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
News
ANU to pause coursework teaching for one week
ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt announced ANU will pause coursework teaching for one week from Monday 23 March.
Analysis and opinion
Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety
None of us are immune to the pervading sense of anxiety that has taken hold around the world.
News
Statement on precautionary measures for COVID-19 on ANU campuses
ANU will cancel public events and social gatherings to minimise the risk of the transmission of COVID-19 among our community and more widely.
News
Advice to help stop heart attacks for Indigenous Australians
To combat high risk of heart attack and strokes, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should have had their heart checked by 18 at the latest.
News
Primary health care expert joins ANU
Professor Michael Kidd AM has been appointed as Principal Medical Advisor to the Department of Health and Professor of Primary Care Reform at ANU.
Research story
The toolbox of a bacterial tradie: researchers find new food-poisoning toxin
ANU scientists have discovered new details about the tools used by bacteria to trigger dangerous food poisoning symptoms.
Analysis and opinion
Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge
Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge
News
Counting the cost of bushfires on children
Experts warn children are among the worst affected when it comes to trauma caused by disasters like Australia’s ongoing bushfires.
Research story
Hot and bothered: heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks
Heat is the natural hazard associated with the highest mortality in Australia. When heatwaves occur, the death toll routinely reaches into the hundreds.
News
How memory flaws explain our belief in Santa Claus
Some people have rich and deep memories of seeing Santa visit them in the night. But how can we develop memories that are not real?