New Medical Research Centre for Brisbane
Queensland patients with cancer, diabetes, obesity and musculoskeletal disease will benefit from a new medical research centre to be built in Brisbane.
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13 May 2009
Queensland patients with cancer, diabetes, obesity and musculoskeletal disease will benefit from a new medical research centre to be built in Brisbane.
The Smart Therapies Institute – a collaboration between the University of Queensland, Mater Medical Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland University of Technology and the Queensland Government – will bring together several research facilities into one to better translate research into clinical care.
The Australian Government is allocating $40 million over four years in the 2009-10 Budget, with $18.5 million provided in 2008-09, to build the six-storey medical research centre, including outreach clinical research facilities at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Mater Hospital.
The project is supported under the Government's nation-building Health and Hospitals Fund, which is building health infrastructure for the 21st century, while also creating employment opportunities.
The development also incorporates BioPharmaceuticals Australia, a national pharmaceutical manufacturing facility formed by the Queensland Government.
Locating several research facilities together will encourage collaboration, efficiency and innovative research on relevant therapies.
Expected to begin in 2009, the project is due for completion by December 2011, and will provide jobs for the local building industry.
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