Westmead Health and Research Precinct .

Exemplifying international best-practice, the Innovation Quarter will bring Western Sydney University together with community, healthcare, industry and government partners.

This integrated, collaboratively-driven approach will help deliver outstanding health, economic and social outcomes. Together with our precinct partners, we will seek to reinvent traditional practices and make the latest innovations, technologies and treatments available to Western Sydney sooner.

To read more, please visit our Westmead Info document

For updates on the Westmead Development, please visit our Westmead updates page

Latest News and Events

New evidence based guidelines on music for people with dementia
Researchers from the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development have published a new research paper and recommended guidelines for music use for people with dementia after a successful trial program.
Western researcher awarded Young Tall Poppy Science Award
Western Sydney University researcher, Dr Celia Harris, has been awarded a prestigious 2020 Young Tall Poppy Science Award – presented to Australia’s leading young scientific researchers and communicators.
Opinion: NSW hits pause on school choirs, but we can’t stop the music forever
The NSW health department recently instructed schools to stop certain activities to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Among these is a ban to all “school-related group singing or chanting activities and use of wind instruments in groups”.
Opinion: Kids who learn ‘clause-chain’ languages are quicker to develop complex sentences
Our research shows learning some languages may help children create complex sentences that express multiple ideas at a younger age.

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