Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2002: Units indexed by faculty
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Structure and organisation of the faculty

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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