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Supporting healthy tummies in bubs
Exploring the challenges to mental and physical health fathers face during their transition to parenthood.
This Australian-first study will simultaneously identify childhood exposure to heavy metals in regional and remote communities and provide these communities with training in drinking water quality, STEM and dental hygiene.
An outline of ORIGINS sub-projects by name
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Maternal and Child Mental Health and WellbeingExamining the pathways of perinatal maternal mental health that influence child mental health outcomes.
The WA Kids Cancer Centre brings together clinicians and researchers working together to defeat childhood cancer.
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New study to better understand how bronchiectasis develops during childhoodA new research project – the WA Paediatric Bronchiectasis Cohort Study – officially commenced this month with the aim of looking at children with bronchiectasis in Western Australia, like nine-year-old Holly (pictured), to better understand how this disease develops during childhood.
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Unique twin study reveals clues to childhood allergiesA study published in Science Advances has revealed that while genetics play a significant role in shaping children's immune systems, environmental factors also influence key immune responses, offering opportunity for preventing allergic diseases.
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Vertex grant to support research into treatment strategies for cystic fibrosis lung diseaseDr Daniel Laucirica, a research officer with the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, will undertake new research into potential treatment strategies to prevent lung damage in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), under the mentorship of Associate Professor Anthony Kicic - made possible by a Vertex Cyst
Use of a Primary Epithelial Cell Screening Tool to Investigate Phage Therapy in Cystic Fibrosis Antimicrobial-resistant microbes are an increasing