AcadLabs · Emerging Centre of Excellence

The world's health problems are interconnected.
Connected research creates impact.

AcadLabs is VyUDIE Academy's emerging Centre of Excellence in Integrated Global Health — a managed research hub connecting university labs, expert investigators and industry, turning science into research, product, service and policy outcomes.

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Partner networkUniversity LabsClinical NetworksIndustry Partners
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Biological Sciences & Therapeutics

Diagnostics · Vaccines · Genomics
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Agriculture & Food Systems

Nutrition · Food safety · Supply chains
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Health Systems & Delivery

Nursing · Public health · Mental health
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AI & Emerging Technology

The connective layer
01The gap we exist to close

Research dies between the lab and the market.

02How it works

From problem statement to translated outcome.

90%
of drug candidates entering clinical trials fail to reach the market
ABPI · 2025
6.7%
likelihood of approval for a new Phase I drug — an all-time low
Citeline · 2014–2023
17yr
average time from research evidence to clinical practice
Frontiers in Health Services · 2025
01Brief

Define the problem

Partners bring real-world R&D challenges in global health. We scope the project, structure the IP framework, and define the research pathway.

02Mobilise

Assemble the team

We match the brief to the right Chief Investigator, consortium labs, and research capacity from across our network — managed end-to-end.

03Deliver

Translate & commercialise

Validated outputs, prototypes, publications and commercially viable IP — delivered with clear, agreed ownership from day one.

03Our focus

Three pillars. Four focus areas. One connected system.

The causes of poor health are interconnected — and so is our research. A single project might span drug discovery and primary-care delivery. Another might connect agricultural science to nutrition policy. Technology and AI run through everything we do.

Capability · Research pillars
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Biological Sciences & Therapeutics

Diagnostics · Vaccines · Genomics
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Agriculture & Food Systems

Nutrition · Food safety · Supply chains
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Health Systems & Delivery

Nursing · Public health · Mental health
+ Powered by AI & Emerging Technology
Machine LearningDigital HealthIoTHealth InformaticsData Science
Aimed at four focus areas — one anchored in each school
A·01

Women's Health

Screening · Diagnostics · Maternal therapeutics
Applied Life Sciences
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Infant & Child Health

Neonatal care · Nutrition · Immunisation
Allied Health Practice
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Medical Device Innovation

Point-of-care devices · Diagnostics · Validation
Human Tech & Applied Engineering
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Health Innovation & Access

Care models · Supply chains · Financing
Business & Innovation
04How we measure ourselves

A Centre is judged by what it produces.

Four kinds of tangible output — each one a receipt for the work, not just activity.

Research

Peer-reviewed findings, validated evidence and translational studies that move a field forward.

Product

Validated diagnostics, devices and tools — taken from concept toward real-world readiness.

Service

New models of care and delivery — designed, tested, and ready to adopt at scale.

Policy

Evidence shaped for decision-makers — informing guidelines, standards and public investment.

05Partner network

Our partner network.

A growing network of institutions across research, clinical and industry settings — collaborating with AcadLabs across projects, programmes and convenings. Every engagement is scoped, contracted and managed through AcadLabs.

Consortium University LabsClinical & Hospital NetworksMedTech & Research InstitutionsIndustry Partners

AcadLabs is an emerging Centre of Excellence. Regulated work is conducted with accredited institutions under appropriate quality systems — with AcadLabs as the single point of engagement. Partner institutions announced as agreements are formalised.

06Our investigators

Led by researchers who've done the work.

Every project is led by a Chief Investigator with deep domain expertise — leading end-to-end, mentoring support investigators, and supervising the research workforce.

They also teach on VyUDIE Academy — so the knowledge driving live R&D flows directly into the next generation of trained investigators.

Meet the investigators behind AcadLabs.

Our Chief Investigators span biological sciences, health systems and agri-food innovation — with technology expertise woven throughout.

07Research Edge Series

Discovery+ — the research on-ramp.

A structured programme in Research Methodology & Publication — delivered online or face-to-face on campus — that opens AcadLabs to students: global faculty, researchers, peer reviewers, industry experts and innovation mentors.

75–120 hrsOnline or On-CampusFaculty-Mentored
01Learn

Methodology & publication

Evidence review, research design, methodology, data interpretation, academic writing, and publication readiness.

02Build

Mentoring & project development

Continued, faculty-mentored support to shape and progress your own research project.

03Refine

Peer review & publication support

Work reviewed, refined, and made publication-ready inside the Centre of Excellence.

04Translate

Translation, IP & opportunities

Research translation and industry engagement, IP and commercialisation guidance, and grant and collaborative research opportunities.

What you walk away with: publishable, translatable, and potentially commercialisable research outcomes — with a direct line into AcadLabs. Built for research-bound students, future academics, and anyone targeting an evidence-based career.

08Work with us

Two doors into AcadLabs.

For Universities

Your labs funded. Your researchers published.

  • Funded contract research matched to your lab capabilities
  • Free translation mentorship and research-to-market training
  • Co-publishing, conferences and lab revenue opportunities
For Industry

Commission R&D. Skip the infrastructure.

  • On-demand research teams assembled in weeks, not months
  • Structured IP and commercialisation frameworks from day one
  • Cost-effective R&D with co-publishing and talent pipeline access
09Convenings

Where the field comes together.

AcadLabs convenes researchers, clinicians, industry and policymakers around the questions that cross disciplines.

S+Flagship · Annual

AcadLabs Summit+ on Integrated Global Health

Our flagship annual convening — investigators, partners and decision-makers on one stage. Inaugural edition in planning.

P+Roundtables

AcadLabs Policy+

Focused policy roundtables translating evidence into guidelines, standards and public investment decisions.

Pr+Workshops

AcadLabs Practice+

Hands-on technical workshops with partner institutions — methods, regulatory pathways and translation practice.

Get involved

Bring us the research question worth solving.