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ORIGINS is an interventional cohort study, meaning participants receive timely feedback and an action plan to address any potential abnormalities.
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ORIGINS is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of its inaugural PhD Student AwardMiss Braddon will be awarded with $15,000 to go towards her research project, DreamStart
Mental health and wellness is critical to the overall wellbeing of a person, and can also impact on physical health. Researchers are exploring the mental wellbeing of mothers and their experience of motherhood and pregnancy, and effective support options available. Mental health development of the child is also explored, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our ORIGINS families.
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Wellbeing and Type 1 DiabetesA community-led, trauma-informed psychosocial intervention to improve health outcomes of children and young people with Type-1 diabetes.
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Australia’s first Indigenous scientist appointed to CSIRO boardThe Kids Research Institute Australia and Australian National University Professor of Indigenous Genomics, Professor Alex Brown, has become the first Indigenous member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Board.
Aboriginal families and communities have endured the imposition of countless ‘solutions’ and had to live with the consequences of these ineffective initiatives. Those consequence are sadly evident in the unrelenting gap in outcomes for Aboriginal kids, compared with other Australian children.
In 1998, The Kids Research Institute Australia embarked on one of the most ambitious population health projects in Western Australian history.
The Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) Project grew out of a bold vision to harness the wisdom of Aboriginal Elders to improve outcomes for Aboriginal children, producing a suite of Elder-led, culturally appropriate and empowering initiatives that are making a difference.
Stopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health