For more than 22 years Research Australia has been successfully advocating for effective, long term and sustainable outcomes for Australian health and medical research and innovation.
Research Australia has a unique position as the only peak organisation to represent all stages of Australian health and medical research.
Some of our achievements include:
• Securing bipartisan support for the National Strategy for Health and Medical Research
• Representing the health and medical research community on the Government’s Women’s Health Advisory Council, an initiative announced by Minister Kearney at the 2022 Research Australia Awards
• Creating the $700m MRFF Frontiers Fund
• Securing the inclusion of research in the 5th National Mental Health Plan
• Representing health and medical research in a successful sector-wide push to improve the R&D Tax Incentive
• Launched Parliamentary Friends of Health and Medical Research as a significant platform for our sector to engage with our policy makers
Research Australia’s consulting team supports members, governments and the broader health and medical research sector to navigate complex policy and funding environments; develop unique reform approaches and strategic pathways to high impact opportunities. The organisation’s decades of structural knowledge and strength of relationships with governments enable tailored projects to drive significant outcomes.
We invite you to join us as we continue to maximise the impact of all stages of health and medical research and innovation.
Bowles AO PSM
Chair since December 2023
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Collaborative Strategy
Research Australia focuses on three key strategic areas to enable us to influence the health and medical research sector’s future. We have widely consulted the entire pipeline to develop a vision, mission and goals to help shape the Australian health and medical research landscape for the next three years.
STRATEGY OBJECTIVE ACTIONS OUTCOMES
Advancing digital health technology and health data
Harness the power of data and digital health technologies to accelerate advances in health
Promote the fundamental importance of health data and the digitisation of healthcare in enabling better health outcomes and advances in health innovation
Encourage policy, investment and infrastructure
Facilitate research partnerships for digital health initiatives
The way data is stored, linked and access for research is significantly improved
Research Australia has a more active role in publicly promoting the use of health data for research
Research supporting new opportunities for digital health to enable healthcare equity and healthcare efficiency
Embedding research in the health system
Build stronger collaboration and data sharing between researchers, consumers, industry, health practitioners and health systems
Promote faster implementation and adoption of evidence into routine care
Promote adoption of emerging technologies e.g., AI, in healthcare settings
Seek and showcase evidence of how healthcare is increasingly based on the latest and best evidence.
RESEARCH AUSTRALIA'S BOARD & PATRONS
Research Australia’s board and patrons are comprised of a group of prominent, talented and passionate individuals. These senior leaders have been selected for their expertise and experience across medical research institutes, universities, philanthropic foundations and companies.
Martin Bowles AO PSM
Chair Research Australia
National Chief Executive Officer, Calvary Healthcare Australia
Professor Dawn Freshwater Deputy Chair Research Australia
Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland
Nadia Levin
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Assoc. Prof
Annette Schmiede
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Health CRC
Smarter investment in health and medical research and innovation
Balance resources with need, capacity and opportunity
Advocate for a national strategy for health and medical research and innovation
Showcase research that improves healthcare Broker relationships that support a culture of research and advance the adoption of research into practice, including by supporting collaboration points e.g. AHRTCs, precincts and networks
Advocate for nationally coordinated strategic investment with sharper focus on outcomes, impact and domestic manufacturing
Campaign for the investment needed in the workforce at all stages to support sovereign capability, from basic research through to its application Champion commercialisation
More research partnerships to address priorities identified by the health system, patients and the public
Peter Wills AC Director, Wills Advisory Pty Ltd Founder and Director since 2000
The health and medical research ecosystem better serves the Australian community and researchers through more effective participation by public, private and not-for-profit funders and industry partners
Professor Russell L. Gruen MBBS
PhD FRACS
Dean of the College of Health and Medicine
Australian National University
Assoc. Prof Greg Kaplan
Chief Operating Officer
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Professor Patricia M. Davidson
Vice-Chancellor and President University of Wollongong
Elizabeth Koff AM Managing Director
Telstra Health
Dr Michael Wilson Vice President
CSL Research Bio21
Professor
Nicholas Fisk AM Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) UNSW
Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE Patron
Emeritus Professor
Christine Bennett AO Patron
Championing Australian Health & Medical Research
Collaborative Strategy 2023 to 2026
Research Australia Offices
Research Australia Limited
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Australian Catholic University 215 Spring St Melbourne VIC 3000 Canberra
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OUR VISION
Health and prosperity through Australian research and innovation
OUR MISSION Maximise the impact of all stages of health and medical research and innovation.
Research Australia invites you to join us as we continue to champion best in class health and medical research for all Australians.
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