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Last chance to write your Will for FREEThere is only one week left to access our time-limited offer and write your Will ...
08/09/2025

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Today we’re celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day, a vibrant celebration that honours the rich stories, culture and langua...
04/09/2025

Today we’re celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day, a vibrant celebration that honours the rich stories, culture and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia.

The day aims to raise awareness about the literacy challenges faced by remote Indigenous communities, where many children lack access to quality books and educational resources.

Here at The Kids, our research teams have worked with community to co-design storybooks designed to bring research and health promotion messages to kids through the art of storytelling.

Check out all the healthy skin storybooks and resources here 👉🏽 https://www.thekids.org.au/healthy-skin/resource-hub

01/09/2025

Today marks the start of something extraordinary. 🏁

Childhood cancer researcher Jacob Byrne is taking on a monumental challenge: 30 marathons in 30 days – all to raise money to support research for children facing brain cancer.

Every step Jacob takes will be for the littlest brains who need breakthroughs the most.

You can cheer him on by making a donation here: https://shorturl.at/KdPYP

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💜 This Wear It Purple Day, the team at The Kids are wearing purple to help champion visibility, inclusion and support fo...
28/08/2025

💜 This Wear It Purple Day, the team at The Kids are wearing purple to help champion visibility, inclusion and support for LGBTQIA+ young people across Australia.

Our vision is happy, healthy kids – and this includes every young person’s right to be proud of who they are, regardless of their sexuality or gender identity.

In Australia, LGBTQIA+ individuals experience poorer mental and physical health outcomes compared with the wider population. These inequalities are largely due to experiences of stigma and discrimination, and are made worse by poor access to informed, sensitive, and tailored healthcare.

💡 Did you know that here at The Kids, our incredible researchers are working on a number of projects to support the health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ young people?

We’re currently developing a new project, Community in Practice, to equip trainee medicine and psychology students to better support LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families.

Because we all deserve the right to be proud of who we are – and access the care we need.

🏳️‍🌈 💜 Today, whether you identify as LGBTQIA+, are exploring your identity, or want to show your support as an ally, we encourage you to join us in wearing purple.

We’re celebrating Speech Pathology Week at The Kids! Speech pathologists play a vital role in helping kids develop skill...
28/08/2025

We’re celebrating Speech Pathology Week at The Kids! Speech pathologists play a vital role in helping kids develop skills they need to make their needs known.

At CliniKids – The Kids’ first clinical service – we work with many children who show their voice in different ways. Some kids use verbal language, while others may use sounds, gestures, eye gaze or pictures to communicate.

How can you help your child to develop their communication skills? Scientists say we can help kids build healthy brain architecture through ‘serve and return’ interactions. This is when:
🧠a child reaches out for interaction (‘serves’)
🧠and the caregiver responds (‘returns’)

A classic (and fun!) serve-and-return game to play with your children is the chatterbox.

“Chatterboxes are a great way to connect and communicate because they turn everyday interactions into playful opportunities for language development,” Speech Pathologist and CliniKids Clinical Services Manager Theresa Pastor said.

This Speech Pathology Week, come into our Discovery Centre to make a chatterbox:
📅 Thursday 28 August – Friday 29 August
📍 The Kids Discovery Centre, Perth Children’s Hospital, 100 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands

Can’t make it to our live event? Print your very own chatterbox cut-out:
https://shorturl.at/UV0M5

Find out more about speech therapy at CliniKids: https://shorturl.at/d9rpQ

Reducing technology-based abuse of girls and young women in regional communities is the focus of a new study by research...
27/08/2025

Reducing technology-based abuse of girls and young women in regional communities is the focus of a new study by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia, which has been made possible thanks to a $369,000 Australian Government grant awarded through the eSafety Commissioner’s Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program.

Head of The Kids’ Human Development and Community Wellbeing team Professor Francis Mitrou and Senior Research Fellow Dr Vincent Mancini will lead the project, 'Giving voice to rural and regional boys and young men', investigating:

🔍 How boys and young men in regional WA perceive tech-based abuse
👨‍👩‍👧 What support they – and their families – need to help prevent harm toward girls and young women

The study will take place in three WA communities representing farming, mining and fishing regions.

What’s involved:
• Listening to young males to understand their experiences and views
• Using the Beacon app – developed by The Kids Research Institute Australia and Dolly's Dream – to deliver trusted cyber safety guidance to families

💡 The study’s insights will help shape stronger policies, targeted education programs and locally relevant support services in regional communities.

📖 Read more about the project: https://shorturl.at/9E3WO

The University of Western Australia

25/08/2025

ICYMI: Researchers at The Kids are looking for Perth families to help us learn more about how often young children get RSV.

Associate Professor Hannah Moore OAM recently chatted with Monica Kos on 9 News Perth about the PATROL RSV Study - Parents Actively Tracking RSV in Little Ones. Affecting the airways and lungs, RSV is a life-threatening virus responsible for sending 3.6 million children to hospitals worldwide each year.

