Chair | Harold Mitchell AC |
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Director | Professor Trevor Kilpatrick |
Faculty | University of Melbourne |
Adjunct faculty | Austin Hospital, Melbourne |
Staff | approx. 500 |
Formerly called | Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine |
Location | Royal Parade, Parkville and Burgundy Street, Heidelberg , , , Australia |
Coordinates | 37°47′53″S 144°57′31″E / 37.79806°S 144.95861°E |
Website | www |
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, more commonly known as The Florey, is an Australian medical research institute that undertakes research into treatments for brain and mind disorders. The institute's areas of interest include Parkinson's disease, stroke, motor neurone disease, addiction, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Autism, Huntington's disease, depression, schizophrenia, brain function in health and disease, heart failure, and dementia.
Affiliated with the University of Melbourne, the Austin Hospital and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the institute is located in the Melbourne suburbs of Parkville and Heidelberg in Victoria. It is the largest brain research group in the southern hemisphere and employs approximately 600 staff and students.[1] The institute is led by its director, Professor Trevor Kilpatrick.