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A unique initiative is combining research, action and advocacy to deliver evidence- based improvements to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal families in Perth and Western Australia’s north west.
Three hundred and fifty million people live with an undiagnosed disease worldwide and three quarters of them are children.
The Kids Research Institute Australia is at the forefront of a global effort to track and prevent malaria – one of the world’s leading causes of disease and child deaths, particularly in developing countries.
What if researchers could shop for different data to help uncover how, when and why chronic conditions such as asthma, obesity, allergies and poor mental health develop?
Although a staple of modern medicine, the benefits of antibiotics are waning thanks to overuse and the increasing ability of bacteria to dodge them – known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
A world-first study led by Dr Aveni Haynes at The Kids’ Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre, is helping to detect early changes in blood sugar levels.
The Kids Research Institute Australia has been among a growing number of voices passionately advocating for an overhaul of the way young people in detention are managed in Western Australia.
In 1998, The Kids Research Institute Australia embarked on one of the most ambitious population health projects in Western Australian history.
More than 80,000 Australian children are expected to benefit from a trial being rolled out to 700 childcare centres across the country that aims to boost declining physical activity levels.
Researchers have worked with communities to come up with a tangible, practical legacy to improve the policy architecture and clinical approaches to drinking during pregnancy