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Statistical considerations for the platform trial in COVID-19 vaccine priming and boostingThe Platform trial In COVID-19 priming and BOOsting (PICOBOO) is a multi-site, adaptive platform trial designed to generate evidence of the immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and cross-protection of different booster vaccination strategies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and its variants, specific for the Australian context.

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Perth’s Aboriginal babies show first signs of ear disease at just eight weeksThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have found close to 40 per cent of Aboriginal babies begin to develop middle ear infections between two and four months of age in a first of its kind study in metropolitan Perth.

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Landmark study halves skin infections in remote Aboriginal kidsLed by The Kids Research Institute Australia and Aboriginal health organisations in close partnership with nine Aboriginal communities in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, the five-year SToP Trial set out to identify the best possible methods to See, Treat and Prevent painful skin sores and scabies.

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Deborah Lehmann Research Award OpportunityThe Deborah Lehmann Research Award in Paediatric Infectious Disease Research is a funding mechanism to support the training and development of early- to mid-career researchers (EMCR) or Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students who are nationals from the Pacific Region working in or outside their hom

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Early ear infections linked to higher risk of future problems: studyResearchers have found kids who experience repeat ear infections in infancy have a much higher risk of ongoing problems with ear infections in later childhood
At the Wesfarmers Centre, we undertake research in five key areas of infections and immunisation to assist in children's health.
Review the hospital-based research that the Wesfamers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases conducts.
The aim of the study is the early identification of problems with the current flu vaccines, and providing parents and professionals with up to date information.
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