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ISOM 2023 research Panel 4 - Diagnostics and microbiology of otitis media

To identify and review key research advances from the literature published between 2019 and 2023 on the diagnosis and microbiology of otitis media (OM) including acute otitis media (AOM), recurrent AOM (rAOM), otitis media with effusion (OME), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and AOM complications (mastoiditis). 

Researchers receive crucial near miss funding

Congratulations to three outstanding The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers who have received second chance WA health funding designed to support researchers who have narrowly missed out on highly competitive national funding.

Financial incentives to motivate treatment for hepatitis C with direct acting antivirals among Australian adults

Untreated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can result in cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies are highly effective and have few side effects compared to older interferon-based therapy. Despite the Australian government providing subsidised and unrestricted access to DAA therapy for chronic HCV infection, uptake has not been sufficient to meet the global target of eliminating HCV as a public health threat by 2030. 

Screening for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Relevance of Psychological Factors and Era of Commencement of Antiretroviral Therapy

Findings of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment were not confounded by existing mood disorders, unlike the 3-item questionnaire

The benefits of UV exposure

For decades Australians have been told to minimise sun exposure to prevent skin cancer.

Ingrid Amgarth-Duff

Dr Amgarth-Duff is an early career Post-doctoral Senior Research Offer in the Healthy Skin & ARF prevention team.

Shelley Gorman

Honorary Research Associate

Bronwyn Milkins

Dr Bronwyn Milkins is a Senior Research Officer in the Healing Kids, Healing Families team and is working on the Dissociation Project. Bronwyn’s current research aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people who experience trauma-related dissociation.

Groundbreaking TB researcher named AAMRI Rising Star

Dr Kefyalew Alene, who heads the Geospatial and Tuberculosis team at The Kids and is a senior research fellow within the Curtin School of Population Health, has used cutting edge technology to transform the way TB transmission is predicted, understood and managed globally.

Transforming growth factor-Beta in milk

Findings suggest that TGF-Beta in milk may influence the development of immunological outcomes in offspring.