The RCH is co-located with Campus partners the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne. Together, the campus partners are known as the Melbourne Children's. Research at the Melbourne Children's is a collaboration between scientists, researchers and doctors and allows research findings to be quickly put into practice.

On Campus, the RCH is the custodian of clinical care, MCRI is the custodian of research and the University of Melbourne is the custodian of education. MCRI provides a dedicated research precinct on site and encompasses laboratory, clinical and public health focuses in its work.

The University of Melbourne is the largest research University in Australia. The University has collaborated in a significant number of projects on Campus and maintains a high research profile at the RCH through the research activities of the Department of Paediatrics. 

Our aim is to perform groundbreaking translational and patient-orientated research across the breadth of paediatric disciplines.

This includes:

• Developing innovative treatments and therapies for our patients, using our state-of-the-art facilities
• Performing high quality clinical trials, both investigator and industry-led
• Developing novel and improved diagnostics for our patients
• Understanding and preventing the development and progression of childhood illnesses