Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
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Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...
(QUT) in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. While the bulk of the institute is located at a purpose built facility on the Kelvin Grove campus of QUT, a number of projects are conducted at sites across the three main QUT campuses (Gardens Point
Gardens Point, Brisbane
Gardens Point is a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The Brisbane CBD extends northwards of the point.Located here are Queensland's Parliament House, the Gardens Point campus of the Queensland University of Technology, the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and Queensland's Old...
, Kelvin Grove
Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Kelvin Grove is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located approximately 3 km from the CBD. This hilly suburb takes its name from Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, Scotland. It is primarily residential with tree-lined streets and some commercial and light industrial...
and Carseldine
Carseldine, Queensland
Carseldine is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located about north and about a half-hour drive from the Central Business District of Brisbane. It is surrounded by Bald Hills and Bracken Ridge to the North, Aspley to the South, Fitzgibbon to the East and Bridgeman Downs to the...
).
Urban village
The main facility was completed in June 2006 and forms part of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village.Initial funding for capital works and equipment procurement was received from the Queensland Government, QUT and the private charitable organisation 'Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies is a private foundation created in 1982 by US businessman Charles F. "Chuck" Feeney. The Atlantic Philanthropies grant-making supports health and social projects in Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Viet Nam...
'.http://www.ihbi.qut.edu.au/about/progress/
Domains
IHBI's research is divided into six major areas - known as 'domains':- Cells and Tissue
- Human Health and Wellbeing
- Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
- Medical Device
- Tropical Crops and Biocommodities
- Vision Improvement
These domains incorporate a number of research projects: from basic science through to clinical and commercial applications of technology. The bulk of these projects are funded not by IHBI itself, but by a range of federal, state and private philanthropic grants awarded to individual teams of researchers.
The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q
CARRS-Q
The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland is a research centre established in 1996.It is based at the Kelvin Grove campus of Queensland University of Technology in Queensland, Australia and is part of both the Faculty of Health and the Institute of Health and Biomedical...
) is part of the Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation domain.