Murdoch Children's Research Institute

{{Short description|Australian paediatric research institute}}

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| name = Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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| established = {{start date and age|1986|12|1|df=yes}}

| mission = Applied medical research

| focus = Paediatrics

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| chairman = Suzi Carp

| head_label = Director

| head = Kathryn North {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}

| faculty = University of Melbourne

| adjunct_faculty = Royal Children's Hospital

| staff = 1,500 {{small|(2016)}}

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| budget = {{AUD}}136.7 million {{small|(2017)}}

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| former_name = {{unbulleted list|{{nowrap|Birth Defects Research Institute}}|Murdoch Institute for Research into Birth Defects}}

| location = 50 Flemington Road, {{VICcity|Parkville}}

| city = Melbourne

| state = Victoria

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| country = Australia

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| website = {{URL|www.mcri.edu.au}}

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The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is an Australian paediatric medical research institute located in Melbourne, Victoria, affiliated with the Royal Children's Hospital and the University of Melbourne. The institute has six research themes: stem cell medicine, clinical sciences, genetics, infection and immunity, population health, and data science.