The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is South Australia’s first independent flagship health and medical research institute. It’s home to more than 800 medical researchers working together to tackle the biggest health challenges in society today.

The team at SAHMRI believe in conducting inspired research that will lead to improved health outcomes for the community.

SAHMRI aspires to:

Deliver the right interventions, to the right people, at the right time in their lives to optimise health
Be translational and deliver health outcomes with global impact to communities
Provide a focus and leadership for health and medical research

Principal research areas
Aboriginal Health Equity
SAHMRI Women and Kids
Lifelong Health
Precision Medicine

Director
Professor Steve Wesselingh

Chair
Mr Raymond Spencer