OUR PURPOSE
Better health and wellbeing through impactful medical research
OUR VISION
Lead the way to significant innovation in health – nationally and globally
STRATEGIC PLAN
Better health and wellbeing through impactful medical research, QIMR Berghofer’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, enables and advances our public health response through three main objectives:
- Discovery – Support ground-breaking research discoveries
- Sustainability – Promote a world-class, collaborative, and sustainable research environment
- Impact – Conduct impactful medical research
From humble beginnings in a ramshackle, run-down hut in Herston, Brisbane in 1945, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, now known as QIMR Berghofer, is renowned for its rich history of scientific discoveries. Click here to read more about our history.
At QIMR Berghofer, we seek to discover, diagnose and deliver better treatments for some of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Every day, our team of 1000 scientists, support staff, and students lives out the Institute’s purpose to achieve better health and wellbeing through medical research. Translating discoveries from research bench to bedside and progressing research from hopeful theory to daily reality, we are saving lives.