Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has grown to become the largest and most impactful child health research institute in Australia.

Our work is centred around our passion for improving children’s health and wellbeing. Whether in the lab, the community, or the office, children are at the heart of everything we do.

Join over 2,000 staff in state-of-the-art labs and facilities inside The Royal Children’s Hospital who focus on paediatric health discovery, translation, and innovation. Our expertise spans common and rare diseases affecting children, genetics, stem cell medicine, population health, and more.

 Careers

At MCRI, we offer a range of careers across research, project management, administration and growth functions. Our student opportunities are open to PhD, Masters, Honours and year 10 students. 

Research

Explore exciting opportunities in clinical and non-clinical research across genomic medicine, clinical sciences, population health, stem cell medicine, and infection, immunity and global health.

Project management and administration

Make a meaningful impact at MCRI through various functional-based roles and support a wide range of child health research projects.

Research support and operations

Our Growth and Innovation team includes Marketing, Communications, Philanthropy, People & Culture and Business Development professionals dedicated to supporting child health research.

Student opportunities

We are committed to educating the next generation of child and adolescent researchers. We offer bench-to-bedside research projects that span laboratory, clinical and public health research and work with students to translate results into tangible benefits for children.