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Parenting in the Digital Age

Parental factors influencing child digital technology use in the early years.

Family & Lifestyle

ORIGINS sub-projects are investigating the best way to provide support to new parents and positively influence the health and development of their children.

Prospective Student Evening

Students met ORIGINS team at the recent Prospective Student Evening at Telethon Kids Institute.

For researchers & collaborators

ORIGINS provides a cost-effective research enabling platform for those looking to conduct research in child and family health.

WA Cohorts Network welcomes FHRI Funding Announcement

The State Government has launched the new WA Cohort Studies Research Project Support Program, recognising the value and importance of the three major cohort studies in WA.

Our current collaborators

A list of organisations that currently collaborate with ORIGINS.

The SunPreg Study

Determining the associations of sun exposure in early life on the development of non-communicable diseases.

Data resource profile: the ORIGINS project databank: a collaborative data resource for investigating the developmental origins of health and disease

The ORIGINS Project (“ORIGINS”) is a longitudinal, population-level birth cohort with data and biosample collections that aim to facilitate research to reduce non-communicable diseases and encourage ‘a healthy start to life’. ORIGINS has gathered millions of datapoints and over 400,000 biosamples over 15 timepoints, antenatally through to five years of age, from mothers, non-birthing partners and the child, across four health and wellness domains.

Nutrition & Metabolism

ORIGINS has a large number of sub-projects exploring the link between a mother's diet during pregnancy and health outcomes of the child. Projects also explore nutrition and eating habits during the early years as well as general gut health

Celebrating Women in Science: A Conversation with Dr. Jackie Davis - Co-Director, ORIGINS

In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate women in STEM and their incredible contributions to the field, aiming to inspire the next generation of female scientists.