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The Wesfarmers Centre has established the Deborah Lehmann Research Award to acknowledge the significant contribution that Clinical Associate Professor Deborah Lehmann AO has made to paediatric infectious disease research.
Dr Janessa Pickering is a research microbiologist with expertise in the molecular diagnostics and host pathogen interactions of upper respiratory tract pathogens that cause disease in children.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a year-round threat to the health of babies and young children, and one of the leading causes of infant hospitalisation in Australia. It is highly contagious and can cause anything from mild cold-like symptoms to severe lung infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia. For n
Australia’s new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation program cut hospital admissions for Australia’s youngest babies by almost half in its first year, a new major national study has shown.
Valuable support from the Raine Medical Research Foundation’s 2025 grant round will power four new research projects at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia will share in almost $4 million in grants to continue groundbreaking research to tackle childhood cancer, asthma, respiratory viral infections and more.
Researchers developing a nasal therapy to prevent childhood ear infections and reduce overuse of antibiotics have received $300,000 in top-up funding.
Painful ear infections and muffled sounds are a thing of the past for 100 Aboriginal children who have received free grommet surgery thanks to the Djaalinj Waakinj (listening and hearing) Ear Health program.
Researchers from the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, based at The Kids Research Institute Australia, are partnering with Down Syndrome WA to learn more about how respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, affects children with increased medical vulnerability.