Today’s Research. Tomorrow’s Treatments.

The Critical Care Research Group is one of Australia’s leading critical care research facilities.

We are dedicated to improving patient outcomes through a better understanding of the disease process, of the technology and of treatments - always with the patient at the centre.

We are driven to improving our clinical understanding of the many issues that face critically ill patients and finding new and revolutionised treatment methods for hard-to-treat diseases.

Through our research, we aim to improve survival rates and the quality of life for patients with heart disease, lung disease, sepsis and other critical conditions.

Latest News

  • COVID Critical

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  • CCRG Director awarded Order of Australia

    CCRG Founder and Director, Professor John Fraser AO has been named as an Officer of the Order of Australia.

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  • HOPE saves 100 lives and counting

    Recognising the 100th heart transplant completed using novel hypothermic oxygenated perfusion - or HOPE.

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  • Emerging Researchers celebrated with New Investigator Grants

    Meet the 2024 recipients of The Common Good’s New Investigator Grants.

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Research focus and facilities

  • ICETLab

    The Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory (ICETLab) aids the transition of novel technologies from idea to clinical implementation, whilst investigating the clinical challenges facing existing technology.

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  • PRIMELab

    The Preclinical Innovative Medical & Engineering Laboratory (PRIMELab) is the largest preclinical research facility in the southern hemisphere and aims to test the efficacy of ground breaking medical and surgical interventions.

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  • STARLab

    The Scientific and Translational Research Laboratory (STARLab) focuses on heart, lungs and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) research.

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  • ICU of the Future

    Discovery CCRG’s world-first ICU of the Future revolutionising intensive care for patients who develop complications upon returning home.

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  • Publications

    From collaborations with world-leading medical professionals to our own homegrown research discoveries, our publications are many and varied.

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  • Latest updates

    Read more about CCRG latest events, publications and research findings.

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  • COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium

    A global collaboration born from a global crisis, the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium has created the world’s most in-depth database of COVID-19 ICU patient information to support clinicians in moments that matter.

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  • The Living Heart Project

    Hypothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion: Protecting the Donor Heart and the Recipient

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