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Exploring resilience as a pathway to Aboriginal young people's healthCan resilience improve health outcomes in Aboriginal young people? That question will be explored by The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Clair Scrine.
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Action welcomed on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersThe Telethon Kids Institute has welcomed the expansion of clinical services for young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
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The Kids researcher wins Premier’s Science AwardThe Kids researcher Dr Hannah Moore has been named Woodside Early Career Scientist of the Year at the 2015 Premier's Science Awards.
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Centre of Research Excellence enables national FASD approachResearchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia will establish a national framework to tackle Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Older maternal age linked to mental health symptoms in daughtersResearchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia have found daughters born to older mothers have higher rates of some mental health problems.

A small group program to help parents tackle anxiety in young children diagnosed with autism has found significant improvements in both children’s anxiety and parental mental health and wellbeing.

When author Maurice Sendak first sketched out the story of a rambunctious little boy sent to his room without supper, there’s no way he could have known his rollercoaster tale of childhood imagination would still be speaking to the hearts of wild young things more than six decades on.

More than 80,000 Australian children are expected to benefit from a trial being rolled out to 700 childcare centres across the country that aims to boost declining physical activity levels.

What if researchers could shop for different data to help uncover how, when and why chronic conditions such as asthma, obesity, allergies and poor mental health develop?

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Heritable and environmental determinants of hospitalisation for common childhood illnessesWe will leverage the unique Western Australian data linkage resources to undertake the definitive twin and sibling study of infection-related hospitalisation