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Major funding aims to improve skin cancer outcomes for young Aboriginal people

Vital research promoting sun smart choices and skin cancer prevention for young Aboriginal people is now underway at The Kids Research Institute Australia thanks to a $100,000 Perpetual 2024 IMPACT Philanthropy grant.

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Sophisticated modelling shows WA’s Omicron outbreak still has months to run

Western Australia’s Omicron outbreak is far from over, with new modelling showing the number of total infections is only at its half-way point.

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Giving wings to a generation of Indigenous leaders

In 2005, The Kids Research Institute Australia won a National Health & Medical Research Council Indigenous Capacity Building Grant.

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Aboriginal Urban Healthy Skin study

Asha Brad Glenn Jonathan Marianne Tim Bowen Farrant Pearson Carapetis AM Mullane Barnett BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM BSc (Hons), PhD BA (

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Landmark study reveals mental health toll for Aboriginal mothers

A landmark study has revealed an increase in the prevalence of mental health related issues among mothers of Aboriginal children in Western Australia.

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Disability "In-Justice": Benefits and Challenges of "Yarning" With Young People Undergoing Diagnostic Assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Youth Detention

We report the findings from a qualitative study that took place alongside a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevalence study among detainees in Australia

Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology

Mitochondrial diseases are devastating disorders for which there are no cures or effective treatments. Our project will focus on the prevention of mitochondrial diseases and discovery of effective cures.

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Developing new models of mitochondrial diseases using CRISPR/Cas technologies

Aleksandra Filipovska BSc PhD Louis Landau Chair in Child Health Research; NHMRC Leadership Fellow; Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for

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The Effect of SMS Reminders on Vaccine Hesitancy in New Parents

Tom Snelling BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research 08 6319 1817 tom.snelling@thekids.org.au Head,