vision & mission
who we are
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is the preeminent child
health research institute in Australia, and is recognised globally
for its child health discoveries.
Researchers at the Institute work side-by-side with doctors and
nurses from our campus partners The Royal Children's Hospital and
the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics. This
provides our researchers with much greater interaction with
patients for research and gives us the ability to more quickly
translate research discoveries into practical treatments for
children.
what we do
Our team of 1400 researchers is focused on combating emerging
conditions affecting child health like allergy, diabetes and
obesity, as well as finding answers to unsolved problems like
cancer and genetic conditions.
We bring together large multi-disciplinary teams to work on
problems together. Our research priorities include:
vision & mission
Our vision is to be a major global contributor to the creation
of knowledge that leads to improved child health.
Our mission is to obtain knowledge to improve the health of
children in Victoria and globally.
Our goal is to be one of the top five child health research
institutes in the world.
Our objective is to conduct globally competitive research that
capitalises on our strengths across the disciplines of laboratory,
clinical and public health research. We aim to drive enterprise,
initiative and cross disciplinary interaction by taking advantage
of the clinical opportunities and insights provided by co-location
at The Royal Children's Hospital.