Our researchers work across more than 90 labs, which bring together people with a range of skills to solve important questions about health and disease.
The latest research technologies are helping us answer the big questions in medical research, and translate our discoveries into better health outcomes.
WEHI houses 14 scientific divisions grouped under five key research themes.
1300+
staff & students
90+
laboratories
460+
active patents
90+
consumer advisors
390+
clinical trials based on WEHI discoveries
484
scientific publications in 2022
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Business development and ventures
WEHI has a strong track record in early capture of intellectual property and commercialisation. Partnerships with industry are key to advancing our drug discovery and development programs forward.
Creating a brighter community for more than 100 years
At WEHI, we are focused on preventing and curing the diseases that we fear the most. These include incurable cancers, dementia, infectious and autoimmune diseases.