• Unlocking the translational potential of the microbiome
  • Unlocking the translational potential of the microbiome

    The St George and Sutherland Medical Research Foundation has awarded six MRC Grants to accelerate microbiome research across several medical disciplines.

Current Research

OUR RESEARCH

Our research is highly collaborative and explores the role of the microbiome in several globally significant diseases. Our researchers combine their clinical and basic science expertise to answer pertinent questions and uncover the full potential of the microbiome in view of delivering novel patient-centric therapies and reducing the overall burden of disease.

We are studying several diseases that fall under the following five themes: cancer, women and children’s health, infection, immunity and inflammation, critical care and mental health and neuroscience.

We are particularly interested in gastrointestinal cancers including gastric, oesophageal and colorectal, liver cancer and skin cancer. We are also studying the role of the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease, Helicobacter pylori infection and its associated diseases, fatty liver disease, Alzheimer’s disease, pregnancy and pregnancy-related diseases, urogynecological diseases, thrombosis, schizophrenia and various autoimmune diseases.

CANCER CANCER

Gastric
Head and Neck
Colorectal
Liver
Breast
Pancreatic
Lung

WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Pregnancy
Infancy
Preeclampsia
Endometriosis
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

INFECTION IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION INFECTION IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION

Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Thrombosis
Autoimmune diseases
Kidney Disease
Liver Disease
Cardiovascular Disease
Macular Degeneration
Autism

CRITICAL CARE CRITICAL CARE

Sepsis

MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCE MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCE

Alzheimer’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease
Schizophrenia

Our Collaborators

THE MRC IS COLLABORATING WITH SEVERAL LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Local
The University of Newcastle
University of Wollongong
University of Technology Sydney
Western Sydney University 
The University of Sydney
ANSTO
Centenary Institute
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
NeuRa
St Vincent’s Hospital
Royal Prince Alfreds Hospital
Liverpool Hospital
Westmead Hospital
Concord Hospital
Royal North Shore Hospital
Wollongong Hospital
Sydney Children’s Hospital
Blacktown Hospital

 

National
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Monash University
The University of Melbourne
The University of Adelaide
University of Canberra
Australian National University

International
Zhejiang University
Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital Medical School
Fourth Military Medical University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
National Taiwan University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jichi Medical University
The University of Aberdeen
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Glasgow
University of Nottingham
University of Cambridge
Harvard University
New York University
Vanderbilt University
Aalborg University

 

Our Affiliates

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