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About Embrace

Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia is Western Australia’s first research collaboration devoted to the mental health of infants, children and young people ages 0-25.

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The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre offers a broad range of outpatient and portable tests for those affected by chronic respiratory conditions.

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Research into innovative treatments for people with asthma and antibiotic resistance supported by Innovation Fellowships

Two outstanding researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre have been awarded a 2022 Innovation Fellowship supported by the WA Government's Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.

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New study to better understand how bronchiectasis develops during childhood

A new research project – the WA Paediatric Bronchiectasis Cohort Study – officially commenced this month with the aim of looking at children with bronchiectasis in Western Australia, like nine-year-old Holly (pictured), to better understand how this disease develops during childhood.

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Vertex grant to support research into treatment strategies for cystic fibrosis lung disease

Dr Daniel Laucirica, a research officer with the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, will undertake new research into potential treatment strategies to prevent lung damage in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), under the mentorship of Associate Professor Anthony Kicic - made possible by a Vertex Cyst

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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Incidence and progression in the Northern Territory of Australia 1997 to 2010

The reduction in ARF recurrence indicates that the RHD control program has improved secondary prophylaxis; a decline in RHD incidence is expected to follow.

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Guest article: What it's like to live with Tourette Syndrome

Conor Maysey was a guest on Dr Alix Woolard's podcast, Embracing the Mind.

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Guest article: How Russian invasion of my home changed my life

Vlad Guz giving a TEDxKings Park Youth talk in 2023. Source: TEDxKings Park

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Emerging researcher tops up clinician training gap

A top-up scholarship for PhD candidate Katherine Murfitt is set to address a “significant gap” in training for psychologists.

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Leading wellbeing researcher joins Embrace

Associate Professor Jeneva Ohan will co-lead research in Embrace's childhood trauma group.