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Dr Rishi Kotecha knows too well the devastation of a leukaemia diagnosis in a child, treating children as a consultant at Princess Margaret Hospital.
In an exciting breakthrough for cancer treatment, a new weapon to enable the immune system to combat the disease may have been unlocked.
A The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher will investigate new ways to harness the body’s own immune system to fight melanoma, thanks to Cancer Council WA funding.
Dr Nick Gottardo and Dr Raelene Endersby from The Kids Research Institute Australia are the driving force behind an innovative, global action group on child brain cancer.
Invasive fungal disease is a common and important complication in children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). We describe the epidemiology of IFD in a large multicentre cohort of children with AML.
The Kids Research Institute Australia brain cancer researcher, Dr Jessica Buck will today join the ranks of a select group of brilliant female scientists.
In the field of cancer research, lobbying efforts by the The Kids Cancer Centre have contributed to major initiatives including Australia’s first personalised medicine program for children with high-risk cancer, and a mission to boost survival rates in brain cancer patients.
One of the researchers who helped crack the code of 10-year-old Northam girl Charlotte Patterson’s incredibly rare disease has received State Government funding that will allow her to use the same methods to rapidly assess the cases of hundreds more patients living with undiagnosed disease.
This sub-project aims to understand why some people develop long-term health problems after COVID-19 and to identify biological markers that can help doctors predict who is most at risk and how to treat them.
A team of world-leading scientists has secured $5 million in funding from the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society to advance the fight against leukaemia in children with Down syndrome.
Each year in Australia, around 120 children are diagnosed with brain cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related death in young people.
This sub-project will be using ORIGINS data to explore the risk and protective factors of obesity from birth to early childhood.
This research domain focuses on understanding how early biological and physical factors shape infant growth, body composition, and neurodevelopment from the earliest stages of life.
In partnership with Playgroup WA, this sub-project is investigating the impact of playgroups on mental health and socio-emotional outcomes in parents and children within ORIGINS.
During our 8-Year Kids Checks, ORIGINS is introducing the opportunity for parents and children to be fitted with the SENS motion device which that will measure you and your child's sleep and physical activity for seven days.
Exploring opportunities for early diagnosis and intervention and the impact this has on improving family healthcare.
The ACE sub-project is working to inform universal antenatal screening for maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by thoroughly examining their impact on the pregnancy and child.
Strengths-based, tiered, accessible, resources and supports (STARS) for Kids for parent, carers and their children.
STARS for Kids, a sub-project of ORIGINS, received a three-year grant to advance the development of a scalable, online, tiered model of care to better support disadvantaged communities, where 20-25 per cent of children are entering school developmentally vulnerable.