Our partners

BEST is a research group within the Department of Physiotherapy and the Melbourne School of Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

Major partners:

• Austin Health
• Institute for Breathing and Sleep
• Computing and Information Science, The University of Melbourne

Funding partners:

• Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
• FightMND
• MND Australia
• The Spinal Research Institute

Clinical partners:

• Austin Health
• Austin Health: Physiotherapy Research
• Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS)
• Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS)
• Calvary Health Care Bethlehem
• Progressive Neurological Disease Clinic, Northern Health
• Community physiotherapy providers

Community partners:

• FightMND
• MND Australia
• MND Victoria
• The Spinal Research Institute
• SpinalCure
• Spinal Life Australia

Research partners:

• Australasian Neuromuscular Network and The Australian Neuromuscular Disease Registry (ANMDR)
• MiNDAus
• Flinders University (Sleep Research)
• John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation (University of Sydney)
• Griffith University (Hopkins Centre)
• University of Florida
• NOVA Southeastern University
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Toronto
• Sheffield University
• Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 
• Northern Health
• Calvary Health Care Bethlehem
• The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne