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Pioneering mental health researcher named a 2021 Human Rights Medal finalistCongratulations to trailblazing mental health researcher Professor Helen Milroy, who has been announced as a finalist for the 2021 Human Rights Medal.

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New eczema storybook to promote healthy skinA children’s book – written by community, for community – has been launched in Western Australia’s south-west to help children and families understand more about one of the most common inflammatory skin conditions in children.

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The Kids receives critical funding boost from WA GovernmentThe Kids Research Institute Australia is one of 20 West Australian research facilities to share in $25 million funding under the State Government’s Research Infrastructure Support (RIS) program, through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.
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Clinical predictors of hypoxic pneumonia in children from the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: secondary analysis of two prospective observational studiesPneumonia is the leading cause of death in young children globally and is prevalent in the Papua New Guinea highlands. We investigated clinical predictors of hypoxic pneumonia to inform local treatment guidelines in this resource-limited setting.

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Four The Kids Research Institute Australia research leaders named as finalists for West Australian of the Year AwardsFour outstanding members of The Kids Research Institute Australia family have been named as finalists in the 2024 Western Australian of the Year Awards.

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Concern for toddlers as low iron levels affect one in threeA third of Western Australian one-year-olds and up to two thirds of three-year-olds have low iron, a study by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found.

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Five The Kids researchers awarded prestigious grantsSeveral The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will share in more than $7.5 million in prestigious Investigator Grants to pursue a range of innovative child health research.

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Grant to expand innovative consumer involvement programA $3.2 million grant from Lotterywest will allow the highly successful Consumer Involvement Program to be expanded to 18 other WA organisations.

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The Kids welcomes State Government commitment to researchThe Kids Research Institute Australia, has welcomed the State Government's budget commitment to innovation and medical research.
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New blueprint for child health researchDelivering tangible and measurable improvements to the health and wellbeing of children is at the centre of a bold new blueprint for child health research in WA