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Helping WA kids through the state’s snap lockdown

WA’s sudden lockdown has come as a shock to most of us. The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher and psychologist Dr Monique Robinson says parents should keep a close eye on their children who may be feeling anxious or disappointed as a result.

Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

The Adolescent Health and Wellbeing team works in partnership with young people to understand their priority needs and the best ways to address these. This includes informing evidence-based policies and co-designing accessible and responsive health services.

BREATH (Building Respiratory Equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health)

Our team aims to optimise lung health early in life to ensure the best possible health outcomes later in life.

Research

Development of new preclinical models of childhood leukaemia

Sébastien Laurence Rishi S. Malinge Cheung Kotecha PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics

Research

Exploring clonal diversity in paediatric B-cell leukaemia to identify new therapeutic weakness

Sébastien Rishi S. Laurence Timo Malinge Kotecha Cheung Lassmann PhD MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD

Research Theme

Precision Health

Uses personalised approaches to healthcare, aiming to tailor prevention and treatment strategies based on genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. This theme strives to make healthcare more targeted and effective for each child's unique needs.

Research

Metabolomics to predict asthma in children (MAP Study)

Childhood asthma begins as wheeze (a whistling sound produced by the airways during breathing) during pre­school age.

Research

Bronchiectasis Research for Improving Lung Health outcomes and Treatment (BRIGHT)

This prospective, longitudinal cohort study will examine airway sputum, lung function, and clinical surveillance data of children with bronchiectasis attending Perth Children’s Hospital.