Skip to content

Search

Increasing independence in daily living tasks

In this blog, Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead Marie Rodatz shares top tips for developing independence with daily living skills —bathing or showering, washing hands, brushing teeth and dressing — in children.

A new phage discovery in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance

Jack Canning, a PhD researcher in the Wal-yan Respiratory Centre’s Phage WA team, has made a significant finding in the search for alternative treatments to antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria.

Join a Research Sub-project

Our participants have the opportunity to join a variety of sub-projects ranging from allergy prevention to improving the mental health of families.

Immune patterns linked to childhood asthma risk

New research digs deeper into how children's immune systems handle viral challenges

SenseVest Study

Learn more about the SenseVest Study at CliniKids

Impact Report 2025

View The Kids Research Institute Australia's 2025 Impact Report

Unique twin study reveals clues to childhood allergies

A study published in Science Advances has revealed that while genetics play a significant role in shaping children's immune systems, environmental factors also influence key immune responses, offering opportunity for preventing allergic diseases.

Climate Change & Child Health

This sub-project aims to fill the gap in knowledge of the effects of climate change on child health and wellbeing in Australia, and to propose data-driven adaptation trials to counter the most serious impacts.