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<\/p>\nMore than 350 guests celebrated as the Westmead Institute for Medical Research turned 21 on Saturday 26 May.<\/p>\n
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Special guest, former Australian of the Year and Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty attended the event and extended his congratulations to the Institute.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research] is a terrific asset for Western Sydney and for Australia. Congratulations to everyone who has been involved in, and supported, this great enterprise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Other dignitaries joined the celebrations at Oatlands House, including NSW Minister for Health and Medical Research, the Hon Brad Hazzard MP; and Lord Mayor of Parramatta, Andrew Wilson, who both extended message of support and congratulations.<\/p>\n Professor Tony Cunningham, Executive Director of the Westmead Institute said the evening was a celebration of the Institute\u2019s proud history and achievements.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an exciting year for the Westmead Institute \u2013 we\u2019re 21 and of course we\u2019re celebrating! We are celebrating our history and achievements and we are looking towards a bright future.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past 21 years our researchers have made significant breakthroughs in some of the biggest health issues facing our society, including breast and ovarian cancer, melanoma, leukaemia, diabetes, HIV, multiple sclerosis, kidney and liver diseases, heart and respiratory diseases, and mental health.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you to all out guests who joined us to mark this important occasion, including community members, business leaders, politicians, partners from the University of Sydney and the Westmead Hospital, colleagues from the Children\u2019s Medical Research Institute and the Children\u2019s Hospital Westmead, patients of the Westmead Hospital, and our researchers, staff and students.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, we have built this Institute \u2013 21 years young \u2013 that now holds a pre-eminent position in health and medical research in New South Wales and Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, we will show that the Westmead Institute can thrive for the next twenty, fifty and one hundred years,\u201d Professor Cunningham concluded.<\/p>\n More than 350 guests celebrated as the Westmead Institute for Medical Research turned 21 on Saturday 26 May. Special guest, former Australian of the Year and Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty attended the event and extended his congratulations to the Institute. \u201c[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research] is a terrific asset for Western Sydney and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2751,"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":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","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":[19],"class_list":["post-2746","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2746","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\/2751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21st-birthday-Peter-Doherty-Tony-Cunningham-Andrew-Wilson.jpg\")
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