Corporate Body

Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals (1955 - )

The University of Melbourne

From
1955
Parkville and Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Education and Medical Research
Website
http://www.medrmhwh.unimelb.edu.au
Location
Parkville and Footscray, Victoria

Summary

The Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals, was first established at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1955. The Department expanded into the Western Hospital in 1987. In 2002 the Department, a department of the University of Melbourne, consists of 154 staff and students.

From their Web site, February 2002: "The fields of research in the Department are broad, including diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, osteoporosis and bone diseases, gerontology, arthritis and macrophage function, rehabilitation, infectious diseases and clinical pharmacology. Research is supported by many external research grants from bodies such as National Health & Medical Research Council, National Heart Foundation, Diabetes Australia, and the Wellcome Trust. External research funding in the Department is approximately $3-4 million per annum."

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Ailie Smith

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