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Learn more about our people - the dedicated researchers and staff working to address Rett syndrome, CDKL5 and other related disorders.

Journey Together for a better future for Aboriginal Kids

Aboriginal families and communities have endured the imposition of countless ‘solutions’ and had to live with the consequences of these ineffective initiatives. Those consequence are sadly evident in the unrelenting gap in outcomes for Aboriginal kids, compared with other Australian children.

Early detection helps delay onset of diabetes

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.

New life breathed into ground-breaking Aboriginal child health survey

In 1998, The Kids Research Institute Australia embarked on one of the most ambitious population health projects in Western Australian history.

Community and action at the heart of Journey Together project

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.

Unravelling medical mysteries for kids with undiagnosed diseases

Three hundred and fifty million people live with an undiagnosed disease worldwide and three quarters of them are children.

The decades old program helping families and kids to thrive

It’s a brave move to upend your entire family to seek a fresh start – or safety – in a new country: even braver when the country you’re moving to has a completely different language, structure and cultural outlook.

Applying the arts to wild little hearts

When author Maurice Sendak first sketched out the story of a rambunctious little boy sent to his room without supper, there’s no way he could have known his rollercoaster tale of childhood imagination would still be speaking to the hearts of wild young things more than six decades on.

Breakthrough in antibiotic discovery opens Pandora's Box

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).

'We can’t unknow what we’ve learned about Banksia Hill'

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.