sydney Imaging’s flagship Hybrid Theatre opens, providing cutting-edge imaging technologies, a research and training hub -
2019
The Decadal Plan for the Science of Nutrition, 'Nourishing Australia', launched at Parliament House. -
2019
Qantas research flights for Project Sunrise, Perth-London route, help to minimise the impacts of long-haul travel on the human body -
2019
Sydney Food and Nutrition Network launched from the Charles Perkins Centre Nutrition Theme -
2020
Charles Perkins Centre-based researcher Professor Eddie Holmes is the first to publicly release SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence worldwide, initiating a rapid shift to research around COVID-19, tests and vaccines -
2021
Drug treatments identified to treat 'cytokine storm', a major complication of COVID-19, which affects the heart, leading to clinical trials -
2022
Australian Type 1 Diabetes National Screening Pilot project launched with the support of Junior Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). -
2022
Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre launched, led by the InsideOut Institute -
2022
Charles Perkins Centre Boden Initiative launched to advance obesity, metabolic health research and policy