The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced a $25 million commitment to support the integration of genomic medicine into healthcare across Australia.
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite and Professor Enrico Coiera from Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation are investigators involved in the project.
The Targeted Call for Research into Preparing Australia for the Genomics Revolution in Health Care grant - the second largest in NHMRC history - will fund the Australian Genomics Health Alliance (AGHA), a national network of 47 partner organisations including research institutes, hospitals and universities.
Said Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite: “The genomics revolution is well and truly underway, and this grant will help accelerate Australian efforts. We at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation are delighted to be playing a role. As the project begins to bear fruit, we will increasingly use our skills in implementation science and health informatics to help make things work where clinicians meet patients, with new tests, diagnostic and treatment capabilities. Our strengths in these areas will doubtless be of enormous value in achieving major goals in genomic medicine.”
The grant will enable Australia to become a global leader in genomic medicine by charting a pathway for the seamless integration of genomics into our healthcare system.
The Alliance will focus its work on two disease flagships, rare diseases and cancer. As part of the study patients will be recruited from across the nation and will benefit from a faster, cheaper and more accurate diagnosis using genomic sequencing. This will inform the most appropriate clinical care and treatment for that particular patient.
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite and Professor Enrico Coiera from Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation are investigators involved in the project.
The Targeted Call for Research into Preparing Australia for the Genomics Revolution in Health Care grant - the second largest in NHMRC history - will fund the Australian Genomics Health Alliance (AGHA), a national network of 47 partner organisations including research institutes, hospitals and universities.
Said Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite: “The genomics revolution is well and truly underway, and this grant will help accelerate Australian efforts. We at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation are delighted to be playing a role. As the project begins to bear fruit, we will increasingly use our skills in implementation science and health informatics to help make things work where clinicians meet patients, with new tests, diagnostic and treatment capabilities. Our strengths in these areas will doubtless be of enormous value in achieving major goals in genomic medicine.”
The grant will enable Australia to become a global leader in genomic medicine by charting a pathway for the seamless integration of genomics into our healthcare system.
The Alliance will focus its work on two disease flagships, rare diseases and cancer. As part of the study patients will be recruited from across the nation and will benefit from a faster, cheaper and more accurate diagnosis using genomic sequencing. This will inform the most appropriate clinical care and treatment for that particular patient.
