Medical School

Enabling better health outcomes

UWA’s Medical School brings together the brightest students, experienced clinicians and committed researchers to unlock the greatest health challenges of our day. Celebrating 60 years in 2018, the Medical School is an infinite source of teaching and learning for individuals who share our goal of delivering better health outcomes today and into the future.

Our School exists thanks to the generosity of the Western Australian public, rural and community organisations and industry groups who continue to generously support our endeavours. We have a renowned research program carried out in laboratories, hospitals and in the community at a patient level, and we offer a range of scientific and clinical research opportunities across 10 divisions.

Our School offers courses in clinical medicine, with acknowledged leaders in medical education supervising our clinical teaching programs. A strong research culture infuses all medicine courses at UWA.

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Ranked 39 in the world for Clinical Medicine (ARWU 2018)

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Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Barry Marshall, medicine graduate and current staff member

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Since we were established in 1957 we have trained thousands of doctors

Medicine will continue to be a very human interaction. Our mission is to provide education, services and research that creates better health for the benefit of the Western Australian, Australian and international communities. Dr Brendan McQuillan, Head of School

Our divisions

Medical students

Our people

Our School includes exceptional alumni, world-renowned researchers, clinicians, teachers and administrators. Above all, our Medical School prides itself on its doctors who not only care for their patients, but about them, and give instinctively of their time for their welfare in all arenas.

Associate Professor Peter Richmond

Professor Peter Richmond is head of the School of Paediatrics at UWA and leads the Vaccine Trials Group at Perth Children’s Hospital.

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Christopher Blyth

Associate Professor Christopher Blyth is a clinician scientist with the Division of Paediatrics at The University of Western Australia

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Professor Wendy Erber

Professor Wendy Erber is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Western Australia.

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Professor Leon Flicker

Professor Leon Flicker is a leading expert in health and ageing in UWA’s Medical School, researching general heath, falls, depression and cognitive impairment.

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Gary Hulse

Professor Gary Hulse

Gary Hulse is Professor of Addiction Medicine within the Division of Psychiatry at The University of Western Australia and previous Chair of the Committee on Alcohol and Drug Education on behalf of the Deans Australia and New Zealand Medical Schools.

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Professor John Newnham

John Newnham is a Professor of Obstetrics and Head of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The University of Western Australia.

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Professor Sean Hood

Sean Hood is Head of UWA’s Division of Psychiatry, UWA Medical School and Associate Dean, Community and Engagement, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. He is Head of the Treatment Resistant Anxiety and Mood Disorders (TRAMD) Unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Unit.

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Osvaldo Almeida

Professor Osvaldo Almeida

Professor Osvaldo P. Almeida is the Director of Research at the WA Centre for Health and Ageing at The University of Western Australia.

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Anna Nowak

Professor Anna Nowak is a leading oncologist, cancer researcher and professor at The University of Western Australia.

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World-class facilities

Our students and researchers have access to specialist facilities within the University and those of our partners.

Pathology museum

Our unique collection is used to educate medical, nursing and science undergraduates, and assists in training specialist pathologists to improve their understanding of mechanisms of disease and diagnostic pathology.

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UWA Health Campus

The UWA Health Campus provides cutting-edge specialist teaching and learning facilities for students, professionals and patients.

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Biomedical Sciences students

Biomedical Sciences E-Learning Suites

The interactive suites offer students practical diagnostic experience and an environment that mimics the consultative nature of a working laboratory.

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Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH)

CAMDH supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aspiring to graduate as doctors, dentists, podiatrists and become leaders in the field of Aboriginal Health

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J. Robin Warren Library

Professor (John) Robin Warren was a co-recipient, with Professor Barry J Marshall, of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005 for their discovery that stomach ulcers were caused by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori.

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CTEC

CTEC combines an interactive hospital environment with expert clinical educators to offer training to junior doctors and senior consultants in a way that supplements traditional clinical-based training.

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Centres and institutes

Medical student

Research news

News

Can being born blind protect people from schizophrenia?

A study carried out by The University of Western Australia has provided compelling evidence that congenital/early cortical blindness – that is when people are blind from birth or shortly after - is protective against schizophrenia.

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Researchers speed up detection of blood infection

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed a new method of detecting blood infection that they hope will dramatically speed up diagnosis and treatment of severe infection.

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Up to 400,000 WA patients could be seen by GPs instead of hospitals

A study investigating hospital emergency department presentations in Western Australia has found that between 20 and 40 per cent of all patients could have been managed instead by general practitioners.

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UWA Medical School’s 60th anniversary: by the community for the community

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There are many ways to stay connected with us or find out more about our School:

UWA Medical Humanities Network

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