Research

Centre for Immunology

The Centre for Immunology is a research centre of St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of New South Wales.

The Centre is located on the St Vincent’s Darlinghurst Campus and also occupies space in the Garvan Institute building. Plans are underway to collocate all St Vincent’s Hospital laboratory research programs in a new facility currently under construction on the St Vincent’s Research & Biotechnology Precinct site with the aid of state and federal government funding.

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The Centre for Immunology forms part of the larger concentration of medical research activity on the St Vincent’s Campus and collaborates closely with significant shared infrastructure with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute which collectively forms one of the major research hubs in NSW.

The Centre for Immunology is committed to:

  • Excellence in biomedical research in the fields of immunology, cell biology, inflammation, cancer, neuro-immunology, stem cells and HIV/AIDS.
  • Disseminating the results of this research widely to the medical, scientific and general community.
  • Undertake postgraduate research training to medical and scientific students.

The Centre conducts its research through a number of specific research programs:
  • Inflammation
  • Neuro-immunology
  • HIV immuno-virology
  • Cancer and Blood Diseases
  • Cancer Cell Biology
  • Cell Signalling and Scleroderma
  • Structural Biology.

Further information
CFI website.
Garvan Institute
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Contact
Philip Cunningham, Chief Operations Manager:
T 02 8382 2388
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