Highly research-active across a wide range of areas
The School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences is involved in ground-breaking research across multiple fields, for example cancer, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, neuroscience, skeletal biology, pharmacy practice, pharmacology, pharmaceutics and complementary medicine.
Our school researchers are well known for publishing in high-ranking journals and for making innovative discoveries designed for end-users (patients, health professionals, industry, etc.). Our staff have been awarded numerous NHMRC, ARC and other government research grants, as well as funding from the Pharmacy Guild and philanthropic organisations. We also have industry contracts and funding and consistently publish papers in high-ranking journals.
Many of our researchers are affiliated or collaborate with the following institutes.
Menzies Health Institute
Committed to developing healthy communities through exceptional health and medical research. A key focus is the translatable potential of our research, that is, how likely is it to drive improved outcomes in human health and wellbeing.
Cities Research Institute
The physical, chemical and biological environment we live in affects our wellbeing. Making sure we have clean drinking water, good hygiene, effective pest and disease control, and good housing is important to our overall health. Our environmental health researchers work in multi-disciplinary teams across the research themes of Griffith's Cities Research Institute.
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
GRIDD is focussed on drug discovery, targeting in particular Parkinson's disease, cancer, infectious diseases, nervous system injuries/diseases and drug resistance. GRIDD has two extraordinary compound resources - NatureBank and Compounds Australia. NatureBank contains the largest collection of raw biota, extracts and fraction libraries, and Compounds Australia is Australia's leading compound curation facility.
Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR)
AVATAR is a global research network whose vision is to 'make vascular access complications history'. AVATAR's nurses, medical doctors, midwives, pharmacists, health economists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians and medical scientists are uniquely placed to target complications including difficult insertion, infections, dislodgement, occlusion, skin injury, vein damage and blood clots related to vascular catheters.
Gut Health Clinic
It is important to understand how communities of gut bacteria may differ between people and how these differences affect our health. By profiling your microbiome we will be able to provide you important information on the diversity and composition of your gut bacteria.
Stroke study
A Griffith University study using US, FDA approved Etanercept (Enbrel) as treatment for stroke patients.
Clinical Trial Unit
Griffith University's Clinical Trial Unit, located within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct and adjacent to Gold Coast University Hospital, provides state-of-the-art facilities and professional coordination services for phase I-IV clinical trials.
Body Bequest
The Body Donation Program provides practical opportunities to study and perform research on the human body in a controlled educational environment. Donors make a vital contribution to the training of the next generation of scientists, and medical and allied health professionals.
Giving
Your financial support will contribute to ensuring that we will continue to make that all important difference in the education of our students and researchers. You can make a financial donation via the telephone, mail or online.
Please be assured that all donations are eligible for tax deductions. The Advancement Office at Griffith University is responsible for handling all financial donations.
Key Linkages
The School has strategic partnerships and connections with a range of local, national and international educational institutions, research facilities, and hospitals.
National
- University of Melbourne
- Monash University
- The University of Queensland
- James Cook University
- Adelaide University
- Australian National University
- University of South Australia
- Bond University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Queensland Health
- Curtin University
- Mater Hospital, Brisbane
- Genesis Oncology
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
- Australian Poison Information centres (QLD, WA, NSW, VIC)
- Blackmores Institute for Research and Education
- QIMR
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Pindara Private Hospital
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney
- LaTrobe University
- Gold Coast University Hospital
International
- National Heart Centre, Singapore
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, China
- Manipal University, India
- E.-M.-A. University of Greifswald, Germany
- University of Basel, Switzerland
- STIFAR, Indonesia
- University College Cork, Ireland
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
- University of Illinois, USA
- Queens University, Belfast,
- Erlangen-Nuremburg University, Germany
- Taylors University Malaysia
Our researchers
Our world-class researchers work with industry, community and government partners to better understand our world and improve people’s lives
