
Conditions and diseases
The Florey’s research encompasses 20+ brain and mental health conditions and diseases including anxiety, dementia, motor neurone disease, epilepsy and stroke. Our research teams are dedicated to finding solutions for the five million Australians who are directly affected by neurological and psychiatric conditions.
- Addiction and substance use disorders
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Anxiety disorders
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Autism
- Bipolar disorder
- Brain cancer
- COVID-19
- Depression
- Digestive diseases
- Epilepsy
- Huntington’s disease
- Motor neurone disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Rare diseases
- Schizophrenia
- Sepsis
- Severe childhood epilepsy
- Stroke
- Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Research priorities
The Florey works to advance research for improved health outcomes by focusing on five research priorities: Dementia, Epilepsy and Neurodevelopment, Mental Health, Neurodegeneration and Immunology, and Stroke and Critical Care.

Supporting life-changing research
In supporting The Florey by making a donation or leaving a bequest, you can help our scientists work towards developing new treatments, advancing our understanding of the brain and improving healthcare outcomes for our communities.












