Clinical translation centre
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has established a Clinical Translation Centre (CTC) to foster better links between the laboratory and clinic, the goal being to facilitate better health outcomes. Strategically located adjacent to a walkover into the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the CTC provides ready access to collaborating clinicians and clinician scientists from hospitals and other research organizations. Once the Institute’s Expansion and Redevelopment Project is complete, the CTC will move into a new suite of offices and laboratories purpose-designed by Architects Denton Corker Marshall and S2F. Exciting features of this new facility include:
Clinical contact rooms for confidential interviews with participants in clinical and translational research projects.
A laboratory area, staffed by highly trained personnel, dedicated to the processing, storage and analysis of human samples for approved research.
Advanced technology platforms funded by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation as part of the precinct’s Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery.
Office and desk space for research nurses and other personnel assisting in ensuring compliance with the complex regulatory requirements of clinical research.
Confidential storage of patient data in accordance with ethical guidelines.
A state-of-the-art Conference Room to facilitate interactions between clinicians and scientists and foster two-way collaborations.
Close proximity to highly sophisticated Flow Cytometry and Imaging Centres for analysing cells from human tissue.