Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Current Research

Current Research

Currently the work of the Institute is centered on:

  • cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer;
  • inflammatory or autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis; and
  • infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and hepatitis B and C.

The institute is organised into the following 13 divisions:

  • Bioinformatics (headed by Professor Terry Speed)
  • Cancer and Haematology (Professor Nick Nicola)
  • Cell Signalling and Cell Death (Professor David Vaux)
  • Chemical Biology (Professor David Huang)
  • Immunology (Professor Phil Hodgkin)
  • Infection and Immunity (Professor Alan Cowman)
  • Inflammation (Professor Ian Wicks)
  • Molecular Genetics of Cancer (jointly headed by Professors Jerry Adams and Andreas Strasser)
  • Molecular Immunology (Professor Stephen Nutt)
  • Molecular Medicine (Professor Doug Hilton)
  • Stem Cells and Cancer (jointly headed by Professors Geoff Lindeman and Jane Visvader)
  • Structural Biology (Professor Peter Colman)
  • Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine (Professor Liam O'Connor).

The institute is one of five research centres to establish the ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery - an Australian-first collaborative and comprehensive cancer research centre. The new consortium is funded by a $5 million grant awarded in 2006 by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. The award is in honour of Australian businessman Sir Peter Abeles AC.

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