Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is
renowned both nationally and internationally for leadership in teaching,
research and the delivery of clinical and public health services.
The faculty comprises the following seven schools (related teaching
departments, centres and institutes are shown in brackets):
Other
centres within the faculty include: Joint Centre for Developmental Disability,
Centre for Bioprocess Technology, Centre for Heart and Chest Research, Centre
of Medical Informatics, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash Ageing
Research Centre, Centre for Women's Health Research, Centre for Functional
Genomics and Human Disease, Centre for Urological Research MMC, Ritchie Centre
for Baby Health, Centre for Molecular Reproduction and Endocrinology, National
Centre for Coronial Information, Centre of Excellence in Food Quality, Safety
and Nutrition, Van Cleef/Roet Centre for Nervous Diseases, Centre for Study of
Ethics in Medicine and Society, Eastern Clinical Research Unit, Centre for
Developmental Psychiatry, Centre for Women's Mental Health Studies, Centre for
Health Services Operations Management, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences
Education, Monash Institute of Health, Centre for Neurosciences and the Centre
for Population Health and Nutrition. The faculty also has strong links with
research institutes such as the Baker Medical Research Institute (Alfred
Hospital), The Prince Henry's Institute for Medical Research (Monash Medical
Centre), the Mental Health Research Institute (Royal Park Hospital), and the
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research.
In total, the faculty operates in more than 120 practices and 60 hospitals. The
faculty board governs the academic operations of the faculty. The dean is the
chairperson of the faculty board and has administrative responsibility for the
faculty. The director of resources, in conjunction with heads of schools,
supports the dean with administrative and resource management matters. The
associate deans, director, academic programs, and the deputy dean provide
assistance with academic and student matters. Teaching in the hospitals and
other clinical settings is coordinated through the offices of the assistant
deans (clinical) and the hospital clinical deans. Heads of schools, in
conjunction with heads of departments and directors of centres and institutes,
provide academic leadership within their disciplines and are responsible for
the management of staff and resources. Heads and directors, together with all
other professors, play a significant role in the overall academic activities of
the faculty.
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