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Research Partners

We work collaboratively with research partners

Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research operates in partnership with

  • South Western Sydney Local Health District
  • UNSW Sydney
  • Western Sydney University.

 

Over half of our researchers are practising clinicians or educators with their work shaped by the needs of the community.
The Institute’s Medical Research programs have an applied focus on direct health benefits in the form of new treatments and standards of care for patients in South Western Sydney. At the same time, we’re innovating the education of the next generation of health professionals.

South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD)

SWSLHD is one of the largest health districts in New South Wales

It’s among the most rapidly growing populations in NSW. This is a vibrant, culturally diverse region with almost a third of its population speaking a language other than English at home.

It covers both rural and suburban communities and manages six acute public hospitals:

  • Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
  • Bowral and District Hospital
  • Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals
  • Fairfield Hospital
  • Liverpool Hospital

Community health centres

The District also operates 14 major community health centres providing:

  • prevention
  • early intervention
  • community-based treatment
  • palliative care
  • rehabilitation services

Research groups

Embedding research into clinical practice, Ingham Institute has clinicians integrated into research groups at three Institute locations.

Ingham Institute Liverpool

Located next to Liverpool Hospital — a principal tertiary and teaching hospital — this site facilitates research, education and clinical practice.

Research Centres

  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular
  • Neurology & Stroke
  • Obstetrics
  • Robotics, Medical Devices & Health Technology

Ingham Institute Macarthur

This integrated health, research and education facility located on the Campbelltown Hospital campus brings together scientific and industry collaboration.

Research Centres

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Diabetes & Obesity
  • Indigenous Health
  • Mental Health
  • Paediatrics & Child Wellbeing

Ingham Institute Bankstown

Our third Institute location is part of our future growth plans. It will be integrated into the new Bankstown Hospital.

Research Centres

  • Ageing
  • Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal
  • Rehabilitation
  • Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

UNSW Sydney

The Institute’s Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre is a state-of-the-art training hub in South Western Sydney

Managed by UNSW Sydney and based within Liverpool Hospital, the Centre delivers thousands of hours of training each year to:

  • junior doctors
  • medical students
  • nurses
  • clinicians
  • medical researchers

The Institute is proud to support leading professors and higher education students in these research groups:

  • Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry
  • Best START
  • Biological Resources Unit
  • Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Group
  • Cardiology Research
  • Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation
  • CHETRE
  • CONCERT
  • Epidemiology
  • Gastroenterology and Liver Research Group
  • Gastro-Intestinal Viral Oncology
  • GP Unit
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Liverpool Diabetes Collaborative Research
  • Medical Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Palliative Care Clinical Trials
  • Pancreatic Research
  • Psycho-oncology Research
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Simpson Centre for Health Services Research
  • South Western Emergency Research Institute
  • South Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Alliance (SWS NMRA)
  • SPHERE
  • SWERI
  • SWS Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre
  • SWS STRONG
  • Whitlam Orthopaedic Research

Western Sydney University (WSU)

Western Sydney University’s School of Medicine believes that advances in medicine rely on advances in knowledge.

Their research activities include:

  • working in laboratories at a molecular level
  • improving educational practice with medical students
  • working with patients in outpatient clinics at local hospitals
  • working with Aboriginal medical services in rural and remote areas

Aligning their research activities with the Ingham Institute, the collaboration between research and teaching staff has delivered Australian-first, community programs and new curriculum into tertiary degrees.

The Institute is proud to support leading professors and higher education students in these research groups:

  • Antibiotic Resistance & Mobile Elements
  • Cancer Pathology
  • CCORE
  • COHORT
  • IIAMR Management Support
  • Immunology Research
  • Liverpool Diabetes Collaborative Research
  • Medical Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Psycho-oncology
  • Simpson Centre for Health Services Research
  • South Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Alliance (SWS NMRA)
  • TReSI

South West Sydney Research Hub

The Institute is a proud member of the South West Sydney Research Hub, part of NSW Health’s Office for Health and Medical Research Hubs Strategy.

The Hub’s vision is for South Western Sydney to become internationally recognised as a leader in health and medical research, improving health outcomes for all.

It also aims to make a difference both in our own community and on the world-stage.

Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)

he Institute is a partner of the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) which combines the best academic, clinical and industry expertise to address unmet local, national and international health priorities and needs through collaboration, innovation and partnership.

The Sax Institute

This Institute is proud to be a member of the Sax Institute, a national leader in promoting the use of research evidence in health policy. Their mission is to improve health and wellbeing by driving the use of research in policies, programs and services.

The Sax is an Evidence Specialist working collaboratively to embed research into the fabric of policy, program and service delivery decisions. They develop, test and deliver best-practice approaches to working at the interface of research and health decision-making.

International Collaborators

The Ingham Institute’s research has significant global reach and impact

We have links or collaborations with:

  • National Institute for Radiological Science (Japan)
  • Hong Kong University (Hong Kong)
  • Harvard Medical School (USA)
  • University of British Columbia (Canada)
  • Stanford University (USA)
  • University of Oxford (UK)
  • Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (UK)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) and
  • Union for International Cancer Control (Geneva)

Our global links and collaborations help to translate our research into new treatments and models of care that are applied locally, within Australia and around the world.