{{Short description|Research centre in Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox institute | name = South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute | image = SAHMRI Adelaide building.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | image_size = 240px | caption = The northeast face of the SAHMRI building in May 2014 | latin_name = | motto = | founder = {{unbulleted list|Flinders University|University of Adelaide|University of South Australia}} | established = {{start date|2009|12|df=y}} | mission = | focus = Medical research | president = | ceo = | chairman = | head_label = Executive Director | head = Professor Steve Wesselingh | faculty = {{unbulleted list|Royal Adelaide Hospital}} | adjunct_faculty = | staff = approximately 700 | key_people = Steve Wesselingh | budget = | endowment = | debt = | num_members = | subsidiaries = | owner = | non-profit_slogan = | former_name = | location = | city = Adelaide | state = South Australia | province = | country = Australia | coor = {{nowrap|{{coord|34.921269|S|138.589728|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}}} | address =North Terrace | website = {{URL|http://www.sahmri.org}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} The '''South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute''' ('''SAHMRI''') is an independent health and medical research institute in Adelaide, South Australia. The institute is housed in a purpose-built eponymous building with its iconic "cheese-grater" design created by architects Woods Bagot, located in South Australia's health and biomedical precinct on North Terrace, just east of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The institute is composed of approximately 700 researchers, many of whom have links to, and work collaboratively with, other research institutes in Australia and overseas.
thumb|right|The southern face of the SAHMRI building in February 2014 The institute was officially incorporated in December 2009, and opened in its current location on 29 November 2013. A second building (SAHMRI 2) is under construction as of August 2022, and will house the '''Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy & Research''' after its completion, scheduled in late 2023.
== Establishment == In 2007 the South Australian Government commissioned the ''Review of Health and Medical Research in South Australia.'' The review was conducted by Professor John Shine and Alan Young. In May 2008 the review recommended that the South Australian Government establish a new health and medical research institute, and a fund to finance the institute.
The South Australian Government committed to establish the institute, and the Australian Government provided A$200 million to help build the institute's building. The institute was incorporated in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahmri.com/about-us/our-story|title=Our Story {{!}} SAHMRI|website=www.sahmri.com|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
== Governance == SAHMRI is governed by a nine-person board which includes representatives of South Australia's three universities: Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. SAHMRI's inaugural executive director since 2011 is Professor Steve Wesselingh.<ref name=board>{{cite web | title=Our board | website=SAHMRI | url=http://www.sahmri.org/our-board/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>
The institute was officially incorporated in December 2009.<ref name=open>{{Cite news |title=SA's $200m medical research institute officially opened by Prime Minister and Premier |work=ABC News 24 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=29 November 2013 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-29/sa-medical-research-institute-opens-after-three-years/5125228 |accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>
==Researchers== The institute is composed of approximately 700 researchers, many of whom have links to, and work collaboratively with, other research institutes in Australia and overseas.<ref name=who>{{cite web | title=Who we are | website=SAHMRI | url=http://www.sahmri.org/who-we-are/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>
==Buildings== ===SAHMRI 1=== After nearly four years of construction, the institute opened in its new building on 29 November 2013.<ref name=open/> Woods Bagot, architects of the first SAHMRI building, with its iconic "cheese-grater" style,<ref name=indaily2020>{{cite web | title=Proton therapy focus of 'SAHMRI 2'|first=Andrew|last=Spence | website=InDaily | date=10 June 2020 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/local/2020/06/10/proton-therapy-focus-of-sahmri-2/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> won several awards in the 2014 South Australian Architecture Awards, awarded by the Australian Institute of Architects. The firm received the Keith Neighbour Award for Commercial Architecture, the Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture, the Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture, and the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iconic and Innovative – SAHMRI stitches up the competition at SA Architecture Awards |url=http://wp.architecture.com.au/news-media/iconic-and-innovative-sahmri-stitches-up-the-competition-at-sa-architecture-awards |publisher=Australian Institute of Architects |accessdate=23 November 2015 |date=7 July 2014 |work=South Australian Chapter News}}</ref>
The building was mainly funded by the federal government ({{AUD|200 million}}), with the state government putting in {{AUD|85 million}} into the project, which would also go towards running costs.<ref name=open/>
===SAHMRI 2===
Construction of the SAHMRI 2 building, which will house the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy & Research, starts in July 2020. This will be the first proton therapy unit in Australia, treating cancer patients with the advanced precision radiation treatment. The building is scheduled to be completed in 2023, with the first patients seen in 2025. Like the first building, SAHMRI 2 has also been designed by Woods Bagot. The federal government is providing {{AUD|68m}} and the state government {{AUD|47.4m}} towards the {{AUD|500m}} project, part of which will be spent on relocating the Train Control Centre to Dry Creek. The new building will be adjacent to the University of Adelaide's Health & Medical Science Building, opened in 2017, on its eastern side.<ref name=indaily2020/>
==Funding== The operational costs of running the institute have been funded by a combination of various government grants, mainly through the National Health and Medical Research Council (for example, a total of {{AUD|34,354,553}} in 2017)<ref>{{cite web | title=Research excellence secures NHMRC funding for SAHMRI | website=SAHMRI | date=6 December 2017 | url=http://www.sahmri.org/sahmri-theme/news-178/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> and various other sources. The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Trust was registered as a charitable trust on 23 November 2015,<ref>{{cite web | title=South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Trust | website=Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission | date=23 May 2020 | url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/2ff5d374b58884c2e45b79facab27ad9#history | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> and the Institute is supported by a variety of corporate sponsors, private philanthropists and philanthropic foundations.<ref name=sponsors>{{cite web | title=Our Philanthropic Partners | website=SAHMRI | url=http://www.sahmri.org/our-philanthropic-partners/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> In December 2018, {{AUD|12m}} in grant funding was announced by the government to support research in Aboriginal health, infection and immunity, and cancer.<ref>{{cite web | title=SAHMRI researchers receive $12M funding boost for discovery and translational research | website=SAHMRI | date=12 December 2018 | url=http://www.sahmri.org/sahmri-theme/news-230/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> In August 2019, additional funding of more than {{AUD|10.5 million}} over five years was announced by the NHMRC.<ref name="SAHMRI 2019">{{cite web | title=$10m funding to help SAHMRI strive for healthier futures | website=SAHMRI | date=29 August 2019 | url=http://www.sahmri.org/sahmri-theme/news-264/ | access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|South Australia|Biology}} *Health in Australia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.sahmri.com|SAHMRI}} *{{Official website|https://www.australianbraggcentre.com/|Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy}}
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