At the University of Adelaide, we embrace our role and purpose as a future-maker—for our state, our nation and our world.

We pursue meaningful change as we celebrate our proud history: applying proven values in the pursuit of contemporary educational and research excellence; meeting our local and global community’s evolving needs and challenges; and striving to prepare our graduates for their aspirations and the needs of the future workforce. We are recognised as one of Australia's most respected research-intensive universities.

SAiGENCI will be supported by the greater ecosystem of The University of Adelaide, a research-intensive institution, conducting work of the highest quality, as shown by >85% of its Fields of Research assessed in ERA 2018 being rated at 4 or 5, ‘above’ or ‘well above’ world standard respectively. The vision of the University is “to realise its purpose as a catalyst for knowledge creation and innovation, as an engine of social advancement, and as an active participant in the local, national and global economy.” The University’s key research priorities include attracting and retaining top talent, fast-tracking research career development, enhancing its PhD programs, promoting translation of research, collaborating with industry and peak industry bodies and improving support for researchers via enhanced systems, services and infrastructure. Initiatives targeting support to early and mid-career researchers are linked to career development pathways in partnership with faculties and schools to provide robust, long-term career opportunities for our rising stars, and strengthen research capacity in our academic workforce.

The whole-of-University FAME (Foci and Magnets of Excellence) Strategy in Healthy Societies supports the fundamentally important area of health and medical research and delivery, and builds on the growing success of our researchers in the Medical Research Future Fund; the establishment of SAiGENCI; and Government support for the new Bragg Comprehensive Cancer Centre as a partnership between the University, SAHMRI, the Central Adelaide Local Health Network and the Women’s and Children’s Health Network. In particular, attracting and retaining high-quality research teams in South Australia, and integrating academic and clinical research endeavours.

Our global partnerships program provides our researchers with access to some of the best international research groups and infrastructure, with joint research funding schemes, travel support, joint PhD programs, and other opportunities through major joint ventures with such partners. The University continues to make major investments in consolidated infrastructure platforms for key capabilities, and enhancing mission critical resources such as high-performance computing and bioinformatics. Our researchers are also assisted in their endeavours to translate fundamental research via support from our commercialisation and innovation units including Adelaide Enterprise, Research and Business Partnerships and ThincLab Adelaide.

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Equal opportunity

The University of Adelaide is an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to being fair, equitable and sensitive to the diverse needs of its staff. Within the Faculty, we embrace diversity and welcome all the experiences’ that you’ll bring to the role.

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences fosters exciting, diverse and impactful health research. Our researchers conduct cutting edge, transformative research that provides new insights into human biology and delivers real health outcomes to our community. ​​​​

Health-related research has vastly improved the lives of our community and contributed to the greater wellbeing of our society. Innovative technologies and novel scientific discoveries have led to new treatments, new ways of thinking and the development of new health policy.

Across the faculty, we conduct world-class fundamental, biomedical, translational and population health research that is consistently ranked in the top 1% of Universities internationally. Our research activities cover the life course, from conception through to ageing.

The faculty nurtures our students’ development with first-class, nationally recognised teaching. Our goal is to produce graduates capable of not only breaking new scientific ground, but inspiring others to compassionately and collaboratively enhance care throughout the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted more than ever the importance of health and wellbeing. Health is about potential—the potential for humans to live well and thrive.

The next generation of health leaders have a unique opportunity to transform lives at a time when it is most needed: to help prevent disease, enhance wellbeing, and create stronger, healthier communities.

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) plays an important role in improving the health and wellbeing of South Australians. It delivers world-class integrated healthcare, and general and quaternary hospital services.

CALHN has a strong commitment to the delivery of clinical services in an environment that is supportive of, and informed by, research across all disciplines.

CALHN’s involvement as an alliance partner in SAiGENCI is fundamental to the institute’s approach to building strong collaborative links between clinical and research communities. This partnership will lead to improved treatment and care options for South Australians living with cancer.

SAiGENCI has already established close ties to the developing Bragg Comprehensive Cancer Centre (BCCC) which includes the recruitment of active clinician scientists to provide a real and tangible link between bench research and patients. The BCCC would join the emerging National Cancer Institutes (NCI) collaboration, with SAiGENCI playing the lead research role. SAiGENCI leadership and science will play a key role in helping build the clinical research capacity and rigour of the science of the clinical research enterprise.