Research Programs

Mater Research is focused on improving health across all of life's stages from mother and baby health to healthcare delivery and innovation, cancer, neuroscience and chronic and integrated care. Our bench to bedside philosophy enables us to provide an avenue for Mater Researchers and Mater doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to collaborate and utlise clinical and biomedical expertise to research new treatments and models of care for patients and the broader community.

Of our five research programs, four are co-led by a clinical and biomedical lead while our Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Program has a medical and nursing lead. 

We encourage our programs to be interlinked and many of our research groups perform ground-breaking research that spans across individual programs.