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Melbourne Health fosters research that enhances patient care, challenges clinical practice and promotes innovative health service delivery.
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The organisation has close collaborative partnerships with research organisations within the famous Parkville Precinct, as well as nationally and internationally.
The Melbourne Health Office for Research provides a focal point for research both within the organisation and in collaboration with institutions on the RMH campus, including The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and The University of Melbourne.
The strong ties, both formal and informal, between the hospital and these world-class research and academic institutions, are testament to the hospital's long-standing commitment to excellence in health care, teaching and research. |
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Professor Ingrid Winship
Executive Director of Research |
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Melbourne Health's Research objectives are to:
- Promote Melbourne Health and the Parkville Precinct as a leading centre for research
- Encourage and support health care workers to participate in research activity
- Optimise translation of research into clinical practice and health policy
- Foster collaborative relationships to optimise opportunities for research
Office for Research
The aims of the Office for Research are to:
- provide leadership within Melbourne Health for the conduct of medical research which can be marketed externally to secure greater levels of funding for research;
- coordinate the administration of research activities, in particular research and ethics committees and research funds;
- provide advocacy advice, assistance and encouragement to all staff wishing to pursue clinical research activities; and
- coordinate employment of staff whose salaries are funded by research grants.
Melbourne Health encompasses the following services:
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is internationally recognised as a world leader in research, across oncology, neurology, nephrology, infectious diseases, cardiology, urology, diabetes, plastic surgery and many other fields. It works closely with The University of Melbourne Departments of Medicine and Surgery.
NorthWestern Mental Health continues to generate research in contemporary mental health which has gained national and international recognition. The main research interests include: psychopharmacology; cognitive neuropsychiatry; old age psychiatry; youth mental health; service evaluation; and psychosocial research. It has close partnerships, primarily with The University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Research Institute and La Trobe University.
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory conducts a diverse range of research projects and and has a large reference collection of micro-organisms and clinical material.
Bone Marrow Research Laboratories conducts basic science research into a range of conditions including leukaemias, red blood cell disorders and diseases involving neural tube closure, such as, spina bifida. |
