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The school's research focuses on diverse issues relevant to primary health care and general practice, reflecting the variety of expertise among the academic team of social scientists, health educators and medical and allied health practitioners.
The departments in the school include:
We are one of three clinical schools within the Faculty. The school's activities within Eastern Health cover a wide area of Melbourne, including seven hospitals, four residential care facilities, multiple community-based rehabilitation and transition care facilities, seven mental health facilities, a community health service, and two state wide services (Spectrum Borderline Personality Disorder Service and Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre).
The main research unit is the Eastern Clinical Research Unit, and the ECRU Translational Research Division , is the development arm of ECRU which conducts a number of translational research projects in multiple disciplines.
Our internationally recognised medical training provides world class education in foundations of medicine such as Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Neurosciences, and clinical training in all disciplines including Medicine, Surgery, Women's and Children's Health, Mental Health, Primary Health and Rural Health. Our program is designed for those committed to professional training and academic excellence as well as personal and professional development.
The School of Biomedical Sciences is a part of the Sub-Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute. Our talented scientists conduct research in cancer, cardiovascular disease, development and stem cells, drug discovery, immunology, infection, metabolism and obesity, neuroscience and structural biology.
The departments in the school include:
The mission of the school is to be one of the finest and most innovative Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Australia. It aims to embrace excellence in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level locally, nationally and internationally. Through collaboration, it will develop a clearly focussed and competitive practice-based research profile that will be highly regarded by the profession and by industry. Find out more about the school's research focus areas.
The school's research focuses on diverse issues relevant to primary health care and general practice, reflecting the variety of expertise amongst the academic team of social scientists, health educators and medical and allied health practitioners.
The departments in the school include:
The School of Psychological Sciences is ranked among the best in the world, the school's mission is to develop students and research outcomes that make significant contributions to improving the lives of others globally.
The school emphasises expertise in large epidemiological studies, multicentre clinical trials, clinical registries, evidence synthesis and health social science. Continued collaborative work with the major Monash affiliated hospitals, research institutes and public health units within Victoria, ensures the school provides a key resource underpinning translational research within our Faculty.
The School's divisions are divided into clinical and methodological streams:
Clinical streams:
Methodological streams:
The School of Rural Health is committed to improved health outcomes in rural communities, and a sustainable rural health workforce. With eight clinical teaching sites, our footprint stretches from Mildura in the north-west to Bairnsdale in the south-east. The school delivers the Monash MD in our rural and regional sites across Victoria. Year A of the Monash School of Medicine's graduate entry MD program is based at the school's Churchill site.
The school is co-located with The Alfred hospital and is an integral part of the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP). STM is a centre for clinical and biomedical research and education and a core hub for translational research and medicine, covering a great breadth of subject areas.
The departments in the school include: