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Collaboration and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Winthrop Research Professor Nigel Laing Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia. Neurogenetic Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Genomics, PathWest, Department of Health, Western Australia. Email – [email protected]
The Problem:
Appleyard, R and Le, A.T. (1995)
Appleyard R and Le AT (1995) Medical Research Infrastructure Funding in Western Australia. A Report Prepared for the Western Australian Technology and Industry Advisory Council.
Appleyard, R and Le, A.T. (1995)
Brought us three things: 1) Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF)
2) State Health Research Advisory Council (SHRAC)
3) Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (formerly Western
Australian Institute for Medical Research)
Appleyard, R and Le, A.T. (1995) “The presence of state government-supported research institutes in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland has not only enhanced a collaborative research culture in those states through interdisciplinary research but also increased the researchers’ capacity for problem solving and broadened their research horizons.”
“On grounds that such an arrangement in Western Australia would yield similar advantages, enhance the success of research teams in obtaining peer-review research grants, retain and also attract distinguished medical and health researchers, and contribute to the State’s economic growth through increased export of medical and health services and lower health costs, etc., the Report recommends that a Medical Research Institute, similar in purpose to those in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, be established in Western Australia by the year 2000 and be supported by the State Government through grants that cover a high proportion of infrastructure.”
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
IS a collaboration: Federal Government $67m ($85m) University of Western Australia $50m Western Australian State Government $50m Lottery West, McCusker and Perron Foundations $7m $192m
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North)
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (South)
CRITICAL MASS
CRITICAL MASS
400 researchers • Perkins • LEI • LIWA • UWA Core facilities: • ACRF Preclinical Imaging Facility • AGRF • CMCA • Monoclonal Antibody facility • Proteomics International Outreach: School teaching facilities 250-seat McCusker Auditorium
CRITICAL MASS
In 2014 - The Perkins will have 4 out of the 13 UWA NH&MRC Full Fellows. Multiple ARF Future Fellows Not doing so well with NH&MRC Practitioner Fellows, ECF or CDA Fellows.
CRITICAL MASS
State of play: Perkins Institute administration already moved in. First seminar in the McCusker Auditorium yesterday WA AGRF node moving in this weekend. First researchers (including all wet labs from B Block) moving in next weekend (30th November/1st December).
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North)
Collaboration and the Harry Perkins
Collaborative Centres within the Perkins • Cancer Council Clinical Trials Centre (CCCTC) • Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine (CCREM) • Centre for Diabetes Research (CDR) • Centre for Food and Genomic Medicine (CFGM) • National Centre for Asbestos-Related Diseases (NCARD) • Neurotrauma Research Program (NRP) • Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Research Centre (SKMRC) • WA Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA)
Three institute internal review of proposed grant applications
LEI Perkins TICHR Already generated new cross-institutional and internal collaborations simply because people are talking to each other.
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Fundraising Ride to Conquer Cancer 2012 $4.6m 2013 $5.2m 2014 ? Ride to Conquer Cancer Collaborative Research Grants –
• Must be new collaboration • Research must be performed within the Harry Perkins Institute
Collaboration and the Harry Perkins
Outcomes/impact
From my laboratories research, families all round the world no longer have to play “genetic roulette” when they have children. Laing, N. G. (2012). "Genetics of neuromuscular disorders." Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 49: 33-48.
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research: carrot
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research: carrot
Appleyard R and Le AT (1995) Medical Research Infrastructure Funding in Western Australia. A Report Prepared for the Western Australian Technology and Industry Advisory Council. One of the recommendations of Appleyard and Le was that when the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research was established, then the recommended short-term infrastructure support for researchers outside the Institute (MHRIF) should be stopped.
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research: stick
Discussion