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The Angela Wright Bennett Foundation has made a $250,000 donation to autism research being led by Andrew Whitehouse at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Read more.
Geoff Cattach has headed the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation and raised $24 million to fund The Kids' research into childhood cancers
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We are establishing an Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Community Reference Group (CRG) to provide community perspectives on the research activities into AMR within the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre and in association with the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases.
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Find out how to participate in our research and community groups.
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Fertility techniques linked to intellectual disabilityA The Kids Research Institute Australia study showing a link between intellectual disability and some forms of ART has reinforced the need for co-ordinated long-term monitoring of outcomes of children conceived using these techniques.
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Children’s voices must be heardAround seven per cent of children and young people live in poverty, and one third are developmentally vulnerable when they start full-time school.
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Isla's Invasive Strep A Story"I had never heard of invasive Streptococcus A disease before, and I was shocked to hear that it is actually three times more common than meningococcal disease and just as deadly yet there is no vaccine to protect against it."
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New research home to improve outcomes for kidsThe Kids Research Institute Australia’s new state of the art research facility within the Perth’s Children’s Hospital (PCH) has officially opened its doors, paving the way for faster bench to bedside outcomes for children.
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The Kids researchers finalists in Premier’s Science AwardsTwo highly respected The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been named as finalists in the 2018 Premier’s Science Awards.
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Banksia Hill project a game changer for young people in detentionA ground-breaking The Kids Research Institute Australia study, which revealed that almost every young person being held in the Banksia Hill Detention Centre had some form of neuro-disability, has sparked concern and conversation across Australia and the world.