{"id":33628,"date":"2020-09-24T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utter-drop.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=hdsn_about_page&#038;p=33628"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:45:40","slug":"hudson-intstitute-of-medical-research-history","status":"publish","type":"hdsn_about_page","link":"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/about\/about-us\/hudson-intstitute-of-medical-research-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson Institute history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block bd-grid-container bd-grid-container--grey bd-grid-container--layout-2-col-33-67 w-full max-w-screen h-full\">\n    <div class=\"relative flex h-full items-center pt-8 md:pt-14 lg:pt-20 pb-8 md:pb-14 lg:pb-20 hn-container mx-auto px-5 md:px-8 xl:px-12\">\n        <div class=\"bd-grid-container__innerblocks w-full grid grid-cols-4 sm:grid-cols-12 gap-10 bd-grid-container-layout--2-col-33-67\">\n\n<div class=\"bd-grid-container__column flex w-full col-span-4 sm:col-span-4    items-center        \">\n    <div class=\"w-full wp-block-bd-grid-container-column\">\n        <div class=\"grid-container-column__innerblocks cms-content\n                flex flex-col justify-center h-full            \">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-over-60-years-leading-discovery\"><strong>Over 60 years leading discovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bd-grid-container__column flex w-full col-span-4 sm:col-span-8    items-center        \">\n    <div class=\"w-full wp-block-bd-grid-container-column\">\n        <div class=\"grid-container-column__innerblocks cms-content\n                flex flex-col justify-center h-full            \">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4072\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research.png 4072w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research-768x93.png 768w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research-1024x124.png 1024w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research-1536x186.png 1536w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/60-years-of-research-2048x247.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4072px) 100vw, 4072px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block bd-grid-container bd-grid-container--white bd-grid-container--layout-2-col-50-50 w-full max-w-screen h-full\">\n    <div class=\"relative flex h-full items-center pt-8 md:pt-14 lg:pt-20 pb-8 md:pb-14 lg:pb-20 hn-container mx-auto px-5 md:px-8 xl:px-12\">\n        <div class=\"bd-grid-container__innerblocks w-full grid grid-cols-4 sm:grid-cols-12 gap-10 bd-grid-container-layout--2-col-50-50\">\n\n<div class=\"bd-grid-container__column flex w-full col-span-4 sm:col-span-6    items-center        \">\n    <div class=\"w-full wp-block-bd-grid-container-column\">\n        <div class=\"grid-container-column__innerblocks cms-content\n                flex flex-col justify-center h-full            \">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-of-australia-s-most-trusted-names-in-medical-research-monash-institute-of-medical-research-and-prince-henry-s-institute-of-medical-research-merged-in-2014-to-form-hudson-institute-of-medical-research\"><strong>Two of Australia\u2019s most trusted names in medical research, Monash Institute of Medical Research and Prince Henry\u2019s Institute of Medical Research, merged in 2014 to form Hudson Institute of Medical Research.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Institute is named after Professor Bryan Hudson AO, the Founding Director of Prince Henry\u2019s Institute and Inaugural Chair of the Department of Medicine at Monash University. Professor Bryan Hudson AO was also a mentor to the former Directors of both Institutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our tradition is steeped in clinical collaboration. For more than half a century Hudson Institute scientists\u2019 have worked alongside clinicians in Melbourne hospitals \u2013 patient need provides the basis for our research, and our discoveries are rapidly implemented for patient benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Featured image | left to right:<br>Professor David de Kretser AC, Director, Monash Institute of Medical Research, 1991\u20142005<br>Professor Bryan Hudson AO, Founding Director, Prince Henry\u2019s Institute, 1960\u20141969<br>Professor Henry Burger AO, Director, Prince Henry\u2019s Institute, 1969\u20141997<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bd-grid-container__column flex w-full col-span-4 sm:col-span-6    items-center        \">\n    <div class=\"w-full wp-block-bd-grid-container-column\">\n        <div class=\"grid-container-column__innerblocks cms-content\n                flex flex-col justify-center h-full            \">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1390\" height=\"1058\" src=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2.jpg 1390w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/202102-hudsonannualreport2021-204-2-1024x779.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1390px) 100vw, 1390px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block bd-grid-container bd-grid-container--grey bd-grid-container--layout-1-col w-full max-w-screen h-full\">\n    <div class=\"relative flex h-full items-center pt-0 pb-0 hn-container mx-auto px-5 md:px-8 xl:px-12\">\n        <div class=\"bd-grid-container__innerblocks w-full grid grid-cols-4 sm:grid-cols-12 gap-10 bd-grid-container-layout--1-col\">\n\n<div class=\"bd-grid-container__column flex w-full col-span-4 sm:col-span-12            \">\n    <div class=\"w-full wp-block-bd-grid-container-column\">\n        <div class=\"grid-container-column__innerblocks cms-content\n                            \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hudson-institute-timeline-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6800\" height=\"18404\" src=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hudson-institute-timeline-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70056\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <!-- Start .block--donate-bar -->\n    <div id=\"block_952ff69be3f014b2a7740f68a48faaec\" class=\"block block--donate-bar block--aligndefault max-w-screen block--aligndefault block--background-pink block--layout-simple\">\n                    <div class=\"block__inner\">\n        \n            <div class=\"block__donate\">\n                <h2 class=\"block__heading text-left\" class=\"block__heading text-left\" id=\"support-life-saving-scientific-discoveries\">Support life saving scientific discoveries<\/h2>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/hudson-donations.raiselysite.com\/donate\" class=\"block__button\" target=\"_blank\">DONATE NOW<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- Finish block -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":38421,"menu_order":3,"template":"","class_list":["post-33628","hdsn_about_page","type-hdsn_about_page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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