The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) was an Australian collaborative

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 established in 2000 and based at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Queensland. While the bulk of the institute was located at a purpose-built facility on the Kelvin Grove campus of QUT, a number of projects were conducted at sites across the two main QUT campuses (

Gardens Point Gardens Point is a peninsula in central Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located south of Alice Street and bounded by the Brisbane River on its other three sides. The Brisbane CBD lies immediately to the north of the point. Gardens Point ...

and Kelvin Grove) and at multi-partner research institutes adjoining major hospitals (the Translational Research Institute, adjoining the Princess Alexandra Hospital; and th
Centre for Children's Health Research
adjoining the Queensland Children's Hospital). Research was also conducted at IHBI'
Medical Engineering Research Facility
(MERF), in the grounds of the

Prince Charles Hospital Prince Charles Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty'r Tywysog Siarl) is a district general hospital in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. History Construction of the first phase of the new hospital be ...

. The main facility was completed in June 2006 and forms part of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. Initial funding for capital works and equipment procurement was received from the Queensland Government, QUT and The Atlantic Philanthropies, a private charitable organisation. IHBI was disbanded in 2020, with the university deciding to move from an institute to a research centre model. QUT currently has a number of health-related research centres, including th
Centre for Biomedical TechnologiesCentre for Genomics and Personalised Health
an
Centre for Healthcare Transformation

Research focus

IHBI's research was divided into three cross-disciplinary research themes: #Health determinants and health systems, covering diabetes, mental health, disease prevention and health services research #Injury prevention and trauma management, including arthritis, orthopaedics, musculoskeletal care, tissue repair,

biofabrication Biofabrication is a branch of biotechnology specialising in the research and development of biologically engineered processes for the automated production of biologically functional products through bioprinting or bioassembly and subsequent ti ...

and road safety #Chronic disease and ageing, covering cancer, dementia, cardiovascular disease, vision impairment and infectious disease. These themes incorporated a number of research projects: from basic science through to clinical and commercial applications of technology. The bulk of these projects were funded not by IHBI itself, but by a range of federal, state and private philanthropic grants awarded to individual teams of researchers. The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (

CARRS-Q The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) is a research centre established in 1996. It is based at the Kelvin Grove campus of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Queensland, Australia and is part of the Fa ...

) was part of the Injury prevention and trauma management theme. Th
Australia China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
(ACCTERM) and th
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Additive Biomanufacturing
are also part of the Injury prevention and trauma management theme. Th
Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland
(APCRC-Q) was part of the Chronic disease and ageing theme, as part of its cancer research program.

References

External links

QUT Research
* - no longer available
Atlantic Philanthropies Media Release

CARRS-Q Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Institute Of Health And Biomedical Innovation Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology