Established January 2014 (2014-01) Chairman Dr Robert Edgar Phone +61 3 8572 2700 Head Bryan Williams | Staff 450 (in 2016) | |
CEO and Director Professor Bryan Williams Formerly called Monash Institute of Medical ResearchPrince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PM Similar Hudson Institute of Medical, Monash Institute of Medical, Monash Medical Centre, Monash IVF Profiles | ||
Uterine stem cell isolation and functions caroline gargett hudson institute of medical research
Hudson Institute of Medical Research is an independent, not-for-profit medical research institute, based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton in Victoria.
Contents
- Uterine stem cell isolation and functions caroline gargett hudson institute of medical research
- Purpose
- Organisation
- Hudson Institute scientists examine
- Health areas and diseases include
- History
- Education
- Facilities
- References
The Institute hosts approximately 450 researchers, postgraduate students and support staff. Research at Hudson Institute works to understand, prevent and treat women’s and baby health, cancer, innate immunity and infectious diseases, and reproductive health.
The current director and CEO is distinguished researcher and international authority on innate immunity and cancer biology, Professor Bryan Williams.
The Institute is partnered with Monash University and Monash Health, and is co-located with both organisations at the Monash Health Translation Precinct in Clayton.
Purpose
The Institute’s purpose is stated as ‘unravelling the mysteries of nature to cure disease’.
Organisation
Hudson Institute of Medical Research is organised into six specialist research centres :
Within these centres, 48 research groups undertake basic, translational and clinical research into a range of diseases.
Hudson Institute scientists examine
Health areas and diseases include
History
Hudson Institute of Medical Research was formed in January 2014 through a merger of the Monash Institute of Medical Research and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.
Hudson Institute of Medical Research was named in honour of the late Professor Bryan Hudson, the founding Professor of Medicine at Monash University and first director of the Prince Henry’s Hospital Medical Research Centre, which later became Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research.
Professor Hudson was one of Australia’s leading endocrinologists, and a renowned physician-scientist responsible for early work on the male reproductive hormone, Inhibin.
Education
The Institute has a large student population, predominantly enrolled through Monash University, and hosted 168 postgraduate (Honours, Masters, BmedSci, and PhD) students in 2015.
Facilities
A new federally-funded $87.5 million Monash Health Translation Precinct Translational Research Facility (TRF) was officially opened by the Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley MP in March 2016.
The facility contains research laboratory space, a platform technologies floor and a dedicated clinical trials centre, with eight beds and 21 chairs for the purpose of translating research into patient treatments.
The Institute’s scientists and students have access to the MHTP Technology Platforms, which contain the following capabilities: