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Back to school anxiety: How to help your child transition into the new school yearAs we count down to the end of the long summer holidays, it’s natural for children to feel anxious about what the new school year will bring.

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The Kids celebrate neurodiverse leader selected for prestigious STEM programA remarkable Institute leader will join a cohort of 25 STEM-qualified women to take part in the prestigious 2024 Women in Leadership Development (WILD) program.

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Getting through to young people on sun safety and vapingResearchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Cancer Council WA will team up on two projects aimed at identifying the most effective public health messaging for young people around SunSmart behaviours and how to stop vaping.

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OPINION: Fiona Stanley and Dan McAullay: Close the Gap focus ignores positivesThis opinion article was originally published in the West Australian on July 20, 2023.

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Top honour for folate hero Carol BowerA huge congratulations to The Kids Research Institute Australia founding researcher, Emeritus Professor Carol Bower, who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for her profound impact on child and public health over a 40-year career.

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Australia's medical research community unites to champion the Medical Research Future FundWestern Australia's three largest medical research institutes have joined other institutes across the nation in support of enhanced public investment in health
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Large-scale study uncovers a single major genetic risk factor for fatal parasitic diseaseResearch has identified a critical genetic risk factor for a potentially fatal parasitic disease that affects up to 400 thousand people a year, mostly children.
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Childhood asthma targeted in new researchNew research aimed at reducing the airway damage caused by asthma attacks in children has just begun at The Kids for Child Health Research in WA.
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Child Health Research Seminars March 2013The Kids for Child Health Research presents seminars from our leading researchers every Friday. They are designed to inform both the scientific co
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More research needed into mums smoking and childhood brain tumoursResearchers from Perth's Telethon Institute are calling for further investigation into a potential link between maternal smoking and childhood brain tumours.