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Amy Bertinshaw had a choice between ‘wait and see’ or seek help when she noticed her son Stirling was slower to meet developmental milestones at age 12 months.

The WA Kids Cancer Centre has a suite of world-leading research projects to unlock new treatments for childhood cancers.

A diet and lifestyle mobile app targeting a critical window in early pregnancy is being introduced to women in the northern suburbs of Perth, hoping to assist with breaking the ‘transmission’ of obesity from one generation to the next.

For the first time this year, all Australian babies and children aged six months to four years will be entitled to have a free influenza vaccination.

When KEMH specialists first suggested using coconut oil to treat the fragile skin of Kimberly Rohrlach’s extremely premature first-born child, Isabella, she thought it was more than a little weird.

Research

A non-progressive motor disability due to damage of the developing brain, this is the most common physical disability in childhood. Affecting about one in 500 babies, it is frequently accompanied by other neurological impairments, such as intellectual or sensory.

Researchers went into 79 WA primary and secondary schools in 2020 and found increased levels of emotional distress among students and families.

The first ever National Healthy Skin Guideline has become the gold standard for the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in Indigenous populations in Australia and provides a positive framework for healthy skin.

Engaging the community in COVID-19 rapid research

Supporting parents of trans and gender diverse kids.