About Burnet
Hey, thanks for taking the time to see what the Burnet Institute does. By participating in the Romp you’ll be helping to raise money to fund medical research and public health programs that will benefit people across Australia and overseas. We work on a range of diseases like measles, HIV, hepatitis, malaria and TB; breast, ovarian and prostate cancers; as well as diseases such as Rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Our work benefits all Australians and many communities overseas. Click below to check out what Burnet does in the laboratory and in the community:
Who is the Burnet Institute?
The Burnet Institute is the leading infectious diseases, immunology, cancer and public health institute in Australia. We have more than 250 scientists and public health professionals based at our laboratory facilities and headquarters in Melbourne, and more than 100 health professionals stationed in 11 offices in seven countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. We link research and public health to reduce the impact of infectious diseases and cancer around the world. More…
Our Laboratory-based Programs
For every single disease we have in the world today what doctors really want are ways to prevent you from getting sick or to find quick and easy ways to treat you if you do get ill. Medical research is the first step and the Burnet Institute is at the forefront of researching some of the world’s worst diseases. More…
Our Community Health Programs
Burnet has a team of doctors, epidemiologists and health care professionals who make up our Public Health Program. They are the Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Research, the Centre for Harm Reduction and the Centre for International Health. More…
Our Partner Programs
Burnet often works in partnership with local, national, and international organisations and government agencies to deliver quality medical research and public health programs in infectious diseases like HIV, measles and bird flu; cancers such as breast, ovarian and prostate cancer; and inflammatory diseases such as Rheumatoid arthritis. More…
Education at Burnet
The Burnet Institute holds education and training as one of the most vital contributions it can make to improving the health and wellbeing of communities both here in Australia and overseas. More…
Dollars Help us to....
To find out how Burnet spends some of the funds raised by the wonderful Rompers, just click here.
Some examples of Burnet at work...
Avian Influenza, what we’re doing in the lab…
From our eleven overseas offices in places like Tibet, Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Mozambique and Thailand, we continue to improve the health of poor communities. Burnet conducts laboratory research and Click here to learn more…
Our Youth Programs...
The Burnet Institute supports health, harm reduction, research, and broader health programs for young people in Australia, the Pacific, Indonesia, Laos, China (Tibet), Vietnam Burma/Myanmar, and Mozambique. Click here to learn more…
A vaccine for cancer...?
Burnet scientists research some of the world’s most deadly diseases including, tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV, malaria and several cancers. A vaccine for breast cancer? We take a novel approach. Click here to learn more…
Our work in Myanmar before the Cyclone Nargis
For more than a decade before Cyclone Nargis devastated many parts of Burma or Myanmar as it is now known, the Burnet Institute has worked in this beautiful country helping to improve the health of local communities. Click here to learn more...
