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A website providing the latest research and resources on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is helping parents, educators, health professionals and policy makers navigate the complexities of the neurodevelopmental impairment condition.

At The Kids Research Institute Australia, we've been thinking of the kids for 35 years. We are finding the answers to some of the biggest problems facing the health and wellbeing of children and families. Our Research Themes host defined programs of work where the Institute has clear strengths and capacity. Our overarching commitment to First Nations Health and Equity is embedded across all our work and features as a core consideration in each Research Theme. The Institute is committed to ending the disparity in health and wellbeing outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal kids and families.

Amy Bertinshaw had a choice between ‘wait and see’ or seek help when she noticed her son Stirling was slower to meet developmental milestones at age 12 months.

The WA Kids Cancer Centre has a suite of world-leading research projects to unlock new treatments for childhood cancers.

The Kids Research Institute Australia position on schools and COVID-19 in Western Australia

Discover the remarkable human stories behind our breakthroughs
at The Kids.

Discover how early support is helping kids connect, communicate and thrive.

Learn how research with Aboriginal communities is saving young hearts across Australia.

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To celebrate NAIDOC week we sat down with Isabelle Adams, the coordinator of The Kids Research Institute Australia's Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development Unit (KARDU).

A diet and lifestyle mobile app targeting a critical window in early pregnancy is being introduced to women in the northern suburbs of Perth, hoping to assist with breaking the ‘transmission’ of obesity from one generation to the next.