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The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre conducts research into a wide range of childhood respiratory disease areas.

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Lots to celebrate as Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre turns 2

As the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre turns two, the Centre celebrates its achievements and thanks everyone involved in the work of the Centre.

Equipment available - PCH outpatient clinics

The Respiratory Physiology Platform at the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre offers access to specialist equipment housed within the outpatient research department at Perth Children’s Hospital, dedicated for research use.

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Wal-yan researchers welcomed at scientific meeting in New Zealand

More than 14 researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre will be welcomed as presenters and facilitators at The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (TSANZSRS) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) this weekend.

Working with the community

Community involvement plays an integral role in guiding our research - find out how.

Current Studies

The Western Australian Epithelial Research Program (WAERP) biobank is undertaking a number of research projects intended to improve the understanding and preclinical assessment of therapeutics for respiratory conditions.

Western Australian Epithelial Research Program

The Western Australian Epithelial Research Program (WAERP) is a community cohort biobank that collects and stores airway cells from the upper (nose) and lower (trachea) airways of Western Australian children and adults (1-50 years of age) undergoing non respiratory elective surgery.

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Keelan has ‘survived and thrived’, thanks to research

Ten-year-old Keelan Mullins is known to his mum Clare Hindle as her ‘miracle baby’. Keelan was born in March 2013 at 26 weeks’ gestation and weighing just 1096 grams.

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Researchers share in almost $1.8 million for groundbreaking child health respiratory research

Three researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre will share in almost $1.8 million in grants to continue groundbreaking research to tackle childhood asthma prevention and lung disease.

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Wal-yan Centre welcomes Professor André Schultz as new Head

In an exciting development for the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, Professor André Schultz has been appointed as the Centre’s new Head, succeeding Professor Stephen Stick.