The Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust was established in 1992 by the community of Northern
Tasmania to be an independent,
non-profit organisation interested in discovering and sharing better treatments of disease.
The organisation is named in honour of the late Dr. Clifford Craig who served as
surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
and
superintendent of the
Launceston General Hospital
The Launceston General Hospital (LGH) is one of the three main public hospitals in Tasmania, Australia. It is located in Launceston and serves the north of the state. Services provided include Cardiology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Haematology ...
as well as a
radiologist and
historian.
Mission
The founding vision in 1992 was to create a world-class
medical research
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as experimental medicine, encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called ''bench science'' or ''bench research''), – involving fundamental scientif ...
institute in Northern Tasmania with a strong focus on the
diseases that affect the local community. The Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust was responsible for building the research centre on level 5 of the Launceston General Hospital, where its office are located. The organisation funded 82 medical research projects to date.
Leadership
The first executive officer appointed to the trust was Toni Maloney, followed by Phil Baker. In 2007 the trust appointed
Michael Ferguson as
chief executive officer. In November 2009, former
Southern Cross Television marketing manager Peter Milne was appointed chief executive officer to replace Michael Ferguson who resigned to stand as a candidate for the seat of Bass in the Tasmanian state election.
Notes
External links
Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust
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Organisations based in Tasmania
Australian medical research
Science and technology in Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania