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WA Kids Cancer Centre researchers appointed to Brain Cancer Expert Advisory Panel

Dr Jessica Buck and Associate Professor Raelene Endersby have been appointed to the prestigious Australian Brain Cancer Mission Expert Advisory Panel.

Announcing our 2025 Premier’s Science Awards finalists

Eight outstanding researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and the Institute-led Broome STEM Festival are finalists in the 2025 Premier’s Science Awards.

Six finalists cement The Kids' research excellence in milestone Premier's Science Awards

Six scientists from The Kids Research Institute Australia have been named finalists across five categories in the 2026 Premier's Science Awards.

Pioneering paediatric oncologist receives top cancer research award

Associate Professor Rishi Kotecha, Co-Head of Leukaemia Translational Research at The Kids Research Institute Australia Cancer Centre and Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Perth Children's Hospital, has been named Cancer Council WA’s 2024 Cancer Researcher of the Year.

Advancing hope for children with hard-to-treat leukaemia

Dr Sébastien Malinge has received a Stan Perron Charitable Foundation Research Fellowship for his pioneering research, which is paving the way for safer, targeted therapies for children with hard-to-treat leukaemia

Researchers narrow down field of new treatments for most common childhood brain cancer

Cancer researchers have narrowed-down the field of immunotherapy drugs which could be used to tackle a form of childhood brain cancer.

New study uncovers dual benefit of bone-protecting treatment for childhood leukaemia

A groundbreaking study from cancer researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia has identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for children battling the most common childhood cancer – B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Grants power next wave of childhood cancer research

Eight childhood cancer researchers have been awarded over $2 million in transformative grants from Cancer Council WA to advance their pioneering work in improving cancer treatments and outcomes for patients in Western Australia and around the world.

WA Kids Cancer Centre

The WA Kids Cancer Centre brings together clinicians and researchers working together to defeat childhood cancer.

Why timing matters: How tumours respond to immunotherapy treatments over time

Researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not.