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Health research benefit from ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ partnership

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

One of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s premier research units internationally regarded for its work into child nutrition, the (WCHRI), has officially joined with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

The partnership was announced last night in a formal launch at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ by the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Jack Snelling.

Established in 1989 as the Child Health Research Institute, WCHRI has operated as an independent medical research institute committed to improving the health of women and children.

Based at the Women's and Children's Hospital, WCHRI is best known for its research in the fields of early childhood nutrition, wound repair and the development of new therapeutic or preventive health strategies.

Research efforts span maternal and child nutrition, diseases of the blood and immune system, and development and repair of the digestive system, skull and skin.

The institute is also recognised internationally for the the translation of its science to outcomes that benefit local and global communities.

Over the past two decades, WCHRI and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide have had strong collaborative research relationships, through the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s , the , the , the and the .

A number of staff and students working at WCHRI are also attached to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, which is internationally regarded for the quality of its research in medical and health sciences, including paediatric and reproductive medicine and nutrition.

The new partnership means that WCHRI will now operate as a controlled entity of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. The partnership provides opportunities for even stronger connections between WCHRI researchers and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

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