R&D Lab
Brisbane, Australia
80
years of
innovation
R&D Lab
When Dr. Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, found that certain medical products were not meeting his patients’ needs, he invented new ones and pursued innovative ideas, guided by better patient outcomes. This desire to improve healthcare through innovation still drives us today.
Stryker’s R&D Lab in Brisbane, Australia was established in 2022 as part of the Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. Stryker, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), The University of Queensland (UQ), Metro North Health (MNH) and Queensland Health entered a Master Research Agreement to leverage an open innovation ecosystem focused on the development of innovative medical technology products.
Stryker’s R&D Lab is based in the world-renowned Herston Health Precinct, a place where 13,000+ clinical and non-clinical staff, scientists, researchers, and students in 30+ health facilities, medical research institutes, universities, and organisations, come together to deliver excellence in health innovation, education, research, training, and clinical care. Being located within this MedTech ecosystem allows the R&D Lab’s researchers and engineers to better collaborate with clinicians and understand their current and future needs, all at the site of care.
With an expanded focus on digital health, robotics, enabling technologies, and advanced manufacturing research, the R&D Lab will accelerate the delivery of personalised health solutions and profoundly impact the future of healthcare.
Level 11, Block 7
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Corner of Bowen Bridge Road and Herston Road.
Herston QLD 4006
Getting here
Parking
The closest car park is Cornerstone Parking, 325 Herston Road. Multi-level paid car parks are also available on Butterfield St and O’Connell Terrace. Pay and Display Street parking is also available on Gilchrist Ave, Herston Rd and O’Connell Terrace.
Public transport
By train
Block 7, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital is a 17-minute walk from Bowen Hills Station or a 14-minute walk from Fortitude Valley Station.
By bus
Block 7 is a five-minute walk from either RBWH Station or Herston Station Pick-up and Drop-off zones
Guests can be picked up and dropped off behind Block 7 on Lilli Pilly Place or in front of the main entrance of the hospital (off Butterfield Street)
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