Since 1998, the Perkins has grown to become one of the nation’s leading medical research centres, where a close knit team of more than 450 research, clinical and support staff work together to focus on diseases that most affect your families.
With three research facilities, co-located with major teaching hospitals, the Perkins has created a culture of innovation and collaboration to deliver better patient outcomes faster.
Research groups, laboratories, centres and facilities focussed on beating the hardest-to-treat cancers, heart disease, diabetes and rare genetic diseases.
Discoveries made in 2025, representing breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the world’s toughest diseases.
High school students, teachers and guests experienced a real-life laboratory environment in the Lotterywest BioDiscovery Centre in 2025.
Give yourself and those you love the opportunity to live longer, healthier and better lives by helping WA’s best medical researchers beat the world’s toughest diseases.
Help fund medical research into treatments for cancers with the poorest prognosis, ways to prevent and treat heart disease, and help families find answers for rare genetic diseases.
Take action to fight deadly diseases. Host or take part in an event, volunteer on site or become part of the Perkins team working towards life-saving breakthroughs.
Get your team together for a fun overnight charity relay swim to raise funds for medical research in WA!
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All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible in Australia.
Perkins is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR): Charitable Fundraising Authority No DGR CC20761
The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research recognises Australia’s first healers and scientists, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation, the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live and work, and pay respects to their elders past and present.
