Community to benefit from University-SAHMRI partnership
Friday, 29 November 2013
The University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ will see a boost in its capacity to address some of the most serious health problems facing Australians thanks to today's launch of the (SAHMRI).
SAHMRI's research facilities have been officially launched in ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ today by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP. The University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ is a founding member of SAHMRI.
The University's , says the health precinct at the of North Terrace will become a key one for teaching as well as research activities.
"Building our new $130m medical and nursing school next to the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute opens up many possibilities. Almost half of all those working in SAHMRI will be University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ staff. Therefore we can bring onto a single site our medical researchers, our students and our patients," Professor Bebbington says.
"The West-End precinct buildings encourage the separate institutions to work together towards a healthier future. And our prominent presence within SAHMRI will drive a concentration that should improve our capacity to address the serious health issues facing the Australian community - heart disease, diabetes, obesity, premature babies, cancer, nutrition and metabolism.
A hospital and its medical school depend on each other, and to operate at their best, they depend on first-class research infrastructure. Moving the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ's clinical schools to be with the new hospital in the West-End will preserve the collocation and interaction we have always had with the State