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The Kids researchers awarded Raine Medical Research Foundation funding

Congratulations to three The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers, who have been awarded funding from the Raine Medical Research Foundation.

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Characteristics of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children and families with substantiated child maltreatment

To investigate specific child and parental factors associated with increased vulnerability to substantiated child maltreatment.

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Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation

Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation

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CXCR1 and SLC11A1 polymorphisms affect susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: a case-control and family-based study

To look at the interplay between PMN and macrophages in disease progression in humans we asked whether polymorphisms at genes that regulate their infiltration..

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The role of dendritic cells and regulatory T cells in the regulation of allergic asthma

Airways hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is one of the major clinical features of allergic airways disease including allergic asthma

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Alcohol restrictions a powerful tool for communities

There is growing evidence that alcohol restrictions are effective in empowering communities to reduce the immediate and long term impacts of alcohol.

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Improving the wellbeing of Australian children and youth: the importance of bridging the know-do gap

Improving the wellbeing of Australian children and youth: the importance of bridging the know-do gap

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Centre of Research Excellence enables national FASD approach

Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia will establish a national framework to tackle Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

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Evaluating Early Childhood Education and Care

Evaluating Early Childhood Education and Care

Diabetes and Obesity Research

The Children's Diabetes Centre's research into Type 1 diabetes, childhood onset Type 2 diabetes and obesity aims to improve the lives of children and adolescents affected by these conditions.

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Diabetes Translational Research

The year 2013 saw the progress in our research from purely lab-based studies towards taking a step closer to translational research.

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Australian Childhood Diabetes DNA Repository

Collecting DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes.

BANK CF

The AREST CF project focuses on the assessment, treatment and prevention of CF lung disease in children under the age of seven.

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Alcohol Health Warnings Protect Mums and Babies

Researchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research support calls for mandatory health warning labels on alcohol products.

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Comprehensive Clinical Paediatric Assessment of Children and Adolescents Sentenced to Detention in Western Australia

To describe the comprehensive clinical paediatric assessment of a representative sample of children and adolescents (young people) sentenced to detention in Western Australia (WA) and participating in the first Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence study.

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Bigiswun Kid Project: a longitudinal study of adolescents living with high rates of prenatal alcohol exposure, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and early life trauma in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

The Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia.