History
The Anton Breinl Centre can trace its history back to the establishment of Australia's first medical research institute, the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine (AITM), in 1910. Dr Anton Breinl, formerly Head of the Runcorn Laboratories of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, was appointed the first Director of the AITM, which was based in Townsville, and commenced work on 1 January 1910. The original AITM building was opened in 1912 and still stands today. The AITM was moved to Sydney in 1930 and became incorporated into the Sydney School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Following the release of the Kerr White Report into public health in 1986, a centre for Tropical Health and Medicine was established in 1987 as a Tropical Health Surveillance Unit in Townsville, Australia. The new institute was reestablished in the original AITM Building, which was named the Anton Breinl Centre for Tropical Health and Medicine in 1990, in recognition of the Inaugural Director of the AITM. Apart from its academic pursuits, the Anton Breinl Centre was also the founding site of a new professional organisation, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, on 29 May 1991.
The Anton Breinl Centre for Tropical Health and Medicine was renamed the Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 1997 in recognition of the growing importance of public health training at the Centre. The Anton Breinl Centre started moving its operations from the original AITM Building in 2004 to the main campus of James Cook University to a new building in the Medical School precinct. A new teaching annex of the Anton Breinl Centre was completed in 2005, as was the move to the main campus.
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