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Federal politicians urged to adopt transport priorities that keep kids happy, healthy and safeThe Kids Research Institute Australia has backed a series of transport priorities to keep children safer on the roads, boost physical activity levels, and save the economy billions of dollars.
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Why it’s safe for kids to be at schoolAs Australia battles with COVID-19 outbreaks across all mainland states, there is a sense of familiar dread as major cities plunge into lockdown.
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Improving aftercare for young people at risk of suicideA collaborative research team has secured federal funding to examine ways to improve the experience that children, adolescents and young people have when they present to hospital emergency departments for an acute mental health crisis with the aim of reducing the rate of youth suicide.
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WA duo recognised as world’s most frequent autism research collaborators of the decadeDirector of CliniKids, Professor Andrew Whitehouse, and Professor Murray Maybery, have been identified as the world’s most frequent autism research collaborators of the decade.
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How the Australian bushfires can impact your family’s mental healthBushfires can have a considerable impact on our physical and mental health, with some symptoms lasting long after the blaze is extinguished. And our children are amongst the most vulnerable.
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Could Perth lakes hold the secret to fighting antibiotic-resistant superbugs?Perth researchers have discovered a predatory virus living in the city’s lakes and rivers that can fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs in children.
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Aboriginal researcher and psychiatrist named joint winner of national mental health prizePioneering Aboriginal psychiatrist, researcher and mental health champion Professor Helen Milroy has been named joint winner of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize.
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The Hon Julie Bishop to chair The Kids Research Institute AustraliaFormer Australian Foreign Affairs Minister The Hon Julie Bishop will be the next Chair of Perth’s The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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The Kids researchers honoured at Premier’s Science AwardsA The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher devoted to Aboriginal health and justice has been named the inaugural Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year at the 2019 Premier’s Science Awards.
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Fertility techniques linked to intellectual disabilityA The Kids Research Institute Australia study showing a link between intellectual disability and some forms of ART has reinforced the need for co-ordinated long-term monitoring of outcomes of children conceived using these techniques.