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Amanda Zaffino

Amanda is a Certified Child Life Specialist and has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis on Child Life in Hospitals and Early Childhood Education.

Aboriginal Advisory Committee - Kids Easy Breathing Study

We are looking for Aboriginal parents who are passionate about lung health to join the Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC) for our Kids Easy Breathing Study (KEBS). Research shows 1 in 5 Aboriginal* bubs in hospital for bronchiolitis (a common viral chest infection) later had serious damage to their lungs. The aim of our study is to find out why Aboriginal bubbies are more likely to develop long-term lung sickness.

Midaiah

  Midaiah Age 19. Youth advocate, project community member.             Research is critical as it informs strategy and helps build a greater

Emma

  Emma Age 22. Youth advocate, Youth Advisory Group & Science Team community member.         Research is the answer to our problems, I think research

Sarah

  Sarah Mum of two, Summer and Andre Jnr. Project community member.           Having lived in a remote Aboriginal community, Looma, for many years it

Volunteering

The Kids Research Institute Australia welcomes and appreciates all enquiries regarding volunteering opportunities.

Building leadership

Building leadership includes two modules you can access using the links below. What is leadership? Leadership is the ability to influence the way

Leaders need a vision

Once we’ve explored what it looks like to be an effective cyber leader, we can then begin to think about the sort of impact we want to make. Without

How do you make a change?

The aim of every good leader is to make a positive change. It is often so easy to create lots of great ideas but how do we take that from a thought