Minister Hunt opens new facilities for healthy ageing research

L-R: Director of the NCHA, Professor Velandai Srikanth,
Peninsula Health Chief Executive, Ms Felicity Topp; Minister for
Health and Aged Care and Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt;
Monash University Dean, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences,
Professor Christina Mitchell officially opened the new space.

The National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA) has a new home located within the brand-new purpose-built Ngarnga (pronounced Nun-Run-Gah) Centre research facilities at Frankston Hospital, officially opened 1 March 2022 by Commonwealth Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt.
 
The multi-million dollar centre was made possible through a partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health, which included a $2 million contribution from the Commonwealth Government for a dedicated space to house the NCHA Healthy Ageing Data Platform.  

See faculty news story including more photos.

See also NCHA's involvement in Melbourne Design Week 17-25 March 2022, "Benefiting everyone: Good design features for healthy ageing".