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Monash Health
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Delivering cutting-edge
research to patients
As a leading Australian biomedical
research institute, the Hudson Institute
of Medical Research is recognised
internationally for delivering better
health through research into cancer,
inflammation and reproduction and
development.
The Hudson Institute is home to
more than 470 world-class staff,
scientists and students who push the
boundaries of scientific knowledge
to answer complex questions about
human disease.
Photo courtesy of Hudson Institute of Medical Research
The Hudson Institute’s
scientists study human
health and disease from
a molecular and cellular
level through to clinical
application. Through a
translational pipeline, their
discoveries lead to new
diagnostics, treatments
and cures that change
and save lives.
Working alongside clinicians in
Melbourne hospitals for more than 50
years, Hudson’s scientists’ pioneering
discoveries include the differentiation
of embryonic stem cells into new
human cell types, a foundation of
modern stem cell treatments; changes
in practice that have helped to prevent
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
and the discovery of Inhibin, leading
to a diagnostic test for some forms of
ovarian cancer.
Hudson Institute
at a glance
138
3
47
290
staff
188
students enrolled
PhD
Masters
Honours
70
Postgraduate and Honours
students completed
Grants and
Publications
$
15.3
million
National Health and Medical
Research Council
(NHMRC)Funding Awarded
in 2017 (20 project grants)
NHMRC project
grant success rate of
31 per cent
(national average 16 per cent)
309
research
publications
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