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A full listing of all the different Research Teams at The Kids. Each of these teams can also be found under their appropriate Research Focus Area.

Research

Despite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.

Kaal is a proud Noongar boy, he loves playing football, but this season Kaal is about to tackle a new and unexpected challenge… eczema.

With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.

Research

The science that interprets the way nutrients and other substances in food affect maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease.

Research

Our skin, the body’s largest organ, protects us and maintains overall health. Untreated recurring skin infections like impetigo and scabies severely impact children. The Kids is at the forefront of combatting skin infections, particularly within remote Aboriginal communities experiencing some of the world’s highest rates.

Research

Cancers in children are very different from cancers in adults - in most cases they appear to strike simply at random. They also develop differently and can spread more rapidly and aggressively. And because cancers in children are not obviously linked to their lifestyles, much work is needed to pinpoint their cause.

These project websites display extended detailed information about specific research areas.

The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre is made up of multi-disciplinary teams that are committed to improving the lives of children and their families living with respiratory disease.

As well as ORIGINS long-term core research, there are a number of clinical trials, early interventions and shorter-term research studies that sit within ORIGINS. Known as sub-projects, these studies look at multiple aspects of child and family health and development.