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The Women's & Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI) is an independent research
institute committed to understanding basic mechanisms involved in
health and disease and to developing intellectual property beneficial
to the health and development of children.
The Women's & Children's Health Research Institute was founded
in 1989 to carry out research aimed at the prevention and treatment
of childhood disease. WCHRI now has over 70 staff and students spanning
research in immunology, gastrointestinal development and disease,
wound healing and child nutrition, with the control of growth, development
and tissue repair in infants and children as an overall research
theme.
WCHRI distinguishes itself from most research organisations by integrating
early stage ('fundamental') with later stage, strategic research
and applying that knowledge to the development of new therapeutic
or preventative health strategies.
Executive Director: Professor Eric Gowans
Deputy Director: Professor Maria Makrides
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