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About Embrace

Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia is Western Australia’s first research collaboration devoted to the mental health of infants, children and young people ages 0-25.

Our team

Led by some of the top mental health researchers in Australia, Embrace brings together a network of researchers and partners to find new ways to help kids at the lowest times in their lives.

Q+A: Hear from our 2026 interns!

Interested in a future paid internship opportunity with Embrace? Hear directly from our brilliant 2026 interns about their experience.

Cultural safety recommendations released

Vital recommendations to improve cultural safety in health services have been released in a newly published review led by Embrace-funded researchers.

Indigenous knowledge sharing at Gold Coast summit

Thomas Betts presenting at AIATSIS in June 2026

Indigenous schools talk cultural safety in Broome

Embrace and Healing Kids, Healing Families have shared findings from their cultural safety research with independent school staff from across WA and the NT.

Building capacity at Murdoch Career Fair

Budding students were eager to speak to Embrace and Kulunga staff about cultural safety and mental health at Murdoch University’s 2026 Career Fair.

Building resilience with type one diabetes

Increasing resilience is critical to reduce the burden of living with type one diabetes (T1D), according to participants of a new study.

LISTEN: Dads of the NICU podcast

Dr Vincent Mancini interviewed by Dads of the NICU host Matt Bialkowski.