While researchers have statistics on hospitalisation rates for severe illness, we have no idea how many infections with mild or zero symptoms occur in the community, so this knowledge will help inform future immunisation strategies designed to minimise the spread of RSV.

The PATROL team are on the hunt for 200 children who are:
🧒 aged 4 or under
🧑 attend daycare at least twice a week
🏙️ live in the Perth metro area

Participation is simple and parent-led, involving four nose swabs at set time points over 12 months, as well as extra swabs when children are unwell.

Sign up here! 👇
https://lnkd.in/g5X8P9bD

Associate Professor Moore is Theme Head of Infectious Diseases at The Kids, and Co-Head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases' Infectious Diseases Epidemiology team.

✨ Stories Under the Stars in Broome! ✨ The Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases lit up on Wednesday ...
22/08/2025

✨ Stories Under the Stars in Broome! ✨

The Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases lit up on Wednesday with the launch of its Missing Piece storybooks!

More than 100 students, teachers, and families from St Mary’s College joined the Book Week celebration — and each went home with a copy of our new books, hot off the press. 📚💫

Co-designed by kids in the Kimberley, the Missing Piece books explore Strep A infections, why they’re so dangerous, and what researchers discovered through the Missing Piece Surveillance Study involving 250 children across the region.

Some lucky kids even got to see themselves featured in the books for the first time!

A huge thank you to St Mary's College Broome, Holy Rosary School Derby, and Catholic Education WA for supporting this important study.

✨ Designed by Kelli Savietto, photographed by Michael Torres from Jalaru Photography & Design, and produced by Clements & Co Studio, these books bring vital health education to life.

📖 Learn more about the study here: https://shorturl.at/EU0fp

20/08/2025

The Kids Research Institute Australia launched its inaugural Kalgoorlie STEM Festival Last week and the results were nothing short of electric!

The festival was buzzing with excitement as Goldfields kids explored hands-on science – from examining golden flecks in rocks, to looking at real samples in microscopes and building wind-tunnel-ready craft ships.

This festival wasn’t just about fun it was about representation, inspiration, and community. By partnering with local organisations like Goldfields University Department of Rural Health, Heart of Gold Australia, Museum of the Goldfields , Northern Star Kalgoorlie Operations, and Engineers Australia, we planted seeds of curiosity that could grow into future careers in STEM.

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Walk through the jungle or go on a bear hunt for Book Week! Acting out stories is a wonderful way to bond and stay acti...
20/08/2025

Walk through the jungle or go on a bear hunt for Book Week!

Acting out stories is a wonderful way to bond and stay active with your kids. We know from our research that kids who get enough energetic play each day grow strong bodies, bones, brains, and bonds.

“Parents and educators are amazing role models to show how valuable and fun active books can be,” Play Active Chief Investigator, Professor Hayley Christian said.

“Reading together and pretending to be part of the story really brings the adventure to life, and helps children connect with caregivers.”

Visit https://shorturl.at/2JPH4 to download our list of active books, brought to you by the Better Beginnings and Play Active team at The Kids Research Institute Australia.

Celebrating Book Week with a buzz! 🐜📚 We were delighted to welcome students from Hollywood Primary School to our Discove...
19/08/2025

Celebrating Book Week with a buzz! 🐜📚

We were delighted to welcome students from Hollywood Primary School to our Discovery Centre for a very special story time with co-director of Embrace at The Kids Professor Helen Milroy AM, Australia’s first Indigenous doctor and child psychiatrist.

Professor Milroy shared ‘Bush Bugs’ from her First Nations Bush series – a joyful story filled with vibrant illustrations, playful rhymes, and a cast of creepy crawlies, from stick insects and blowflies to spiders, wasps, and mosquitos. 🕷️

The interactive session had everyone singing, dancing, and discovering how these tiny creatures play a big role in keeping our environment healthy. 🌿

If you’re visiting Perth Children’s Hospital this week, pop into our Discovery Centre to join the Book Week fun! 🎉

🌟 On Wednesday 20 August, CliniKids Speech Pathologist Gen Wilmot will host shared book reading experiences.

🌟 Plus, enjoy Quiet Hour every day from 1.00pm to 2.00pm – a calm space for curious minds.

Find all the details here: https://www.thekids.org.au/events/celebrate-book-week

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At Telethon Kids Institute, we're committed to children’s research that gives every child the best opportunity for a happy and healthy childhood.

Founded in 1990 by 2003 Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Stanley, the Telethon Kids Institute's success stems from its innovative approach in bringing together researchers from different fields of science to tackle major issues in child health and wellbeing.

Director Dr Jonathan Carapetis leads the 700-strong team at our cutting-edge facility now based in Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands.

We are committed to collaboration. We create and facilitate connections with researches, practitioners, service providers, our partners and the community, to maximise the potential in what we do and deliver tangible benefits to kids and families.