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Meet Jacinta - STARS Award Recipient

Jacinta Walton is a bright and energetic powerhouse and proud Noongar woman who joined The Kids in 2019, and was recently named a STARS Award recipient.

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Your Stories Get in touch If you would like to share your story or chat through something in particular, please reach out. April Welsh Development

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Safe start to life for East Pilbara babies thanks to Journey Together Initiative

Born two weeks early, six-month-old Braxton Lewis’ entry to the world could have been vastly different if not for a service dedicated to improving pregnancy outcomes for Aboriginal women in WA’s East Pilbara.

Port Hedland – Kumaparniku Wraparound Services Research Collaboration

Early in the consultation phase of the project, local Elders through Hedland Aboriginal Strong Leaders, education representatives and others identified that vulnerable families needed help navigating and accessing local support services that were already available in Port Hedland.

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Telethon Institute joins international effort to improve early nutrition and long term health

The Kids for Child Health Research will join more than 50 scientists from 36 research institutions around the world to improve early nutrition

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Why timing matters: How tumours respond to immunotherapy treatments over time

Researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not.

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Finding new treatments for rare brain cancers in infants

The WA Kids Cancer Centre has secured $1.1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Paediatric Brain Cancer Research Stream 2 to develop more effective and less toxic treatments for rare brain cancers in infants.

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Researchers narrow down field of new treatments for most common childhood brain cancer

Cancer researchers have narrowed-down the field of immunotherapy drugs which could be used to tackle a form of childhood brain cancer.

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Key appointments to drive early childhood collaboration

Leading child health researcher Professor Donna Cross has been appointed as Director of the new Early Childhood Development and Learning Collaboration, hosted b