{"id":12461,"date":"2026-04-17T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=news&p=12461"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:56:11","slug":"wimr-partner-in-new-nhmrc-centre-of-research-excellence-in-vaccine-adjuvant-discovery-and-development-vaccine-add","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/wimr-partner-in-new-nhmrc-centre-of-research-excellence-in-vaccine-adjuvant-discovery-and-development-vaccine-add\/","title":{"rendered":"WIMR partner in new NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery and Development (Vaccine-ADD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0Westmead\u00a0Institute for Medical Research is proud to be a partner in the newly funded NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery and Development (Vaccine-ADD), a national program led by Griffith University.\u00a0

Funded at $3 million over five years, Vaccine-ADD will bring together leading researchers from Griffith University, Monash University, The University of Queensland, the University of Sydney, WIMR, The Australian National University,\u00a0CSIRO\u00a0and the Sanofi Translational Science Hub. The program will focus on discovering and developing novel vaccine adjuvants to improve vaccine efficacy and safety, expand vaccine options for diverse populations, and strengthen national capability in vaccine research.\u00a0

WIMR will contribute specialist\u00a0expertise\u00a0in vaccine and adjuvant research through its\u00a0Centre for Virus Research<\/a>, helping to advance the program\u2019s translational impact. Chief Investigator\u00a0Professor Tony Cunningham<\/a>\u00a0said, \u201cWIMR will contribute\u00a0specialised\u00a0human lymph node models to the CRE, providing a physiologically relevant platform to assess how novel adjuvants shape immune responses at the tissue level.\u201d\u00a0

Associate Investigator\u00a0Dr\u00a0Kerrie Sandgren<\/a>\u00a0added, \u201cThis capability will support mechanistic studies and early validation, helping\u00a0prioritise\u00a0the most promising adjuvant candidates for further development.\u201d\u00a0

Vaccine-ADD will also support mentoring for early career researchers and help build Australia\u2019s long-term capacity in vaccine discovery and development. Therapeutic Innovation Australia supported the application, with the program set to\u00a0benefit\u00a0from access to national infrastructure and NCRIS co-funded facilities as it progresses over the next five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0Westmead\u00a0Institute for Medical Research is proud to be a partner in the newly funded NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery and Development (Vaccine-ADD), a national program led by Griffith University.\u00a0 Funded at $3 million over five years, Vaccine-ADD will bring together leading researchers from Griffith University, Monash University, The University of Queensland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12462,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-12461","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}