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Improving health access for children and families living with intellectual disability

A project led by The Kids Research Institute Australia’s child disability team will seek to reduce potentially preventable hospitalisations and build health literacy for children and young people with intellectual disability.

Large-scale study of epigenetic landscape to understand and overcome diabetes in Indigenous Australians

A large-scale study of the epigenetic landscape of Indigenous Australians could help tackle chronic diseases faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Curtin honour for The Kids Research Institute Australia Director

The Kids Research Institute Australia Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM has been made an Honorary Doctor of Medicine by Curtin University in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the local, national and international field of medicine and healthcare.

Vaccination reminder program to boost immunisation rates across Australia

Families throughout the country will trial a new text message vaccination reminder program designed to safeguard kids against infectious diseases thanks to a generous funding boost from the Ramaciotti Foundation.

Aboriginal families at the heart of BHP’s $20m Telethon pledge

BHP has announced a $20 million commitment to Telethon over the next five years to fund a world-first research partnership with Aboriginal families in the Pilbara and Perth.

WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey preserved for future generations

The landmark Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey has been placed into archiving at the State Library of Western Australia to be preserved for future generations.

Wet cough campaign aims to nip lung disease in the bud

The Kids Research Institute Australia lung health researchers have launched a campaign to raise awareness of wet cough and lung disease in Aboriginal children.

$2 million grant to develop diagnostic tool for rheumatic fever

The Kids Research Institute Australia & Menzies School of Health Research will lead an international project to develop a diagnostic tool for acute rheumatic fever.

Associate Professor Nick Gottardo awarded Cure Brain Cancer Foundation Innovation Grant 2017

The Kids cancer researcher & clinician Dr Nick Gottardo has been announced as the recipient of an Innovation Grant from the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers share in TPCHRF funding

Eight The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers are among those who have received grant funding from the Telethon-Perth Children’s Hospital Research Fund (TPCHRF).