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Elders lift their voices to bridge the gap for kids

Led by nine Elders, the Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort Project is working to generate a better understanding of early childhood development from an Aboriginal/Nyoongar perspective.

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First words: identifying risks to language development

Daniel Christensen, The Kids Research Institute Australia Life Course Centre research fellow, explained there was rapid change in a child’s brain in the first few years of life, making their home environment and relationship with carers incredibly important.

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Data reforms will improve nation’s health

The Kids Research Institute Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to invest $65 million to transform the nation’s data system and the way data is used

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Grandparent education linked to grandkids’ NAPLAN results

The effects of educational advantage or disadvantage get handed down through the generations according to a new study by researchers at the The Kids.

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Kids Menu Study

Gina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr

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KINDEE: Kids INfections and Day care’s Effects on the lungs in those born Early

Over the last 40 years medical advances in the care of newborn babies has resulted in more children surviving very early “preterm” birth than ever before.

Language in Little Ones

Investigating language interaction with infants and toddlers living in English-speaking households.

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Lung function in a model of a paediatric metabolic disease

Alexander Larcombe BScEnv (Hons) PhD Honorary Research Fellow Honorary Research Fellow Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe began work at The Kids

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Measuring how a disease outbreak could spread in WA

Nick Golding BSc DPhil Honorary Research Fellow Nick.Golding@thekids.org.au Honorary Research Fellow Professor Nick Golding is the UWA Chair in

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Metabolomics to predict asthma in children (MAP Study)

Childhood asthma begins as wheeze (a whistling sound produced by the airways during breathing) during pre­school age.