Centre for Hormone Research
The Centre for Hormone Research (CHR), part of the Murdoch
Childrens Research Institute, is the research arm of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, at
the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre
also has close links to the University of Melbourne, Department of
Paediatrics.
CHR has a staff of around forty scientists, clinicians and
support staff whose research is devoted to increasing the
understanding of the hormonal processes in the body that control
growth, development and metabolism, and to discovering new
therapies for disorders. We seek to provide the children and
families affected by diabetes and disorders of growth and
development with a future free of physical, social and emotional
handicap.
CHR aims to provide a strong link between 'basic' or laboratory
research and the clinic, both via clinical research and through the
care of affected children and their families. Integration between
research and clinical treatment of patients is one of our major
strengths.