News Updates
Quality Research...
The newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to PNG, Ian Kemish, has highly praised the PNG Institute of Medical Research (IMR) for its high quality research work as well as its good financial management and governance.... Read more
Director’s 2010 Welcome
The Director of the Institute of Medical Research, Professor Peter Siba, has welcomed back all returning staff and new staff, researchers and student graduates, for another working year.... Read more
Preparations for Colloquium...
The Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) together with its co-sponsors, Department of Health and World Health Organization will be hosting the celebration of 40 years of research on pneumonia in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from the 23rd to the 26th of August this year. The organizing commitee explains about the event. ...Read more
Welcome to our website
The primary goal of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research is to conduct research into the health problems of the people of Papua New Guinea.
The ultimate aim of all the Institute's research program is to provide effective interventions, leading to improvements in people's health and the control and prevention of disease. The basis for achieving this aim is greater understanding of the disease process and constraints to change. In part, this understanding comes from knowledge of the external causative agents of disease and in part from examining the host factors involved.
Though the activities of the Institute cover a wide span and its laboratory and computer facilities make use of the latest technology, its research programs are firmly rooted in the community, with community-based staff and active involvement from the participating communities.
