CRC Association submission to the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia chaired by 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon.
Currently, there are 11 Cooperative Research Centres active in the health/medical sector, being the CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health; CRC for Asthma and Airways; CRC for Biomarker Translation; CRC for Biomedical Imaging Development; CRC for Cancer Therapeutics; CRC for Mental Health; Oral Health CRC; The HEARing CRC; The Vision CRC; Wound Management Innovation CRC and the Young and Well CRC (see appendix A). Together, these CRCs also comprise collaborations with 23 Australian Universities; more than 20 international universities; 40 medical research institutes; 29 medical technology companies; 10 public hospitals; 37 health service agencies or Commonwealth/State government health departments; CSIRO; and over 80 other clinical services agencies, professional associations and health-related foundations and networks – a significant grouping of Australia’s medical research and health industry sector.
