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The St Vincent鈥檚 Centre for Applied Medical Research conducts world-class applied medical research across the broader hospital campus and beyond. We work to realise our goal of applying discoveries to cure patients and improve their quality of life.

We are located in proximity to the Garvan Institute of Medical Research Institute and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, amongst others, together forming the St Vincent's Research Precinct, with significant shared services and scientific resources. We are also home to the NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV at St Vincent鈥檚 Hospital in Sydney.

Our goals

Our research vision involves:

  • Excellence in biomedical and translational research听
  • Disseminating the results of our research widely to the medical and scientific community and the public听
  • Broadening undergraduate and postgraduate clinical research and basic science training and education听
  • Providing the highest standards of diagnostic service and patient care in accordance with the Mission and Values of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries听

Research strengths

The St Vincent鈥檚 Centre for Applied Medical Research reflects the growth and evolution of St Vincent鈥檚 Hospital Sydney research programs, including:

  • 滨尘尘耻苍辞濒辞驳测听听

  • Virology

  • 狈别耻谤辞产颈辞濒辞驳测听

  • Structural biology

  • Adult stem cell research听

  • Gastrointestinal, Liver and Microbiome

  • Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology听

  • Blood, Stem Cell and Cancer

  • Gastro-Oesophageal Cancer听

  • Applied clinical research in the form of clinical trials.

Our results

Supporting our research focus areas is outstanding research infrastructure, much of which is supported centrally via research platforms available to all research staff, including:

  • BioBank Facility

  • Physical Containment (PC3) Laboratory

  • Biostatistics Research Advisory Clinic听

Our experts

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Associate Professor


Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Ric Day
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
Head of Neurosciences Program and Peter Duncan Neurosciences Unit St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research and Dept of Neurology St Vincent's Hospital Bruce Brew
Head of Neurosciences Program and Peter Duncan Neurosciences Unit St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research and Dept of Neurology St Vincent's Hospital
Senior Staff Specialist St Vincent's Hospital and Head, Cytokine Biology and Inflammation Research Program St Vincent鈥檚 Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital. Sydney Samuel Breit
Senior Staff Specialist St Vincent's Hospital and Head, Cytokine Biology and Inflammation Research Program St Vincent鈥檚 Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital. Sydney
Senior Staff Specialist, Haematology Department, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia John Moore
Senior Staff Specialist, Haematology Department, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Program Head, Rhinology and Skull Base Research Group Richard Harvey
Program Head, Rhinology and Skull Base Research Group
Head, Department of Dermatology. St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney Kurosh Parsi
Head, Department of Dermatology. St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Program Head, Therapeutic Vaccine and Research Program, Kirby Institute Gail Matthews
Program Head, Therapeutic Vaccine and Research Program, Kirby Institute