Children's Medical Research Institute
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Cancer;
Epilepsy;
Birth defects
| Established | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Research type | Medical research |
Field of research | Genetic research; Cancer; Epilepsy; Birth defects |
| Director | Professor Roger Reddel AO FAA |
| Address | 214 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead NSW 2145 |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33°48′05″S 150°59′32″E / 33.80139°S 150.99222°E |
| Campus | Westmead |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | cmri |
Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an Australian medical research institute located in Westmead that conducts research into children's genetic diseases. As of 2019[update], current research is focused on cancer, birth defects, neurological conditions such as epilepsy, and gene therapy.[1]
Much of CMRI's cancer research focuses on telomeres (including telomerase) and the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) mechanism, which was discovered at CMRI in 1997.[2]
The foundation was founded by Professor Lorimer Dods, who was Australia's first professor of children's health, and Sir John Fulton. The foundation raised a lot of money from early telethons in Australia.[3] Dods eventually gave up his teaching role at the University of Sydney to work with the foundation.[4] In 1968 one of the foundations supporters, Glynde Nesta Griffiths who was a writer, died and she left her estate of £300,000 to the foundation.[5]
The director of the foundation is "the Lorimer Dods Professor".[4]
