Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) was founded in 1915 as a benevolence of the perpetual charitable Walter and Eliza Hall Trust. The principal focus of the Institute remains immunology and the development and regulation of the blood cell and neuronal systems. Embracing the biotechnology revolution, the Institute has moved into new disciplines including bioinformatics, the genetics of disease susceptibility, structural biology, and proteomics The Institute is held in high international regard and this is reflected in the many international honours and prizes bestowed on its faculty. Ten WEHI scientists are members of the Australian Academy of Science. Five are also Fellows of The Royal Society, four are Foreign Associates of the US National Academy of Sciences and two are Associate Foreign Members of the French Academy of Sciences. WEHI was accepted as a UICC full member in 1987.