Research
concentrations
Research activities within the Division include those undertaken within our research concentrations:
- University-funded Research Institutes and Centres
- Cooperative Research Centres
- University-funded Research Groups
University-funded Research Institutes and Centres
Sansom Institute
The Sansom Institute represents a major development for the University, and brings together internationally prominent researchers in the areas of quality use of medicines and pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical science and molecular medicine.
Centre for Research into Sustainable Health Care
The Centre for Research into Sustainable Health Care provides a focal point for research programs aimed at the promotion and maintenance of understandings about good health, with particular emphasis on social and sustainable dimensions of health and health care.
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre
The Nutritional Physiology Research Centre represents a new association between the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia and the food industry. Its purpose is to provide a scientific basis for the optimisation of health by investigating the physiological mechanisms by which functional foods and targeted nutrient intakes can be used in conjunction with exercise programs to deliver health benefits.
Cooperative Research Centres
CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment provides a national strategic research capacity for the Australian water industry, focussed on issues relating to water quality management and health risk reduction, from catchment and reservoir management and water treatment to the distribution of drinking water to consumers' taps.
Research Groups
Centre for Allied Health Evidence
The Centre for Allied Health Evidence provides a unique opportunity to produce evidence-based solutions to allied health problems and ensure that treatment strategies are based on the best evidence and research available.
Centre for Applied Anthropometry
The Centre for Applied Anthropometry fosters research and scholarship in
the field of anthropometry, with particular attention to the new technology
of 3-D anthropometry.