Our research

Our research - Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

Unravelling human health and disease, and advancing delivery and efficacy of medicines

The School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science is home to three dedicated research centres, focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of diseases, developing innovative pharmaceuticals, and using health data to improve medicine use and healthcare accessibility for everyone.

Our diverse research programs seek to unravel human health and disease, and advance the delivery and efficacy of innovative medicines by understanding their interactions within the body.

Our research spans areas including:

  • Aboriginal Knowledge and Medicine
  • Cancer and supportive oncology
  • Cardiovascular health
  • Clinical pharmacology
  • Digital health
  • Drug use and addiction
  • Drug discovery and development
  • Evidence translation and health policy
  • Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics
  • Genetics and genomics
  • Healthy ageing
  • Health and biomedical education
  • Health literacy and digital health
  • Infectious diseases
  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Mental health
  • Musculoskeletal health
  • Neuroscience
  • Neurological injury and disease
  • Pharmaceutical sciences
  • Pharmacy practice and therapeutics
  • Proteomics
  • Reproduction and developmental biology

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science Research Centres

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Centre for Pharmaceutical Innovation (CPI)

Delivering better medicines for a healthier world.

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Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre (QUMPRC)

Improving the use of medicines for everyday people through large-scale data analysis and translation of evidence into policy and practice.

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Australian Centre for Epigenetics (ACE)

Unravelling the epigenetic mechanisms in cell fate, and their influence in healthy development and disease.

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School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

Location

Location
College of Health
Adelaide University 
Adelaide City Campus, Adelaide SA 5005

Telephone

Phone: 83135109

Email

Email: Dean.SPBS@adelaide.edu.au