The Melanoma Institute Australia is a non-profit organisation based at the Poche Centre in North Sydney, Australia which focuses on the prevention of and cure for melanoma through research,[1] treatment[2] and education programs.
In 1957, a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia demonstrated the link between sunlight exposure and melanoma.
In 1983 the clinic moved to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and was renamed the Sydney Melanoma Unit.
In 2007, the Sydney Melanoma Unit became Melanoma Institute Australia[2] and in 2010, the Institute moved into the Poche Centre, which was funded by a $40 million donation from Greg Poche.
Researchers have access to the contents of BioSpecimen Bank, a collection of over 1,800 tissue samples and 4,000 blood samples that were collected from consenting people with melanoma[6] and other types of skin cancer across New South Wales.