Research Strengths

As a member of the Australian Group of 8 research-intensive universities and the international Universitas 21 grouping, UNSW is rightly proud of its national and international research profile which, in recent years, has seen a spectacular rise in competitive funding to support its world class research. The Faculty of Medicine is at the forefront of UNSW's research profile.

The Faculty takes a strategic view of Research and aims to focus its resources on identified areas of research excellence. These are:

Whilst research activity in other areas is still encouraged, Faculty policy is to concentrate on our strengths to plan for the future, build infrastructure and form strong partnerships that will continue to make us innovators and leaders in medical research. As an outstanding example of this, we were pleased to announce in June 2007, the construction of a major new research facility on the UNSW campus, to be known as the Lowy Cancer Research Centre. On completion in late 2009, this $100 million plus facility will house up to 400 researchers, from UNSW and the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA). It will be one of the largest dedicated cancer research centres in the Southern Hemisphere and Australia’s only fully integrated childhood and adult cancer research centre.