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Communications Officer

Exciting opportunity to join the dynamic communications team of The Kids Research Institute Australia.

Research Nurse / Clinical Study Co-ordinator - Northern Territory

Patient recruitment, sample collection & coordination of a clinical study in patients with rheumatic heart disease.

Manager, Learning and Development

Manage the Learning & Development program for the Institute's staff and students so they can continue to learn and thrive trough various stages of their careers

PhD - Respiratory Environmental Health / Public Health

This is a PhD Scholarship to undertake research in collaboration with The Kids Research Institute Australia and Curtin University

Senior Research Fellow Making FASD History

Work with established research projects in FASD within a broad strategy of work Making FASD History and secure new funding and collaborations.

Student Opportunities

Our research teams are among the world’s best and we have strong affiliations with Perth Children's Hospital and all major Western Australian universities, particularly The University of Western Australia and Curtin University.

Become a student

All students enroll for their degree through a university and undertake their research at the Institute under the supervision of an Institute researcher.

Assessment and management of nutrition and growth in Rett syndrome

We developed recommendations to assess and manage issues relating to poor growth and weight gain in Rett syndrome, including consideration of gastrostomy.

Experience of gastrostomy using a quality care framework: The example of Rett syndrome

We investigated our data from family questionnaires to see how feeding difficulties related to age, the type of MECP2 mutation, and the use of gastrostomy.

Level of purposeful hand function as a marker of clinical severity in Rett syndrome

We developed a measure of hand function, and then investigated relationships between hand function, type of MECP2 mutation, age and severity of symptoms.