About
QIMR Berghofer Clinical Trials is dedicated to propelling advancements in healthcare outcomes and facilitating access to cutting-edge medicine. Our unwavering commitment to impactful medical research is at the forefront of our mission, driving us to contribute to better health and wellbeing worldwide.
Ensuring Participant Safety and Data Integrity
Central to our ethos is a steadfast focus on participant safety and data integrity. Through rigorous protocols and meticulous attention to detail, we embed quality and reliability into every aspect of our research endeavours, ensuring the validity and impact of our findings.
A Hub of Collaborative Excellence
Nestled within the vibrant Herston Health precinct in Brisbane, Queensland, we are privileged to be surrounded by esteemed institutions such as the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH), University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), and the Herston Imaging Research Facility (HIRF). This unique environment fosters unparalleled opportunities for shared resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, and transformative clinical partnerships, amplifying the impact of our collective efforts on healthcare innovation. Learn more about the Herston Health precinct.
In pursuing our vision for better health and wellbeing, we stand as a beacon of innovation and excellence in clinical research, continually pushing the boundaries of medical knowledge and paving the way for a healthier, brighter future.
Learn more at our Clinical Trials page.
Services
Clinical trials are studies that help determine if new ways of preventing, screening, diagnosing, or treating health issues are better and safer than current methods. Volunteers/patients participate to test these new approaches and see if they cause any side effects or problems. If successful, the new method could become available to everyone. Some trials compare different existing methods to find out which one works best. These trials are crucial for turning scientific discoveries into better health outcomes. At QIMR Berghofer, we specialise in conducting these trials across various health conditions like cancer, chronic diseases, mental health, and infectious diseases. Our focus is on ensuring participant safety and maintaining the quality and reliability of the research data. We aim to discover improved ways to prevent, detect, and treat health issues, ultimately enhancing patients' experiences and wellbeing.
QIMR Berghofer has earned its place as one of Australia’s top medical research institutes well-known for its ground-breaking and transformative health discoveries. Our clinical trials are at the forefront of delivering better health outcomes through impactful medical research. Our primary objective is quality, impactful research with embedded data integrity and participant safety.
Our team of experienced trial support specialists guide and advise researchers through the lifecycle of the trial to close-out. With a well-established clinical trial quality management framework as the foundation for robust and reliable trials, our trial specialists provide a wealth of experience and scientific knowledge in supporting researchers throughout their trial. Access to specialist trial support services makes us an attractive clinical trial partner.
The suite of complementary services include:
We have partnered with Florence Healthcare to establish an electronic Clinical Trial Master File/Investigator Site File to ensure we maintain appropriate oversight as a clinical trial sponsor.
We collaborate with clinical, academic and community sites across Queensland and throughout Australia to conduct our trials in a safe and compliant manner. Ensuring our participants' safety is facilitated through experienced principal investigators, independent medical monitors, and Data and Safety Monitoring boards that we are able to achieve because of QIMR Berghofer’s history, experienced researchers and strong clinical collaborations.
Our Team
Pearl Swe-Kay
Sashika Naidoo
Sarah Price-Smith