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Funding boost for childhood cancer research projects

Projects to improve outcomes for leukaemia patients and reduce skin cancer rates in young Aboriginal people have received funding through Cancer Council WA.

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Infectious diseases advocate and child disability researcher named as finalists for national awards

Congratulations to prominent consumer advocate Catherine Hughes and The Kids Research Institute Australia honorary researcher Dr Noula Gibson, who have been named finalists in Research Australia’s 2023 Health and Medical Research Awards.

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Top honour for infectious diseases research

Congratulations to Associate Professor Asha Bowen, who has been awarded the 2022 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.

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Time for WA’s ‘wait awhiles’ to get vaccinated

Researchers leading a study into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy say a sub-group of people they’ve dubbed the ‘wait awhiles’

ATOMIC Ears Study

We are looking for children to take part in an important study that will assess a new treatment designed to prevent ongoing ear infections in kids having grommet surgery.

Melody Study

The Kids Research Institute Australia is looking for healthy babies (born from 35 weeks of pregnancy onwards) to take part in an important study evaluating a new medication that may help prevent Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) disease.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Whooping Cough Study in Young Adults could lead to an effective “stand alone” vaccine for Australians

Recruitment

Recruitment in New Zealand ran from May 2019 through to June 2021, with a total of 115 participants enrolled. Participants were recruited from two

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Seed grant preps world-first ear infection prevention therapy for human trials

The Kids Research Institute Australia has secured a State Government grant to prepare a nasal therapy designed to prevent childhood ear infections for a world-first clinical trial.