Go8 Deans of Medicine
Go8 universities make major contributions to health workforce training, health and medical research, and health outcomes in Australia. They:| * | train in excess of 75% of all students enrolled in courses leading to registration as a medical practitioner in Australia, and a significant proportion of other health professionals; |
| * | have longstanding working relationships with most Australian teaching hospitals and medical research institutes; |
| * | are actively engaged in training of medical specialists; |
| * | account for 60% of medical research activity supported through the National Health and Medical Research Council, with broad strengths across key fields including clinical medicine, molecular biology and genetics, immunology, primary care and preventative medicine, neuroscience and behaviour, public health, pharmacology, psychology and psychiatry; and |
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produce in excess of 6,000 peer reviewed journal articles in medical and health related fields annually. |
The Group of Eight Universities and the five largest Medical Research Institutes (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Baker IDI and Diabetes Institute, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Garvan Institute) undertake over 80% of competitively funded Australian medical research.
These thirteen universities and institutes have collaborated in the preparation of a joint submission to the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia, being undertaken by a panel chaired by Mr Simon McKeon.
Click here to view - 'Academic health science centres in Australia: let's get competitive',
Medical Journal of Australia, 14 January 2011
Click here to view - Response to Strategic Review of Health and Medical ResearchDiscussion Paper
Click here to view - Go8 Medical Research Case Studies
Click here to view - Go8 Backgrounder 20 - Health
Membership
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The University of Sydney Professor Bruce Robinson (Chair) Dean of Medicine http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/people/academics/profiles/bgr.php |
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The University of New South Wales Professor Peter Smith Dean of Medicine http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/Dean |
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The University of Western Australia Professor Ian Puddey Dean of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences http://www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/ |
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The University of Adelaide Professor Alastair Burt Dean of Medicine http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/school_medicine/ |
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The Australian National University Professor Nicholas Glasgow Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences http://cmhs.anu.edu.au/ |
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The University of Melbourne Professor James Angus Dean of Medicine http://www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/about_us/deans_welcome |
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Monash University Professor Christina Mitchell Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences http://www.med.monash.edu.au/faculty-leadership.html |
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The University of Queensland Professor Nick Fisk Executive Dean of Health Sciences http://www.uq.edu.au/health/ |
Contact Details
Group of Eight Deans of Medicine
Postal address:PO Box 6229 O'Connor ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA
Phone:+61 2 6239 5488
Fax: +61 2 6239 5808
Chair: Professor Bruce Robinson
Go8 Secretariat contact: Alan Mackay