Commemorating Savant Thakur - One Year On
Applications for the Savant Thakur Memorial Scholarship are now open
- COVID-19 Announcement
The University’s latest update and response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, including student support information.
- Meet Our Talent
Meet our biomedicine students, world-class researchers and teaching talent, plus find out where our incredible graduates are now.
- Graduate Research
We are passionate about training and mentoring the next generation of biomedical scientists. Start your research career with us.
- Our Centres
Bridging the gap between discovery science and translation into clinical and population settings.
Welcome to the School of Biomedical Sciences
Together we are growing the next generation of biomedical scientists, doctors and health professionals right in the heart of the southern hemisphere’s largest biomedical precinct.
“This is an exciting time for biomedicine worldwide, and the School of Biomedical Sciences is at the forefront of teaching and research with an ultimate aim of advancing human health.”
– Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka, Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences.
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Friday 3:30pm - 12:00amSchool of Biomedical Sciences | Departmental Seminars
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Why you're living in the greatest era of scientific discovery
It's National Science Week - and many of the School's leading researchers share their latest advances from COVID-19 trials to tissue-chip technology, and everything in between.
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PODCAST: Why are there so few drugs to treat viruses?
On the latest episode of Eavesdrop on Experts, A/Prof Stuart Ralph and Dr Craig Morton explain why we have effective drugs for bacterial diseases, but relatively few for combating viruses.
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Funding boost for COVID-19 researchers
Leading researchers in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Doherty Institute to benefit from the Vic Government’s latest COVID-19 Research Fund injection.
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The enemy within: Safeguarding against the spread of intracellular bacteria
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Sciences have identified the multiple, intertwined cell death systems that prevent the spread of the ‘intracellular’ bacterium Salmonella.
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Life Beyond Biomedicine. Where Will Your Degree Take You?
Join us for the SBS Careers Webinar on 18 August where our alumni panel will look at the current focus on Biomedical Science in society and our everyday lives.
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Tuesday 11:30am - 12:00pmBYO coffee with incoming Head of School Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka
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UK journal publishes Savant Thakur’s final work
The Company of Biologists Ltd shares the late PhD candidate’s important findings on muscle development and repair.
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E-meet a (Biomedical) Scientist 2020
From the lab to the classroom. Meet our experts talking all things biomedical sciences LIVE and ONLINE with high school students as part of National Science Week – 17 to 21 August 2020.
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MJ Gething: supporting research momentum in ECRs
Early Career Researcher, Dr Jaime Foong from the Dept of Physiology receives MJ Gething Award.
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Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka new Head of School
On Monday 3 August, Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka, a leading vascular biologist, will take the helm at the School of Biomedical Sciences.
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Eponyms – and renaming body parts
A/Prof Quentin Fogg from the Dept of Anatomy and Neuroscience discusses the push for changes to medical terms on 3AW Drive.
The School of Biomedical Sciences is part of the largest biomedical precinct in the southern hemisphere. Outstanding facilities and commitment to discovery makes the School in demand among the brightest minds in biomedical research.
Graduate Research at MDHS
A resource for students and supervisors seeking up to date information about policies and procedures
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Research Themes
The School’s research span across several broad research themes, enabling collaboration, bringing together researchers from a wide range of biomedical sciences and health disciplines.
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Research Groups
The School has more than 85 research groups contributing to world-changing research and dedicated to advancing human health.
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Graduate Research
We are passionate about training and mentoring the next generation of biomedical scientists. Start your research career with us.
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Research Services
The School of Biomedical Sciences has a number of services available to the research community. Find out how our services, facilities and equipment can accelerate your research.
The Biomedical Precinct
The School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Melbourne is part of the largest biomedical precinct in the southern hemisphere. It is a hub of innovation, exceptional collaboration opportunities and cutting-edge facilities.
Early-Mid Career Researchers Association
Supporting postdoctoral researchers in the School, EMCRA offers networking opportunities and an annual collaborative seed-funding grant: the EMCRA Collaborative Award.
