Hunter New England offers sponsors access to a high‑performing, fully integrated clinical trials ecosystem where healthcare delivery, research infrastructure, and workforce excellence come together to accelerate clinical development.
Commercial clinical trials across the region are delivered through a coordinated partnership between Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), and the University of Newcastle (UoN); three established organisations working together to support high‑quality trial delivery and innovation.
For sponsors and Contract Research Organisations (CROs), this means access to clinical scale, research capability, and academic depth through a single, coordinated entry point.
Real-World Access Across Diverse Communities
Covering one of Australia’s largest health districts, Hunter New England provides access to participants across metropolitan, regional, rural, and remote communities. This broad and diverse catchment creates a powerful real-world trial environment, supporting data generation that reflects routine clinical practice, varied patient pathways, and population health diversity.
Our integrated cross-organisation model reduces operational complexity and provides sponsors with confidence in reliable, repeatable trial performance across studies and portfolios.
Broad Phase I-IV Trial Expertise
Hunter New England Clinical Trials supports Phase I–IV commercial trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas, spanning both tertiary specialty care and common chronic and complex conditions in adult and paediatric settings.
Our key therapeutic areas include:
Provides a single front door to the Hunter New England clinical trials network, making it easier for sponsors and partners to engage with Investigators and teams, identify the right locations, and progress studies efficiently. The Unit supports confident site selection and streamlines processes to enable timely study start-up and high-quality delivery at the site level, with centralised finance, quality management, and CTMS support.
Hunter New England Clinical Trials has a dedicated, purpose‑built outpatient clinical trials facility located at HMRI. The facility has been specifically designed to support the delivery of high‑quality outpatient clinical trials in a research‑dedicated environment.
Provides operational and project management support to sponsors, coordinating trial delivery across sites to ensure high-quality, compliant, and efficient conduct.Our team also provides structured access to HMRI’s specialist capabilities including data management and health informatics, biostatistics health economics and impact evalulation.
The Hunter New England region is a unique and diverse region of Australia, encompassing urban, regional and rural communities. Across a large footprint, roughly the size of England, our region is home to approximately one million people.
Our region is a highly collaborative one. HMRI, in partnership with Hunter New England Local Health District and The University of Newcastle, unites a world-class health and medical research ecosystem ready to lead clinical trials.
