Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research
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The Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research is a large medical research
institute
located at Westmead
in Sydney's western suburbs. The Institute is closely affiliated with The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital
and comprises approximately 450 medical research and support staff. The Institute was founded in 1996 through the merging of five research groups at the Westmead health campus, initially comprising just 40 medical researchers. Westmead Millennium Institute (WMI) has grown rapidly on the basis of peer-reviewed funding.
Professor Tony Cunningham AO
has been the Director of the Institute since its inception.
Westmead Medical Research Foundation provides fundraising support and community advocacy for medical research and patient care at Westmead.
degree; medical students can also study for Advanced Medical Science. As of 31 December 2010, the Institute hosted more than 110 PhD students.
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
institute
Institute
An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics...
located at Westmead
Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
in Sydney's western suburbs. The Institute is closely affiliated with The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital
Westmead Hospital
Westmead Hospital is a major 975 bed tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, opened on 10 November 1978 by the then Premier, Neville Wran, and guest of honour was former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam...
and comprises approximately 450 medical research and support staff. The Institute was founded in 1996 through the merging of five research groups at the Westmead health campus, initially comprising just 40 medical researchers. Westmead Millennium Institute (WMI) has grown rapidly on the basis of peer-reviewed funding.
Research focus
Research is organised into five key biological areas:- Infectious and immune diseases
- Cancer and leukaemia
- Liver and metabolic diseases
- Eye and brain-related disorders
- Heart and respiratory disorders
Professor Tony Cunningham AO
Order of Australia
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has been the Director of the Institute since its inception.
Westmead Medical Research Foundation provides fundraising support and community advocacy for medical research and patient care at Westmead.
Education
The Institute forms part of the Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney; graduate students enrolled at the University who undertable (sicsic) research at the Institute can obtain a Bachelor of Science (Honours) or Doctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree; medical students can also study for Advanced Medical Science. As of 31 December 2010, the Institute hosted more than 110 PhD students.