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A new era for global immunology

The Snow Medical partnership will fund Snow Research Clinics

 

Clinics will initially be situated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and then will progressively roll out across Victoria and in other states. The first clinic is expected to open in 2025.

Patients will be able to join immune system trials.

The clinics will treat those most at need using the best and latest research.

The clinics will bridge the gap between laboratory discoveries and patient care, ensuring that promising therapies reach patients as swiftly as possible.

New approaches for treating immune disorders will be introduced at the clinics, with a focus on educating other specialists, GPs and the community.

The clinics have the potential to shape future health care practice and create a new generation of clinical experts in immune health.

This webpage will be updated with more information about the Snow Research Clinics when this is available.

“The integrated design of the Snow Centre for Immune Health will ensure the best treatments are immediately available to patients in the clinic.”
Professor Jo Douglass AO
Professor Jo Douglass AO
Director of Research, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and co-director, Snow Centre for Immune Health
Four young scientists photographed in a laboratory

Accelerating discovery through collaboration

Immune conditions like asthma, allergies and arthritis affect millions of people. Treatments are limited, and for some diseases there are none.

Most medical research globally to-date has focused on a disease by disease, project by project approach, and has led to few new treatments.

The combination of patient-focused Snow Research Clinics and WEHI’s co-leadership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital means, in the future, discoveries can be rapidly taken out of the lab to benefit patients.