$32 million partnership secures new facility at University of Queensland

An $32 million dollar partnership will see the University of Queensland become the host of a brand new hub for medicine and vaccine discovery.

UQ’s Professor Paul Young, Grace Grace with Professor Rafi Ahmed and Dr Ravi Thadhani from Emory University. Image: The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland is set to be home to a new hub for medicine and vaccine discovery following a $32 million partnership with a US university.

The partnership between UQ and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, will create the Queensland Emory Vaccine Centre, which will house more than 80 researchers, create 20 new jobs, provide new teaching and learning opportunities to boost Queensland’s skills pipeline and help to attract and retain talent

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said Brisbane would become a significant player in the burgeoning global biomedical industry.

“QEVC will co-locate some of the best vaccine researchers in the world in a new cutting-edge laboratory at UQ that will fast-track the translation of vaccines into viable treatments to improve the lives of people around the world,” Professor Terry said.

Queensland’s State Development and Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace said it was a nationally nationally significant opportunity to reduce the vaccine development timeline, through investment into novel approaches of vaccine development and technologies in the state.