The Vision and Mission of the Menzies School of Health Research is detailed in the 2007 – 2011 Strategic Plan.

Vision

To improve the health outcomes, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disadvantaged populations, through excellence and leadership in research and training.

Mission

Menzies was established in 1985 as a body corporate of the Northern Territory Government under the Menzies Act 1985. This Act was amended in 2004 to formalise the relationship with CDU. Menzies is now a controlled-entity of CDU and constitutes a school within the university’s Institute of Advanced Studies.

The Menzies Act as amended also provides that the School will be accountable to its own Board and establishes the functions of the School as:

• to promote improvement in the health of all people in tropical and central Australia by establishing and developing a centre of scientific excellence in health research and health education;
• to advance knowledge in the fields of health research and health education, particularly in relation to human health, and to seek and discover the origins and causes of diseases and ill health;
• to use the knowledge so gained to improve methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease and ill health in both humans and animals;
• to serve as a centre for learning and training in health research and health education;
• to promote and encourage post graduate research into matters relating to the functions of the School within CDU as a research school of that University or in co-operation with other medical or educational institutions; and such other functions as the Board thinks fit.