ANU College of Health & Medicine

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ANU College of Health & Medicine
ANU Medical School Building.jpg
Peter Baume Building, Acton Campus, Canberra, pictured in 2007.
Type Public university college; research university; medical school
Established2017 (2017)
(formerly ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences and ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment)
Parent institution
Australian National University
Academic affiliation
Dean Professor Russell Gruen
Location, ,
Website health.anu.edu.au
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The ANU College of Health & Medicine is an Australian university college for the study of medicine, psychology, mental health, epidemiology and population health at the Australian National University (ANU), located in Canberra, the capital city of Australia.

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The College includes both undergraduate teaching departments and several research schools, with a focus upon different areas of the medical and health sciences. The College includes the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU Medical School, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, and Research School of Psychology.

History

The College forebears were grounded in 1946 when the ANU was established by an Act of Federal Parliament, with medicine being one of the four founding research institutes. Through the influence of Howard Florey, in 1952 laboratories for the Research School of Physical Sciences were opened; and during the 1960s the Research School of Biology was established. By 1967, the University established the Research School of Chemistry and the Research School of Biological Sciences; and several years later, the Research School of Earth Sciences was created, separated from the Research School of Physical Science; and the Centre for Resources and Environmental Studies was established by Professor Frank Fenner. [3] Formerly the ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, following independent reviews of the ANU disciplines of Chemistry [4] and biosciences, [5] the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment was formed in August 2008. [1] [6] In 2017 the College of Health & Medicine was established to incorporate the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU Medical School, Research School of Population Health and Research School of Psychology. [7]

Academic courses

The College offers undergraduate, post-graduate and honours academic courses and research degrees. Course offerings include the MChD (Latin: Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda) program through the ANU Medical School, studies in biotechnology, genetics, health science, medical science, psychology, and science; and the only Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB) program in Australia. [8]

Research

The College's academic research themes include ageing, applied epidemiology, biochemistry, biomedical science, biotechnology, the brain and the thinking mind, cancer, chemistry, chronic illness management, emotions, forensic psychology, genetics, genomics, health policy, human behaviour, human resources and organisational performance, immunology, infectious diseases, understanding and treating mental health, neuroscience, obesity and metabolic disorders, perception, public health data, social cohesion, and more.

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