The Australian National University's new Medical School (ANUMS) aims to become a world class centre for health and medical research and research training by:

• building on the universities research and research training strengths;
• taking advantage of the benefits of doing research in the ACT region;
• developing the School's capacity to influence national policy; and
• building relationships with government and national institutions.

The ANUMS seeks to develop a healthy research environment by promoting collaboration within the School, the ACT and Southern NSW Health services, Federal government departments, national research institutions and throughout the University. We are also actively recruiting and supporting PhD students and outstanding researchers in all fields.

ACERH is a newly established, multi-university research centre constituted by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Western Australia (UWA).
The Centre’s focus is on applied health economics research in three main areas:

• health care financing and insurance;
• health costs and ageing; and
• the economic burden of illness and injury

APHCRI is an initiative of the Australian Government as part of the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHC RED) strategy and is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

It sits within the PHC RED strategy sharing the common overall aim of embedding a research culture in Australian general practice specifically, and primary health care more generally.

The mission of APHCRI is to "Provide national leadership in improving the quality and effectiveness of primary health care through the conduct of high quality priority-driven research and the support and promotion of best practice. It focuses on important sectoral questions relating to the organisation, financing, delivery and performance of primary health care, including its interaction with public health and the secondary and tertiary health care sectors."

The Centre for Mental Health Research aims to improve understanding of the causes of ageing and mental health disorders through research and development, training, and dissemination of health information and to contribute to national policy in areas germane to mental health and ageing including social, health, employment and education.

We conduct research which examines risk factors for ageing, depression and anxiety, conduct longitudinal studies which follow the development of young adults to old age, and design and test the effectiveness of community based interventions for depression and anxiety.

Core research areas for The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) include genomics, immunity, gene regulation and cell signalling, neuroscience and integrative physiology.

This research means the School can make important contributions to the understanding and treatment of infectious diseases, diabetes, cancer, asthma and high blood pressure.

The School is organised into three major research divisions, Molecular Bioscience, Immunology and Genetics, and Neuroscience, which reflect the diversity of the medical research disciplines covered by our research programmes. Each division is comprised of independent groups and laboratories. There is also a High Blood Pressure Research Unit headed by the School's Director.

The Menzies Centre for Health Policy will provide the Australian people with a better understanding of their health system and what it provides for them. It will encourage informed debate about how Australians can influence health policy to ensure that it is consistent with their values and priorities and is able to deliver safe, high quality health care that is sustainable in the long term.

The work of the Centre will assist in providing better public accountability for public policy decisions in health. It will help us know whether we are investing in the best prevention and care and whether our policies are working.

NCEPH aims to identify and understand the social, behavioural, environmental and genetic influences on health and to translate this understanding into effective health and social policy. Its research is driven by a rich blend of large population studies, targeted field studies, innovative secondary analyses of existing data sets and novel health projections to inform forward-looking health policies aimed at preventing future illness. Its staff and research students strive for relevance, excellence, innovative methods and positive social impact.

The National Centre for Biosecurity was established at ANU in 2006 to facilitate greater academic engagement with biosecurity challenges facing Australia, its immediate neighbourhood, and the world.

The NCB almost exclusively deals with the human aspect of biosecurity. Interests include but are not limited to, infectious diseases, biological weapons, bioterrorism, biotechnology, nanotechnology, laboratory safety, environmental contamination and the impacts of disease on economies and governments.

The centre’s approach to biosecurity is multi-disciplinary and collaborative. Centre members come from a wide variety of disciplines including microbiology, epidemiology, law, ethics, psychology, and international security studies.