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Welcome boost to medical research and innovation in WAThe Kids Research Institute Australia has welcomed the State Government’s additional investment into the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund (FHRI), which supports key medical research, innovation and commercialisation in Western Australia.
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Harvard Professor captivates at Annual Community LectureProfessor Bloom used his time to make a powerful case for the idea that 'healthier means wealthier' at the The Kids Annual Community Lecture for 2017
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CoLab scholarship to help drive better access to support servicesCurtin University researcher Belinda Cuomo is one of the first recipients of a CoLab Top-Up Scholarship.
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Premature babies at greater risk of childhood infectionNew research has found children who are born even slightly premature or underweight are more likely to be hospitalised with an infection during their childhood
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Worrying trends reinforce need for kids health researchChild health experts are concerned by a significant increase in the number of Australian children requiring learning support at school.
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Hear from Dr Asha Bowen at our free Girls in Science EventSecondary students have the opportunity to hear from Associate Professor Asha Bowen, a 2018 L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Fellow, in a free online event this National Science Week.
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State Government boost for The Kids researchThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been awarded five of eight State Government awards designed to help cover the hidden costs of conducting research.
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Stan Perron Charitable Foundation grants boost WA child health researchNew funding from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation will support innovative research projects and programs at The Kids Research Institute Australia with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of WA children and their families.
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#Parentingtips: A Descriptive Study of Information for Parents on TikTokParents and caregivers often turn to the internet for information about their child's health and development. Research investigating content related to parenting on the world's most popular social media platform, TikTok, has not been conducted.
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Whole-of-Life Inclusion in Bayesian Adaptive Platform Clinical TrialsThere is a recognized unmet need for clinical trials to provide evidence-informed care for infants, children and adolescents. This Special Communication outlines the capacity of 3 distinct trial design strategies, sequential, parallel, and a unified adult-pediatric bayesian adaptive design, to incorporate children into clinical trials and transform this current state of evidence inequity. A unified adult-pediatric whole-of-life clinical trial is demonstrated through the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) trial.