Involvement opportunities

Discover the latest community involvement opportunities from across the Institute.

Telethon Kids Institute is committed to providing opportunities for health consumers and community members to be partners in our research.

We partnered with The University of Western Australia’s School of Population and Global Health in 2004 to establish the first consumer and community involvement program in Australia.

Currently we have hundreds of people partnering with a range of researchers and research programs to develop and deliver worldclass research. The range of activities is broad and includes providing advice on planning for involvement activities in grant applications; helping to write plain language summaries; serving on committees and advisory groups; attending forums and workshops; developing strategies to disseminate research results and advocating for the translation of research into policy and practice.

Support for these activities is provided by the Consumer Involvement Coordinator. To find out how you can play a part, email involvement@telethonkids.org.au.

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Current opportunities

Bright Tomorrows – Community Advisory Group

We are seeking expressions of interest from community members with children between the ages of 0-5 years old to join our Community Advisory Group.

FIFO Families Reference Group

Share your experience and perspective to help guide our research which aims to understand how families can be supported to thrive in a FIFO working arrangement.

ADHD Reference Group

Are you a parent or caregiver of a child with neurodevelopmental and cognitive concerns, such as ADHD? Are you pregnant and have a family history of ADHD? Then we would welcome you expressing interest in joining our community reference group to, share your thoughts, and help us shape our research strategies to enhance our understanding on nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding women and child brain development.

Antimicrobial Resistance Community Reference Group

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.

National Vaccines Platform – Community Advisory group

Telethon Kids Institute is leading the development of a National Vaccine Platform for conducting trials to improve protection from diseases that can prevented with vaccines. We are seeking people with an interest in Vaccines to join our new National Vaccines Platform Community Advisory Group.

National Vaccines Platform – Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Community Advisory group

Telethon Kids Institute is leading the development of a National Vaccine Platform for conducting trials to improve protection from diseases that can prevented with vaccines. We are seeking people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds to join our new Vaccines Community Advisory Group.

National Vaccines Platform – First Nations Community Advisory group

Telethon Kids Institute is leading the development of a National Vaccine Platform for conducting trials to improve protection from diseases that can prevented with vaccines. We are seeking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders to join our new First Nations Vaccines Community Advisory Group.

Aboriginal Advisory Committee - Kids Easy Breathing Study

We are looking for Aboriginal parents who are passionate about lung health to join the Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC) for our Kids Easy Breathing Study (KEBS). Research shows 1 in 5 Aboriginal* bubs in hospital for bronchiolitis (a common viral chest infection) later had serious damage to their lungs. The aim of our study is to find out why Aboriginal bubbies are more likely to develop long-term lung sickness.