Our Divisions, Research and News
Our divisions
Our School has a renowned research program carried out in laboratories, hospitals and in the community at a patient level. Our divisions span the breadth of medical research:
- Paediatrics
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Rural Clinical School
- Surgery
- Psychiatry
Centres and institutes
UWA's Medical School contains centres, institutes and initiatives that undertake research across various disciplines.
- Centre for Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Research (CAHR)
- Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine
- WA Centre for Health and Ageing
- The Kids Research Institute Australia
- Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
- Lions Eye Institute
- Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease
- The Raine Medical Research Foundation
- Psychometric Laboratory
- Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre
- Centre for Improving Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families (ISAC)
- The Australian Centre for Quantitative Imaging (ACQI)
- The Institute for Paediatric Perioperative Excellence
UWA Health Campus
UWA health and medical students have been taught on the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEIIMC) grounds in Nedlands, Western Australia, since the 1970s.
UWA academics and students are embedded in these organisations, where they engage in world-leading research and clinical teaching. Working alongside industry professionals enables students to gain real-world experience before they graduate.
News
RCSWA applications open
Applications for the Rural Clinical School of WA 2027 Penultimate Year Program are now open for medical students.
Read more$6.8 million boost to expand world-first preterm birth prevention program
The Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and its partner organisation Women’s Healthcare Australasia have welcomed a $6.8 million Federal Government investment to expand Australia’s world-first national program aimed at safely reducing rates of preterm and early term birth.
Read moreWA medical researchers to benefit from expanded lab facilities
Researchers set to benefit from an expansion in molecular imaging and radiopharmaceutical capability following construction of the new radiochemistry laboratories and a cyclotron facility.
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