Garvan Institute of Medical Research Email Format
Research ServicesNew South Wales, Australia501-1000 Employees
Garvan Institute of Medical Research is a biomedical research organization located at 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, operating in the Research Services industry. The institution employs between 501 and 1000 people and has a history spanning more than 50 years. Its mission is to contribute to medical research that can shift science and medicine and improve human health by developing programs that integrate fundamental science with clinical interactions. Garvan's research focuses on understanding the role of genes and molecular and cellular processes in health and disease, with the aim of enabling future preventions, treatments, and cures. The institute conducts work across diseases including cancer, diabetes and obesity, neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, hearing loss, mental illnesses and eating disorders, osteoporosis, and immunological diseases including asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Sjogren's syndrome. In May 2024, Illumina, Inc. partnered with Garvan for the TenK10K project, with a joint investment of AUD 27 million.