The Centenary Institute is an independent medical research institute that was established in 1985 under the New South Wales Government’s ‘Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology Act 1985’.
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The institute is governed by a Board of Governors that is supported by a range of committees covering risk and audit, science, investment, commercialisation, philanthropy and communications.