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At The Kids Research Institute Australia, our vision is simple – happy, healthy kids. We bring together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders to share our mission to improve the health, development and lives of children and young people through excellence in research.

Research

We investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

Research

To investigate developmental trajectories in early childhood and predictors of class assignment.

Find out about the research outputs for the Development Pathways Project, and see the published research outcomes.

News & Events

Four outstanding members of The Kids Research Institute Australia family – three researchers and an Aboriginal Elder co-researcher – have been named in the Australia Day Honours List for their outstanding service to research and the community.

ORIGINS sub-projects are investigating the best way to provide support to new parents and their influence on the health and development of their offspring.

A dramatic rise in food allergies over the past 20 years had Australian medical professionals scratching their heads, with three in every ten babies born each year developing food-related allergy or eczema.

Research

For parents and guardians, assisting children/adolescents with severe obesity to lose weight is often a key objective but a complex and difficult challenge. Our aim in this study was to explore parents' (and guardians') perspectives on the challenges they have faced in assisting their children/adolescents with severe obesity to lead a healthy lifestyle.

News & Events

In this new blog, Speech Pathologist Emma Corry looks at the importance of shared attention for connection, communication and learning.

Research

Using linked data, we describe changes in respiratory virus testing among children born in Western Australia in 1996-2012