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Bec Young

Rebecca 'Bec' Young is a research assistant on the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team at The Kids Research Institute Australia.

National Vaccines Platform – First Nations Community Advisory group

Telethon Kids Institute is leading the development of a National Vaccine Platform for conducting trials to improve protection from diseases that can prevented with vaccines. We are seeking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders to join our new First Nations Vaccines Community Advisory Group.

Wendy

Wendy Mum of two kids, Joshua and Julia. ORIGINS project member and trial participant. I discovered that my son was allergic to nuts.

Evelyn

Evelyn Age 18. Youth advocate, volunteer. Research is what leads to change. It presents countless possibilities for discoveries -

Amber

Amber Mum of four, Ethany, Xavier, Imogen and Adison. Co-founder of Tiny Sparks WA, Chair of Preterm Community Reference Group, Wal-yan Respiratory

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Major grants fuel child health research

Six researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded $8.9 million in prestigious Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council.

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Big data to help understand why four out of five kids no longer walk or ride to school

Researchers will use cutting edge big data and geospatial modelling techniques to tackle the dramatic decline in the number of West Australian children walking or riding to school.

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Five researchers from The Kids awarded Early Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships

Five researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded three-year fellowships with the aim of keeping more WA-based PhD graduates involved in child health research.

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Prime Minister’s Prize for pioneering WA anaesthetist

Congratulations to trailblazing Western Australian paediatric anaesthetist and researcher Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg, who has been awarded a prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for globally influential research that has made surgery and recovery safer for babies and children.

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Early childhood researcher a finalist in peak South Australian science awards

A The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher whose PhD studies highlighted the link between screen time exposure and toddlers’ language development has been named a finalist in South Australia’s Science Excellence and Innovation Awards.