St Vincent’s Health Australia is committed to driving healthcare transformation through our life-changing research.
St Vincent’s understands the role that medical research plays in improving health outcomes. Our researchers and clinicians work together to bring about advances in medical care that are directly applicable to clinical practice.
Our research partners also include Australian Catholic University, the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Notre Dame.
Research at our hospitals
St Vincent's Melbourne
St Vincent's Melbourne is a major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre providing acute or chronic medical and surgical services, as well as clinical training. By participating in world-class research, we deliver hope to our patients and community and help determine the future of healthcare locally and globally.
The St Vincent's Sydney research campus, which includes Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kinghorn Cancer Centre (a joint venture between St Vincent's and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research), Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, The Kirby Institute, Nursing Research Institute, the St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, has pioneered insights into some of the most widespread diseases affecting our community today.
SVHA Research is responsible for overseeing the national approach to research across St Vincent’s. Our mission is to build a St Vincent’s research community that drives excellence in care and champions our organisation’s mission and values.
Led by the SVHA Group Chief Research Officer, SVHA Research aims to:
Facilitate research governance, organisational policy, and process development
Connect with researchers, clinicians and leaders spanning all SVHA divisions and institutes
Share knowledge about the research activities and resources available across SVHA
Facilitate opportunities for engagement and collaboration, both within and outside of SVHA
‘Our Life-Changing Research Strategy’ is our organisation-wide Research Strategy that builds on our strong commitment to health and medical research. The strategy frames St Vincent’s as a research-rich organisation and promotes our goal to be a globally recognised leader in generating and implementing evidence into clinical practice.
The SVHA Annual Research Report highlights the yearly research activities across St Vincent’s, and consolidates these research activities into a single national document. SVHA Research is pleased to present the inaugural web-based 2022 Research Report.
As a Catholic organisation, SVHA is also committed to the ethical framework for Mary Aikenhead Ministries with respect to the sanctity of human embryos and will not undertake research on human embryo-derived stem cells.
This policy provides guidance on research practices across St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) and affiliated institutes. The policy provides a framework for health and medical research governance across SVHA facilities and affiliated institutions that collaborate with SVHA.
This policy provides guidance for monitoring human research projects across St Vincent’s Health Australia facilities. It also provides guidance for groups for whom SVHA affiliated Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) provide research governance and services.
SVHA Research Exceptional Participant Experience Policy
This policy outlines St Vincent’s commitment to creating the exceptional participant experience, where improving patient care is the purpose of all research and participants are critical partners in their research journeys.
