We’re building a connected health ecosystem that puts people first. Across the full spectrum of care, from early childhood to healthy ageing, we bring together clinicians, researchers, educators and innovators to solve complex health challenges and improve lives.
Care + Discovery =
Healthier Futures
Innovation & Research Strengths
Our precinct focuses on delivering health solutions that are grounded in care, driven by evidence, and designed for impact. We’re advancing multidisciplinary research and innovation across:
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Allied health and trauma rehabilitation
- Child development and early intervention
- Women’s health and performance
- Chronic disease prevention and healthy ageing
- Disability inclusion and healthcare innovation
This work is powered by leading teams across the precinct, including:
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Griffith Centre for Mental Health – improving mental health through research-informed policy, prevention and intervention
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The Hopkins Centre and Disability & Inclusive Futures Beacon – pioneering rehabilitation and co-designed innovation for people with disability
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Gold Coast Health’s Allied Health and Emergency Research Collaboratives – translating frontline health insights into better outcomes
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Autism CRC, The Tracking Cube, and Telethon Kids Institute – shaping national practice in neurodevelopment and childhood health
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Sanctuary Early Learning – showcasing inclusive early childhood care embedded within an innovation ecosystem
Global Industry & Research Connections
Innovation thrives through collaboration
We collaborate with global and national leaders who share our commitment to impact and innovation, including:
Beyond Blue
Through the Griffith Centre for Mental Health
The Kids Research Institute Australia (formerly Telethon Kids Institute)
Collaborating on early childhood development
Sanctuary Early Learning Centre
Inclusive early childhood care
Purpose-Built Infrastructure
Our ecosystem is anchored by Gold Coast University Hospital (ranked 6th in Australia), Gold Coast Private Hospital, and Griffith University’s state-of-the-art clinical and research spaces, all co-located within the precinct to fast-track innovation and improve care.
You’ll find purpose-designed facilities including:
- Clinical Trial Units at Griffith University and Gold Coast Health
- Specialist rehabilitation and wellness spaces
- Early childhood and inclusive care models at Sanctuary Early Learning
- Simulation labs and clinical training suites for health students
- Dedicated innovation and startup hubs
These facilities are co-located and interconnected to create a seamless pipeline from education to care to commercialisation.
Talent & Workforce Pipeline
Future-ready talent is right here and ready to collaborate.
We are growing the next generation of health leaders. With Griffith University’s globally ranked health programs and 20,000 students based on campus, we offer a direct pipeline of clinical, research, and entrepreneurial talent.
Griffith’s future-focused degrees and work-integrated learning prepare students for real-world impact across mental health, allied health, and aged care. Meanwhile, our precinct provides hands-on clinical placements and pathways into industry and startups.
Local programs like LuminaX, NextGen, and our Clinical Entrepreneurship program support career development and leadership in digital health, medtech and service delivery.
Gold Coast Advantage
Our city offers more than sun and surf. The Gold Coast is one of Australia’s fastest-growing health and knowledge economies, with a $4B+ health sector, 320,000 jobs, and over 76,000 businesses.
Here, lifestyle and opportunity converge. Our population is growing, our economy is diversifying, and our government is investing. With competitive taxes, high-speed digital infrastructure and an entrepreneurial spirit, we offer the ideal setting to launch and scale health solutions.
And with two major hospitals, a world-class university, and a tech-enabled startup community all in one place, the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct is where innovation meets impact.
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Success Stories
Come and experience the ecosystem they’ve dropped themselves into, it’s incredibly powerful because of the people that are coming, the people you have access to, and the athletes you have access to. It’s not just an environment of opportunity, it’s incredibly positive. If you came and experienced that ecosystem, you’d find those two major pillars: access, and a really positive environment.
Clare Minahan – Associate Professor, Griffith University
When I think about the number of elite athletes we have at Griffith University, right here on our doorstep, and the way we can connect sports tech companies directly to them, it’s incredible. Add to that the semi-professional athletes at the Southport Sharks and the fact that sport is in the Gold Coast’s DNA. We’re so lucky to have an innovation precinct purpose-built to support sports tech, it’s a game changer.
Craig Rowsell – Director, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct
The 2018 Commonwealth Games put us on the world stage for sport and innovation, and one thing about the Gold Coast is, once we’re on the world stage, we don’t get off it. That momentum sparked lasting legacies like the Health and Knowledge Precinct, along with other high-performance centres across the city. It all feeds off each other, and that’s how the best in sports tech find their way to the Gold Coast.
Tom Tate – Gold Coast Mayor
As a student passionate about advanced medical research and its potential to transform lives, the Precinct offers an ideal environment for connecting with like-minded and leading individuals. The people here are proactive, always ready to offer support and inspiration, making it a fantastic place for someone like me who is just starting.
Dennis Nguyen – Student
Griffith University
Coming back from the US, where we work very closely with the world-renowned Texas Heart Institute, to see the expansion of the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct made it really attractive for us to bring our technology back here to work with a world-leading laboratory at Griffith.
