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The Wal-yan Centre’s Annual Reports highlight the achievements of our researchers, which bring us closer to our vision to ensure that all children have healthy lungs for life.

Learn more about the supporters of the Wal-yan Respiratory Centre

The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre conducts research into a wide range of childhood respiratory disease areas.

On average, a person can expect to take more than 700 million breaths in their lifetime.

Learn more about the Focus areas for the Wal-yan Respiratory Centre

Our aim is for all kids to have healthy skin. We work with communities to reduce the burden of Strep A skin sores and sore throats to prevent rheumatic fever.

Working alongside the Healthy Skin & ARF Prevention team, clinicians and other researchers; Elder researchers and community members have driven the co-design of healthy skin promotion resources localised to their community.

The Infectious Disease Implementation Research Team is a multi-disciplinary group researching the best way to implement infectious disease prevention and treatment strategies to improve the wellbeing of children and teenagers.

The Strep A Translation team aim to understand the epidemiology of Strep A infections in Australia and the world. Alongside this, they explore the implementation of endgame recommendations, health economics and new horizons.

The mission of the Vaccine Trials Group is to improve the health of the community through immunisation and the prevention of infectious diseases.