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Infant and Early Childhood Sleep

Self-regulatory difficulties in infants (difficulty soothing and sleeping) tells us that the infant may be at risk of developing a range of physical and mental health difficulties in later life.

Infants entering care: developmental needs and care trajectories

Melissa O'Donnell BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child

Infants removed by Child Protection: Nature, extent and impact

This study aims to increase knowledge about the nature, extent and impact of removals, repeat removals and entries of new babies into the care system.

Infection Transmission in Early Childhood Education and Care: a mixed methods study to inform future interventions

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many uncertainties and incorrect assumptions about respiratory pathogen transmission.

Integrate, Identify, Intervene (Triple I Project): Identifying opportunities for preventing respiratory infections in children through integrating population-based health and laboratory data

Christopher Hannah Blyth Moore MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Centre Head, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and

Investigating the relationships between sun exposure and cardiometabolic dysfunction

Peter Shelley Jacoby Gorman BA (Hons) MSc BSc (Hons) PhD Biostatistician Honorary Research Associate Peter.Jacoby@thekids.org.au shelley.gorman@

Investigation of care experiences and support associated with positive educational outcomes: evidence for improving educational trajectories for children in care

Melissa O'Donnell BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child

Junk-food filled neighbourhoods: Building a local evidence-base for change’. Rapid Obesity Policy Translation Program

Gina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr

Kids are not small adults, Identifying age-dependent drug targets in paediatric oncology

Cancers in children are very different to cancers in adults. However, most therapeutic strategies are designed explicitly for adult cancers, and then used in children if proven safe.

Kindy Readiness Project

Desiree Dr Jackie Lisa Susan Silva Davis Gibson Prescott MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons), PGradDipHlthProm, PhD BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD MBBS BMedSci