New Academic Health Sciences Centre at Macquarie University

In a  step to establish an Academic Health Sciences Centre, Macquarie University has created a new Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton  announced the creation of the new Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University today. It is a partnership between the university and healthcare providers, with an integrated approach to research, clinical services, education and training. This research and healthcare model is used by many of the world's leading academic institutions and hospitals, including Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, UCLA, Mayo Clinic and many others in the United States.
“Over recent years, Macquarie has made major investments in targeted areas that have strong external relationships, e.g. medicine, healthcare and hearing. We need to consolidate and expand these investments,” wrote Professor Dowton. “Therefore, we will extend our engagements locally and beyond by delivering Australia’s first university-led academic health campus to bring education, bio-medical and translational research together with state-of-the-art clinical care.”