Festivities for the Doherty’s 10-year anniversary are in full-swing this week, with a special event kicking off celebrations at Parliament House.
Minister for Health and Aged Care The Honourable Mark Butler and Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care The Honourable Anne Ruston joined the Doherty Institute staff members to mark a decade of excellence in infection and immunity research, education and public health.
The University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital partnered in 2014 to establish the Doherty Institute as a joint venture to find solutions to treat, prevent and cure infectious diseases. The vision was for a centre of excellence where leading scientists and clinicians collaborate to improve human health globally.
Ten years later, the Doherty Institute is now internally renowned as a leader in infection and immunity.
Addressing the Doherty Institute community in his speech, Minister Butler said: “For 10 years, 700 of you have worked really pushing the frontiers of infectious disease, obviously not just COVID... I hope you take some time to pat yourselves on the back at an extraordinary 10 years, particularly that period where you made such a contribution to the global fight against COVID and our own national fight.”
Senator Ruston complimented the joint venture model, in which researchers across the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne come together at the Doherty Institute.
“The idea that collaboration, coordination, not working in silos, getting everybody together... is clearly the secret to your success.“ We look forward to many more years of infection and immunity excellence.
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