Centre for Children’s Health Research (CCHR)
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Queensland Government
Queensland’s first fully-integrated research facility focused on child and adolescent health research. It is an integrated hub of specialist knowledge dedicated to improving the health of children, and facilitating best opportunities for collaborative research projects. The nine-level centre houses wet and dry laboratories, pathology services, a gait laboratory, a nutrition laboratory and the Queensland Children’s Tumour Bank, funded by the Children’s Hospital Foundation, which provides a tissue repository for national and international cancer research. The Centre also houses the Queensland Children’s Motion Analysis Service and the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre. CCHR is a partnership between Queensland Health, the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland.
- Website
- https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/research/our-research/centre-childrens-health-research/
- Organisation type
- Queensland Government – Agency
- Queensland Government – Partner
- Number of research staff
- 20-100 research staff
- Address
- 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Strengths and capabilities
- Oncology
- Paediatric critical care
- Infectious diseases
- Child protection and forensic medical services
- Cardiology and cardiac surgery
- Burns and trauma
- Palliative care
- Paediatric emergency research
- Diabetes and endocrinology
- Respiratory research
Facilities and major equipment
- wet and dry laboratories
- gait laboratory
- nutrition laboratory
- Queensland Children’s Tumour Bank
- Queensland Children’s Motion Analysis Service
- Children’s Nutrition Research Centre
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