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Animal Research Education and Awareness Program (AREA)

Ingham Institute’s Scientific Services Unit is staffed by a passionate, creative and committed team. Our Technicians seek impact not only through their contribution to quality medical research, but to their industry more broadly. The AREA Program is one significant way we conduct student outreach. Ingham Institute hosted Australia’s first Animal Research Education and Awareness (AREA) […]

Ingham Institute’s Scientific Services Unit is staffed by a passionate, creative and committed team. Our Technicians seek impact not only through their contribution to quality medical research, but to their industry more broadly.

The AREA Program is one significant way we conduct student outreach. Ingham Institute hosted Australia’s first Animal Research Education and Awareness (AREA) Program in 2023, in partnership with Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association (ANZLAA).

Since then, the event has become a highlight for local year 9 and 10 students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. They learn about the crucial work done at the Institute and gain exposure to career pathways supporting biomedical research they may not otherwise have known about.

Ingham Institute hosted seven AREA programs in 2024 with more than 120 students. Participating schools demonstrated the immense diversity of our region and included: Ambervale High School, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, Bankstown Senior College, Broughton Anglican College, Elderslie High School, Mount Annan High School, Liverpool Boys and Liverpool Girls High, All Saints Catholic College, Robert Townsend High School, and Montgrove College. The AREA program work is complemented by a regular intake of work experience students.

The program is a cornerstone of our commitment to openness around research and teaching with animals – work that at Ingham Institute is typified by compliance and compassion.

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