Department of Paediatrics
Department of Paediatrics
The Department of Paediatrics, within the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health (SCS), is based at Monash Children's Hospital, a dedicated 230-bed state-of-the-art facility.
The Department of Paediatrics educates over 500 students across Melbourne and the Peninsula, Gippsland and North West Victoria and at the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Malaysia.
On the same site is the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP), The Ritchie Centre; the largest perinatal research centre in Australia, Hudson Insitute of Medical Research and Monash Health. At Monash University's many sites are research partners working at the Turner Institute in the School of Psychology, the School of General Practice and Allied Health and the School of Population Health. Co-location and partnerships provide our students and laboratory, data and clinical scientists, with unparalleled opportunities to discover, innovate and deliver better health care from conception to the adult years.
Find out more about us and meet our Head of Department Professor Katrina Williams.
Available Graduate Research projects
Considering Honours, Masters or PhD research? Here you can find many exciting projects from fundamental physiological mechanisms through to clinical applications, population health and health services.
Donate to Paediatrics Research
The research we conduct in the Department of Paediatrics spans basic laboratory discovery research through to clinical and population health research, and covers the age spectrum from conception to adolescence, and the entire lifespan. Dontate to our research (In the link, please select "Paediatrics Research" for "Area of giving").
For parents
Visit the Monash Children's Hospital website for all specialist services and programs.