Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research is one of Australia's leading respiratory and sleep research organisations. The Institute’s mission is to improve the respiratory and sleep health of all Australians through research, education, prevention and care.
With a world-class network of specialised researchers, the Woolcock Institute deals with the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease and sleep disorders.
Objectives
- To be a prestigious and identifiable network for research relating to the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease and sleep disorders
- To nurture a working relationship between research and clinical application, including research training and clinical training.
- To promote respiratory and sleep health in (but not restricted to) Australia by informing the community, teaching students and advising governments, practitioners, advocacy groups and industry about respiratory diseases, sleep disorders and research findings.
- To conduct all activities within an effective and efficient management framework
- To provide support-on-request to associated researchers during the early-stage of commercialisation of research outputs and related services
- To identify and initiate research in emerging fields of respiratory and sleep medicine, by commissioning pilot projects within the network and between network members and other partners
Brief History
The Institute was established in 1981 as the Institute of Respiratory Medicine and was officially opened in 1985 by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Health, the Hon R J Mulock, LLB . It was intended to facilitate the research activities of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. In 2002 its name was changed to the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in memory of its founding director, the late Professor Ann Woolcock AO (1937 - 2001), and also to encompass the broader scope of the Woolcock’s research activities.
Contact details
Professor Norbert Berend
Director
PO Box M77, Missenden Road,
NSW 2050 Australia
431 Glebe Point Road,
Glebe NSW 2037 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9114 0000
Fax: +61 2 9114 0014
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