The $51.6 million Western Centre for Health Research and Education at Sunshine Hospital was officially opened by the Victorian and Commonwealth Health Ministers, the Chair of the Board of Western Health and the Vice-Chancellors of the University of Melbourne and Victoria University.

The Centre is the first purpose-built research and training facility for medicine and the health sciences in Melbourne's West and will house some 300 students and staff when fully operational, from early July.  Read media release (53KB)

(Left to right) Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Dawkins, University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glynn Davis, Commonwealth Health Minister Nicola Roxon, Victorian Health Minister David Davis, Western Health Board Chair Ralph Willis and Western Health Chief Executive Kathryn Cook unveil the plaque for the $51.6 million Western Centre for Health Research and Education.