Health & Medical Research Building

New Health & Medical
Research Building
Opening 2024

Health & Medical Research Building at Flinders Village

Flinders University is investing in a world-class Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB) for Southern Adelaide. As a leading biomedical research facility, it will enable collaboration between researchers, healthcare and industry partners, translating world-class research into improved community healthcare outcomes.

Having led the field in medicine, health and care for nearly 50 years, this significant investment will support Flinders’ ambitious research growth agenda as we build on our reputation as one of Australia’s premier health and medical research universities.

Beyond the immediate benefits to medical research and the well-being of all South Australians, this exciting development will help attract the best minds from interstate and overseas, supporting South Australia’s economic growth and Adelaide’s international position as a BioMed City.

The building is an exciting development that will be at the heart of Flinders’ vibrant health, medical research, education, and lifestyle precinct at Flinders Village.

FAST FACTS

Project delivery date, Q2 2024

Accommodates staff from Flinders’ Colleges of Medicine and Public Health and Nursing and Health Sciences.

Located just 50m from the Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders Private Hospital, the facility provides a unique relationship between research, education, clinical expertise and community.

Building

First building in the Flinders Village - 22,000sqm building spanning 10 storeys.

Features state-of-the-art research and staff spaces, seminar area, public spaces and a ground floor cafe.

Jobs

Creating 750 jobs over 2.5 years

Part of a 20,000 strong employment hub ~670 people in the building

Investment

$255million project set to activate the $1.1billion economic value of Flinders Village.

Research

Large investment that supports our research uplift and ambitious growth agenda - we will be a premier University in health and medical research.

Research is a fundamental cornerstone of our mission as a University. Through research, and research-led teaching, we build and develop the knowledge and capabilities that improve lives and enhance society as a whole.

Find out how you can contribute to the new building and our medical research.

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Pioneers in health

Flinders has a long, proud history as a pioneer in integrated health. Ours is the first medical school in the nation to be integrated into a public hospital with a health and education precinct that includes the state’s busiest hospital, educates the majority of the state’s medical workforce and contributes to a substantial proportion of the state’s biomedical research. The HMRB will build on Flinders’ reputation as the largest integrated academic hospital campus in South Australia.

Designed for Life

The new facility will provide a focus for education and life-long learning, leveraging academic and research opportunities, and providing platforms for collaboration, innovation and the exchange of knowledge.

The Research, Education, Development (RED) Hub provides a program of education development and support from undergraduate to Professor. The RED Hub will have a new interactive and vibrant physical home in the building.

Incorporating best practice sustainability thinking, the building will include water conservation, renewable energy and smart building design and is aiming for both WELL Building Institute and LEEDS ratings.

The landscaping will respect traditional ways with use of Indigenous bush medicine plants, integrated art and design and will be a welcoming place for all.

Stronger Connections

Located 50 metres from the Flinders Medical Centre, The HMRB will energise southern Adelaide, unlocking significant research, catalysing economic growth. Within the HMRB, our strategic partnerships will enable even stronger connections to southern Adelaide, rural South Australia and the Northern Territory, increasing the breadth of SA’s health and medical research network.

Powering Research

We will translate our world-class research into local community healthcare outcomes and support the next generation of health and medical researchers in SA as we showcase Flinders’ areas of research on the world stage.

These areas include public health, vision science, neuroscience, mental health, ageing, Indigenous health, primary care, gastroenterology, diabetes, chronic disease, maternal and child health, health and social care economics, pain, cancer, cardiovascular health and infection and immunity.

Flinders Village

Seamlessly connected to Flinders University at Tonsley and Flinders in the CBD by the new Flinders train station, HMRB is the first stage and centrepiece of our Flinders Village development – Adelaide’s largest fully integrated education, research and health care precinct.

Indigenous health

Flinders recognises that social equity is essential, including supporting Indigenous communities.

Poor health for all Australians is a significant issue and researchers working and collaborating across many disciplines across HMRB will work to improve outcomes and reverse the statistics.

Further reinforcing our commitment to Indigenous health and our important relationship with the Kaurna community, the building’s narrative will reflect Rainbow Country, captured in the colour palette evocative of the vibrant sands of the Kaurna Yarta, developed in consultation with Kaurna Senior Elder-in-Residence Uncle Lewis Yarluburka O’Brien.