Members

Children's Medical Research Institute (NSW)

214 Hawkesbury Road
Westmead NSW 2145
(Locked Bag 23 Wentworthville NSW 2145)
02 9687 2800
info@cmri.org.au
www.cmri.com.au

Director: Prof Roger Reddel
Deputy Director: Prof Patrick Tam
Administration Manager: Mr Stephen Ryall
Operations Manager: Mr Greg Craig

Principal Affiliations
University of Sydney
Children's Hospital Westmead
Westmead Hospital

Principal Areas of Research
Cancer research
Embryology
Nerve cell signalling
Gene therapy

Major Current Research
Why cancers are capable of unlimited growth

How tumours such as brain tumours, sarcomas, and neuroblastomas develop

Understanding how p53 and related genes protect against cancer

Developing anti-cancer drugs that target the very last step in cell division

How embryos develop and why birth defects occur

Rett syndrome

How nerve cells control transmission of messages

Development of new anti-epilepsy drugs

Improved methods for delivering genes to tissues

Development of new genetic therapies

Correcting inherited liver diseases in children