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Communicating with and Understanding your Baby
ORIGINS has secured $500,000 in funding from the WA Government’s Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.
Investigating school readiness in ORIGINS' five-year-olds
A child's brain undergoes massive change in the first few years of life, forming millions of new neural connections. They must quickly learn how to function in the world.
Find information about ORIGINS Kids Checks, what you need to do before your appointment, and other questionnaire timepoints.
Research data from more than one million Australian and Welsh children will be examined to help better understand how the built environment affects child health and obesity, as part of an international research project to be co-led by The Kids Research Institute Australia.
ORIGINS Co-Director nominated in the 2024 Western Australian of the Year Awards
The Childhood Allergy and Immunology Research Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia are currently conducting four studies, through ORIGINS, investigating nutritional strategies in the diets of mothers and babies and how these may reduce the development of allergies.
A study of ORIGINS families has revealed a positive aspect to the COVID pandemic, with families found to benefit from the extra time together during lockdowns and mobile devices proving useful for helping them stay in touch with extended family and friends and for activities such as online classes.
Early onset Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including obesity, allergies, and mental ill-health in childhood, present a serious and increasing threat to lifelong health and longevity. The ORIGINS Project (ORIGINS) addresses the urgent need for multidisciplinary efforts to understand the detrimental multisystem impacts of modern environments using well-curated large-scale longitudinal biological sample collections.