Research in the Faculty
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is Australia's largest biomedical research faculty. We employ more than 1500 academic staff, 4000 honorary staff and 1500 graduate researchers undertaking world class research across a wide range of health and social issues in a diverse range of research settings. Researchers are located at key sites across Victoria, with more conducting research around the world. These renowned experts from every field can be found in labs, hospitals, affiliated research institutes and all across the wider community.
Information and support tools for Faculty staff are available on the Faculty intranet.Study at the School of Biomedical Sciences
Are you inspired by the health experts guiding us through the current pandemic? Would you like to be one of them?
Whether you want to be the public health expert who advises on policy and communications, the doctor, physiotherapist or nurse who treats patients, or the researcher or biomedical scientist who develops a vaccine – the University of Melbourne’s Bachelor of Biomedicine is the best place to start.
No matter what professional health career you pursue – or, if you have a pathway like law, engineering or business in mind – choose from 15 majors and begin your journey here.
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Degrees
Our degrees, taught by our world-renowned academics are the perfect way to begin in the field of biomedical sciences.
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Current Students
Resources and further information for current students in Biomedical Sciences.
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Graduate Research
Prospective PhD and MPhil students should visit our Research pages for more information on Graduate Research in the School of Biomedical Sciences.
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Scholarships, Bursaries and Prizes
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offer an extensive range of scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students.
Honours & Masters by Coursework
The School's degrees each have an advanced coursework component and a research project and are grouped together for your convenience:
Meet Our Talent
Meet some of our talented biomedicine students, our world-class researchers and teaching talent, and find out where our incredible graduates are now.
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Alumni
Our alumni community brings together health professionals from around the world. Stay connected with this global network.
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Support
Our alumni and donors enrich our School’s work in many ways. From creating scholarships, supporting ground-breaking research to building partnerships and community engagement.
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Partners
Collaboration with industry, other institutions and research organisations, the community, not-for-profits and government means research outcomes in our School can have a global impact.
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Community
The School of Biomedical Sciences includes some of the University’s - and Victoria’s - most historically renowned departments, hosting a number of unique programs of community and scientific interest.
The Biomedical Precinct
The School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Melbourne is part of the largest biomedical precinct in the southern hemisphere. It is a hub of innovation, exceptional collaboration opportunities and cutting-edge facilities.
Welcome to the School of Biomedical Sciences
One of the University’s largest and fastest growing Schools, this is home to the next generation of biomedical scientists, doctors and health professionals. As part of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences since 2015, the School has 85 research groups, across five departments, awarding-winning teachers and more than 2500 equivalent full-time student enrolments each year. Our mission – to advance human health in Australia, and beyond.
Head of School's Welcome
Leading vascular biologist and former Head of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Professor Wilkinson-Berka was appointed Head of School in August 2020, following Professor Ian van Driel (Interim) and the inaugural Head, immunologist Professor Fabienne Mackay.
With pre-clinical research leading to a discovery that the blockage of the hormone angiotensin II reduces retinal vascular disease, Professor Wilkinson-Berka’s work contributed to the world’s largest clinical trial evaluating angiotensin II inhibition in diabetic retinopathy.
Around the Biomedical Precinct
The School is part of the largest biomedical precinct in the southern hemisphere. It’s a hub of innovation, exceptional collaboration opportunities and cutting-edge facilities. With more than 40 hospitals, research, teaching and biotechnology organisations – and 10,000 researchers engaged in breakthrough biomedical and healthcare projects – the precinct attracts many of the brightest minds in the country, and the world.
School Executive Team
Pictured (left to right): Front row – Prof Erica Fletcher, Prof Gary Hime, Prof Fabienne Mackay, Prof Daniel Hoyer, Ms Belinda Bain
Back row – Prof Matt Watt, Prof David Williams, Prof Andrew Brooks, Prof Ian van Driel
Contact us
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