P006194 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-01-15 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2025-11-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006194b.htm corporateBody Murdoch Children's Research Institute AACR2 MCRI 1986 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) was established in 1986 by Professor David Danks with the support of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. The MCRI works on the treatment and prevention of childhood conditions. MCRI describes its key research areas as: infection and immunity, cell biology, clinical sciences, genetics and population health. The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (2009 - )

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute is part of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

 North, Kathryn Nance

Executive Director 2013 -

 Bishop, Ruth Frances (1933 - 2022)

Senior Principal Research Fellow 1999 - 2009; Honorary Fellow 2009 - 2015

 Williamson, Robert (Bob) (1938 - )

Director 1995 - 2004

 Little, Melissa Helen (1963 - )

Theme Director, Cell Biology, Kidney Research Laboratory 2015 - 2021; received the Director's Award 2015

 Bowes, Glenn (1948 - 2025)

Director 2003 - 2007

 Berkovic, Samuel Frank (1952 - )

Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Bruce Lefroy Centre 2005 - 2010

 Danks, David (1931 - 2003) 1986

David Danks was a key founder and founding director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

 Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Office (c. 2019 - ) 2019

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute is part of the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Leadership group.

 'Murdoch Children's Research Institute', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Murdoch Children's Research Institute Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Hardware and Health: The Danks family of Melbourne with special emphasis on Professor David Danks, 'Father of Clinical Genetics in Australia' and founder of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Rasmussen, Carolyn Hardware and Health: The Danks family of Melbourne with special emphasis on Professor David Danks, 'Father of Clinical Genetics in Australia' and founder of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute 2009 Royal Historical Society of Victoria Resource: Pictures Of Standard Syndromes and Undiagnosed Malformations (POSSUM) Pictures Of Standard Syndromes and Undiagnosed Malformations (POSSUM) Murdoch Children's Research Institute 1972