Top End Academic Health Partners (Top End Partners) was established by its founding partners in 2013, unified by a common purpose to be a leader in health care, medical research and education in Northern Australia and across the region. Its goal is to undertake research of the highest quality for the benefit of our patients.

Top End Partners has a strong history of prioritising translational health research activities to support improvements in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Top End Partners is also a world leader in infectious diseases which are of critical importance to Northern Australia, disaster and trauma care, and supporting Australia’s response to priority transboundary disease threats of multidrug resistant diseases.

Located in Australia’s most northern city, Darwin, this $1.4b partnership, comprises 6,500 staff, 23,000 students, and 300,000 patient contacts each year.