Westmead Medical Research Foundation
| Founded | 20 November 1990 |
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
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| Coordinates | 33°48′16″S 150°59′19″E / 33.8045°S 150.9886°ECoordinates: 33°48′16″S 150°59′19″E / 33.8045°S 150.9886°E |
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Area served
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Predominately western Sydney |
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Key people
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Joseph Rizk OAM (President); Joe Conneely (Head of Development) |
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Revenue
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A$3 million (2016) |
| Endowment | A$11 million (2016) |
| Website | www |
The Westmead Medical Research Foundation (WMRF) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation which awards grants, provides fundraising support, and community advocacy for health care and medical research at Westmead in the western suburbs of Sydney.
Westmead Medical Research Foundation was established in 1990 to support the care of sick children and adults and life-saving medical research. WMRF is based in Sydney's western suburbs.
A Board of Directors oversees the operations of the organisation. The current President is Joseph Rizk OAM, Managing Director, Arab Bank Australia.
A Scientific Advisory Committee oversees grant applications and makes recommendations about the merits of individual applications for funding.
The organisation grants approximately $3 million per annum across a variety of grant programs.
Grants are awarded towards priority projects within Westmead Hospital that enhance services provided by doctors, nurses and allied health workers to patients and their families. Past equipment grants have been awarded to assist in the purchase of cutting-edge technology for the support of critically ill premature babies; an interventional neuroradiology machine as a minimally invasive approach used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the head, neck, and spine such as cerebral aneurysms and strokes;
Major medical research equipment grants made by the organisation have been awarded to further the aims of The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Grants have been awarded for the purchase of a DNA sequencer and a Bead microarray system to assist with the understanding and identifying genetic markers that are associated with a variety of diseases, assisting in the prediction of individuals who may be more at risk to specific illnesses. The organisation also assisted in the purchase of an equipment to perform Indirect Calorimetry in the Intensive Care Unit of Westmead Hospital, through a grant awarded in 2016.
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