The School of Medicine and Psychology
Our life experiences are defined by the capabilities and potential of our mind and body. Appreciating their interdependence and inter-relationship is essential to understanding and improving human health.
At the School of Medicine and Psychology, we are dissolving boundaries and enabling new health solutions through interdisciplinary research, education and practice.
Our integrated perspectives, knowledge and techniques, are preparing doctors, psychologists and health care leaders of the future who will work in partnership with their patients and colleagues to provide optimal care for individuals while strengthening the health system and society they work in.
Our partnerships with discovery and population researchers, government, diverse organisations and communities are enabling courageous research that challenges assumptions, transcends boundaries, informs healthcare and transforms human lives.
The School of Medicine and Psychology formed in 2023. While the website is under development, we invite you to read more about our medicine and psychology programs.
Field sites & facilities
Explore some of the numerous of research sites and facilities established by our research schools in Australia and across the world. Researchers and students at ANU enjoy access to state-of-the-art equipment to help facilitate ground-breaking research.
Research projects
Browse research topics of the College of Science and the College of Health & Medicine with links to relevant researchers.
See our list of potential student projects to apply for PhB, Honours, PhD and other graduate degrees.
Stories
Student profile
Chris Wilder, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MChD)
I couldn’t be happier with my choice to come to the ANU Medical School. As students we are given the chance to direct change within the school.
Our ANU
Scholarship awarded to ANU alumna to study at Oxford University
ANU alumna and Indigenous woman Sarah Bourke has been awarded the prestigious Robert Skyes Scholarship.
Research story
Critical care experience inspires Cusack's philanthropic gift
The Australian National University (ANU) Medical School has established an endowment fund to support the training of critical-care specialists.
Academic profile
Prejudice: My brain made me do it?
An experiment using artificial intelligence has allowed social psychologists to uncover the all-too-human side of a racist robot.
Research story
Machine learning to unlock Parkinson's disease mystery
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) will use machine learning to help solve the mystery of how to determine the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Research story
Unemployed are up to twice as likely to be depressed
The increased risk of mental illness for people who are unemployed is due to more than just financial hardship, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
Research story
Study on pneumococcal vaccine impact on heart health
Canberrans are being invited to take part in a new study to find out whether the adult pneumococcal vaccine can help reduce heart attack and stroke.
Research story
More to hallucinations than meets the eye
"Have you ever seen the blue light flash in the corner of your phone? And when you looked at the phone there were no new messages?"
Research story
Online OCD treatments more effective than medication
Trials of a new online treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have shown it to be three-to-four times more effective than medication.
Research story
Psychology on the rise in the ACT
Research led by ANU has found doctors around the world are over diagnosing the most common thyroid cancer, creating an artificial epidemic that costs billions of dollars.