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Introduction to the faculty

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is a major and highly diverse faculty. It provides academic programs in medicine and many of the health sciences - nursing, public health, health services management, radiography and medical imaging, ambulance and paramedic studies, behavioural neuroscience, dietetics and nutrition - with a major commitment to biological and biomedical science and biotechnology.

The diversity of research disciplines in the faculty is reflected in its school structure. The faculty is divided into eight schools as follows:

Faculty schools

School of Applied Clinical and Public Health Sciences

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Monash Institute of Health Services Research

School of Biomedical Sciences

Anatomy and Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Microbiology
Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories
Pharmacology
Physiology

Central and Eastern Clinical School

Forensic Medicine (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine)
Medicine, The Alfred Hospital
Medicine, Box Hill Hospital
Immunology
Surgery, The Alfred Hospital

Southern Clinical School

Anaesthesia
Monash Institute of Medical Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Medicine, Monash Medical Centre
Paediatrics
Surgery, Monash Medical Centre

School of Nursing and Midwifery

School of Primary Health Care

Ambulance and Paramedic Studies
General Practice
Social Work

School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine

School of Rural Health

Faculty centres

Within the school structure there are also five centres:

Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (Monash Medical Centre)
Centre for Developmental Disability (with the University of Melbourne)
Centre for Health Services Operations Management
Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education

Monash Institutes of Health

The faculty is a driving partner in the Monash Institutes of Health (MIH), one of Australia’s leading medical and biomedical science research complexes. MIH draws together the major teaching hospitals of Monash University, the research of Monash University and seven outstanding medical research institutes:

Monash Institute of Medical Research
Monash Research Cluster for Biomedicine
Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research
Baker Heart Research Institute
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health
International Diabetes Institute
Monash Institute of Health Services Research