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Giving kids with CF a chance at a longer, healthier life

COMBAT CF is one of two long-standing international trials which have resulted in new early intervention options helping to reduce progressive lung damage in kids living with CF.

Campaign designed to improve the lung health of Aboriginal children

A public health campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children is helping to improve detection, diagnosis and management of the condition.

FASD Hub a one-stop-shop for research and information for professionals and parents

A website providing the latest research and resources on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is helping parents, educators, health professionals and policy makers navigate the complexities of the neurodevelopmental impairment condition.

New treatments on horizon for rarest child brain cancers

The WA Kids Cancer Centre has a suite of world-leading research projects to unlock new treatments for childhood cancers.

Research

Centralising Local Aboriginal Language and Culture in Healthy Skin Books on the See Treat Prevent (SToP) Trial in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia: A Process and Impact Inquiry

Language is significant for communicating knowledge across cultures and generations and has the power to attribute meanings and alter our worldviews. More than 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders languages were spoken in 1788. This number has diminished to approximately 110 languages spoken in 2016, of which 90% were considered endangered in 2019. Language custodians and speakers across Australia are working to preserve and ensure languages are strongly spoken into the future.

Schools and COVID

The Kids Research Institute Australia position on schools and COVID-19 in Western Australia

Planning for a healthy start

A diet and lifestyle mobile app targeting a critical window in early pregnancy is being introduced to women in the northern suburbs of Perth, hoping to assist with breaking the ‘transmission’ of obesity from one generation to the next.