Improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. What began in 1998 as a bold vision to improve community wellbeing in the Hunter Region of NSW has today evolved into a world-class institute with 1500 medical researchers, students, and support staff striving to prevent, treat and defeat a multitude of serious illnesses. Over 20 years later the health and wellbeing of the community remain at the heart of all we do. Delivering patient-focused translational research is our major goal, which means raising funds to seed fund start-up studies, support larger-scale research projects, fostering communication between scientists, clinicians and public health professionals, and attracting top health and medical specialists through collaboration with other leading institutes and industries to fast-track the provision of new and improved health solutions.