Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners

Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners (BDHP) is the first Academic Health Science System in Queensland, Australia. The organisation’s purpose is to strengthen the linkages between healthcare, research and education in order to deliver better health outcomes for the community. By encouraging and supporting collaboration, BDHP assists the translation and integration of cutting-edge research and innovation into healthcare delivery.

BDHP has two main offices: one located within the Translational Research Institute on the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus, the other located within The University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research on the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital campus.

BDHP is a joint project of eight of Queensland’s leading universities, research institutes, and hospital and health services:

The BDHP partner organisations have a combined annual budget of over $7.5billion, servicing and supporting over 3 million patients, researchers and students each year.

Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners’ history dates back to 2011 with the establishment of the Mayne Health Science Alliance and Diamantina Health Partners. In 2014, these two Academic Health Science Centres came together with Children's Health Queensland in a collaborative arrangement to form the Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Academic Health Science System.,

Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen. Born in 1833, Lady Bowen initiated and worked for several charities, including the Lady Bowen Lying-In Hospital, the Diamantina Home for Incurables, and the Sisters of Mercy — the Catholic order that established Mater Health Services.

Each of the BDHP partner organisations have a representative on the BDHP Board. The current Board Members are:

Emeritus Professor David Siddle – Chair, Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Dr Richard Ashby – Chief Executive, Metro South Health Professor Scott Bell – Research, Executive Director, Metro North Hospital and Health Service Ms Fionnagh Dougan – Health Service Chief Executive, Children’s Health Queensland Professor Nicholas Fisk – Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland Professor Frank Gannon – Chief Executive Officer and Director, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Dr Shane Kelly – Chief Executive Officer, Mater Health Services Dr David Watson – Chair, Translational Research Institute Professor Ross Young – Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology

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