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Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) ProjectInvestigators: Albert McNamara, Allan Kickett Snr, Brad Farrant, Carol Michie, Carrington Shepherd, Charmaine Pell, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Clair Scrine, Doris Hill, Fiona Stanley, Glenn Pearson, Kerry Hunt, Larissa Perry, Michael Wright, Millie
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Indigenous young people's resilience and wellbeingCarrington Shepherd PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Population health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Social inequalities in health; child mortality. Carrington is an Honorary
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Identifying social pathways to enhanced life outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenCarrington Shepherd PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Population health; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Social inequalities in health; child mortality. Carrington is an Honorary
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An investigation of parental mental health among the Aboriginal population in Western Australia, and its impact on children’s outcomesCarrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) Honorary Research Associate Patron 08 6319 1176 contact@thekids.org.au Honorary Research Associate
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‘Defying the odds’: Exploring the impact of perinatal outcomes, maternal social and health outcomes and level of culturally appropriate service availability on the health of Western Australian Aboriginal infants and childrenCarrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) Honorary Research Associate Patron 08 6319 1176 contact@thekids.org.au Honorary Research Associate
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Tissue resident memory T cells: putting cancer cells to sleep and a target for therapyTissue resident memory T cells are cancer killing immune cells that have emerged as key players in immune-mediated control of solid cancers, as well as being markers of prognosis and predictors of response to immunotherapy.
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The interplay between sarcoma and surgery-induced wound healingIn this project, we are using systems biology approaches to map the wound healing response in sarcoma following surgery to identify new treatments that can prevent sarcoma relapse.
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Local immunotherapy for sarcomaWe are developing a gel that can be left behind in the wound bed after sarcoma surgery.
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Targeting DYRK1A: a key player in Down syndrome LeukaemogenesisSébastien Malinge PhD Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in Leukaemia, Ursula Kees Fellow (CCRF), Cancer Council WA Fellow (CCWA), Senior Research Fellow (UWA), University Associate (Curtin) Sebastien.malinge@thekids.org.au Laboratory Head,
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Development of new preclinical models of childhood leukaemiaSébastien Laurence Rishi S. Malinge Cheung Kotecha PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in Leukaemia, Ursula Kees Fellow (CCRF), Cancer Council WA Fellow (CCWA), Senior Research Fellow (UWA