The Queensland Institute of Medical Research

The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) is one of Australia's leading medical research institutes. It was established in 1945 to undertake research in medical science, with emphasis on local health problems. In its early years, the Institute built its reputation primarily for research into tropical infectious diseases and this remains one of several major research themes.

Today QIMR has three research divisions which use molecular biology, genetics, immunology, epidemiology, virology, parasitology and entomology in laboratory, computing, biostatistics, clinical and field studies to investigate the mechanisms underlying a wide range of human health problems and to find solutions to them. In addition to tropical and other infectious diseases, the Institute now has major research programs in cancer, human genetics, liver disease and experimental haematology as well as in many fundamental areas of cellular and molecular biology. In Mid 2001 building will have finished on QIMR's comprehensive cancer and clinical trials centre.

QIMR is closely affiliated through formal agreements or collaborative research with all the universities and teaching hospitals in Brisbane, and with a number of other institutions within and outside Australia. It has its strongest links with the University of Queensland through joint research programs in tropical health, experimental oncology, liver disease, transplantation biology and experimental haematology. It is also a major partner in the Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology and the Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases.

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