About us

Our vision

Our vision is to advance the future of brain and mental health through transformative research.

This aspiration reflects both the urgency of global brain and mental health challenges and the Turner Institute's commitment to pioneering innovative solutions.

By focusing on transformative research, we aim to achieve world-class scientific discoveries that create real-world impact, improve lives, and shape the future of brain and mental health care.

This vision guides our strategic direction, research priorities, and mission as a leader in brain and mental health research.


Professor Mark Bellgrove
Director, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health

Turner Institute Strategic Plan 2025-2028

The Turner continues to make a significant impact in transforming brain and mental health through world-leading research, innovation, training, and community engagement. Explore our Strategic Plan to learn more.

Download the Strategic Plan 2025-2028 (PDF, 8.05 MB)

Our research priorities

  • Our five core research priorities guide how we approach our research, how we interact with and collaborate with others and how we translate our findings into the community.

  • Excellence & Innovation

    We strive to push the boundaries of knowledge through ground-breaking research that addresses urgent challenges in brain and mental health. Our commitment to excellence fosters a culture of scientific rigour and innovation, ensuring the Institute remains at the forefront of research.

  • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

    We are committed to cultivating equitable research environments that embrace diversity and foster inclusion in both our research teams and the research we conduct. We value all voices and actively work to ensure we produce outcomes that benefit diverse communities.

  • Supporting Emerging Leaders

    We prioritise the development of the next generation of research leaders by providing targeted support and mentorship. Through nurturing the potential of our emerging leaders, we ensure a strong future for research across our disciplines.

  • Community & Lived Experience

    We engage meaningfully with people with lived experience and the broader community, recognising the importance of diverse perspectives in shaping research that is relevant, impactful and responsive to real-world needs.

  • Translation & Impact

    We are committed to translating research into practice and ensuring that our scientific discoveries are effectively communicated. This includes ensuring our research influences clinical practice, informs policy, and contributes to broader societal impact.

About the Turner Institute and David Winston Turner

The Gift
Thanks to the generosity of the late David Winston Turner, Monash University was the recipient of Australia's largest single gift to mental health in October 2018, and is one step closer to providing ground breaking research, training and treatment solutions for brain and mental health conditions. The Turner Institute is the first ever research institute at the University to take its name and inspiration from a Monash graduate and benefactor.

David Winston Turner
David Winston Turner was an economics graduate of Monash University. He left generous provision in his will to establish the David Winston Turner Endowment Fund to support mental health research. Thanks to his vision our work is entering its most exciting phase yet and is making a significant difference to the lives of people in our communities.

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