A NEW research facility opened at Frankston Hospital will collect data and information about ageing.
Ngarnga Centre – Ideas, Innovation and Learning has been officially opened. The research facility houses a component of the National Centre for Healthy Ageing, the Healthy Ageing Data Platform.
The new centre is a joint venture with Monash University. The project was funded partly through a $2 million contribution from the federal government.
Peninsula Health CEO Felicity Topp said that the project would allow the organisation to focus on “improving health outcomes by enabling translational research across both Peninsula Health and Monash University and through the National Centre for Healthy Ageing.”
“This is a pivotal moment in the development of Peninsula Health, our partnership with Monash University and the further progression of the Frankston health precinct,” Ms Topp said. “By creating a state-of-the-art environment for our clinicians, researchers and students, we are significantly expanding our research profile.”
Dean of medicine, nursing, and health sciences at Monash University, Professor Christina Mitchell, says that “substantial progress” has been made to the Healthy Ageing Data Platform since 2020. “National Centre for Healthy Ageing researchers now have access to big data to provide population-level insights into pressing issues regarding healthy ageing for our communities. It links various large sources of health data to support the NCHA in developing solutions for these issues,” she said.
Peninsula Health estimates that older Australians will make up 22 per cent of the Australian population by 2057.
For more information visit www.ncha.org.au