Burnet Institute
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Burnet Institute is an Australian not-for-profit, independent non-government organisation that aims to achieve better health for poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and overseas through research, education and public health.
The Institute's focus is across six main themes of work which include: infectious diseases, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, alcohol other drugs and harm reduction, immunity, vaccines and immunisation, and the health of young people - all these are covered through four Centres: Virology, Immunology, International Health and Population Health.
Burnet Institute has particular expertise in infectious diseases (especially HIV, hepatitis viruses, influenza and malaria) and in understanding the immune responses to these infections. Their work also focuses on sexual health, drug and alcohol use, both in risky behaviours associated with infectious diseases and as major health problems in their own right. Translating new knowledge into tangible and practical health outcomes is also a major focus of the Institute.
Burnet Institute has more than 450 scientists and public health professionals and has its head office and laboratories based in Melbourne with offices in eight countries and public health programs across four continents.
The Institute was founded in 1986 and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011. The Institute is named in honour of Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960.
The Institute's focus is across six main themes of work which include: infectious diseases, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, alcohol other drugs and harm reduction, immunity, vaccines and immunisation, and the health of young people - all these are covered through four Centres: Virology, Immunology, International Health and Population Health.
Burnet Institute has particular expertise in infectious diseases (especially HIV, hepatitis viruses, influenza and malaria) and in understanding the immune responses to these infections. Their work also focuses on sexual health, drug and alcohol use, both in risky behaviours associated with infectious diseases and as major health problems in their own right. Translating new knowledge into tangible and practical health outcomes is also a major focus of the Institute.
Burnet Institute has more than 450 scientists and public health professionals and has its head office and laboratories based in Melbourne with offices in eight countries and public health programs across four continents.
The Institute was founded in 1986 and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011. The Institute is named in honour of Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960.