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Vaccinating young adults against HPV: the importance of understanding health decision-making and behaviour

Vaccination of young teenage females against human papillomavirus (HPV) with a newly licenced quadrivalent vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and...

Research governance

At The Kids Research Institute Australia, we pride ourselves on conducting research to the highest standards possible. See our Research Governance process in more detail.

Rewarding Research Excellence

We believe the way we reward research excellence is better than anywhere in the nation. Find out about the ways The Kids Research Institute Australia rewards our researchers.

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Breastfeeding, lactation and human milk processing

Tobias Strunk MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@thekids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a

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Probiotics supplementation reduces the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis and infections

Probiotics are beneficial bacteria which help premature babies by improving milk feed tolerance and reducing the risk of a life-threatening gut

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Acute viral bronchiolitis in infants and young children

This project aims to plug this knowledge gap, and to open up new opportunities for development of better treatments targeted specifically at infants.

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Genetics of Otitis Media

To determine the genes that play a role in childhood susceptibility to severe OM we established the Western Australian Family Study of OM.

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Understanding leishmaniasis through HLA

Visceral leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease found in resource poor regions of tropical countries and is life-threatening in susceptible individuals.

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Young adult myopia: genetic and environmental associations

This study is using sun exposure data collected during childhood in several long-term cohorts to examine possible effects on visual acuity in adulthood.

Impact Report 2020

At The Kids Research Institute Australia, our vision is simple - happy healthy kids. We bring together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders who share our mission to improve the health, development and lives of children and young people through excellence in research.