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Nurturing children's health together: A collaboration between early childhood education and care (ECEC) educators and parents on active play and eating well

For students

ORIGINS welcomes undergraduate, Honours, PhD, Masters, and Doctor of Medicine students, in addition to junior doctors or trainees wishing to undertake a research placement or project as part of their studies.

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Nutrition

The science that interprets the way nutrients and other substances in food affect maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease.

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Community perspectives on the appropriateness and importance of support goals for young autistic children

Researchers do not know much about what autistic adults, parents and professionals think about support goals for young autistic children. People's views of support goals might also be influenced by their beliefs about early support more generally. This survey involved 87 autistic adults, 159 parents of autistic children and 80 clinical professionals living in New Zealand and Australia.

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Worrying trends reinforce need for kids health research

Child health experts are concerned by a significant increase in the number of Australian children requiring learning support at school.

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Hormones in utero influence facial structure

Hormone levels in the womb may determine how masculine or feminine your facial features are as an adult, The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have found.

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Improving the Journey Before, During and After Diagnosis of a Neurodevelopmental Condition: Suggestions from a Sample of Australian Consumers and Professionals

The current study used a transdiagnostic approach to explore experiences of consumers and professionals on how the process of assessing and diagnosing neurodevelopmental conditions can be improved.

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Nine-year-old Beau cuts his curls to fight cancer

Meet Beau Jones. Beau is nine-years-old and lives in Eaton where he likes playing basketball and hanging out with his brothers. He’s also passionate about standing up to cancer!

Custom Medicine for Kids

Thanks to an enabling donation from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation, The Kids Research Institute Australia is home to one of the first paediatric personalised medicine research centres in the world.

To immunity and beyond

The quest to stop infectious diseases from killing our kids