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Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) was established in 2008 and comprises the largest and most experienced group of pharmaceutical scientists in Australia. MIPS integrates pharmaceutical science research activities at the Monash Parkville campus into four key discipline-based themes:

MIPS has a therapeutic focus in:

infectious disease (anti-bacterial, anti-viral and antiparasitic)
cancer (aligned with the research activities of the Cooperative Research Centre for Cancer Therapeutics)
central nervous system (CNS) diseases
metabolic diseases

MIPS + GSK

The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia establish an Australian Centre of Pharmaceutical Innovation.

PhD projects 2010

Research students are supervised by leading international experts in the field.

Grant support aids the fight against so called "superbugs"

Addressing a global need for the development of new antibiotics.