ACCMER is the shortened name used for the Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education & Research. ACCMER is a joint venture between the University of Queensland (UQ) and Southern Cross University (SCU). The universities established a collaborative research and education centre in 2001. The Centre's objective is to provide an independent evidence-based reference point built on its partner institutions' strengths in research, innovation and teaching. ACCMER has built a reputation as a leading provider of scientific research services such as Clinical Trials, Surveys and Analysis, Literature Reviews, Laboratory Science and Social Research.

ACCMER has been a leading provider of evidence-based complementary medicine education, offering the Graduate Certificate in Evidence-based Complementary Medicine aimed at pharmacists, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and trained natural therapists in Australia and Internationally. This innovative program is dual-badged by the University of Queensland and Southern Cross University.