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Decoding DNA at The Kids Research Institute Australia

Get ready for a week of mind-blowing fun as the Discovery Centre comes alive for National Science Week with this year’s exciting theme: Decoding the Universe!

2025 Prospective Student Evening

The Kids Research Institute Australia’s annual Prospective Student Evening is an opportunity for students considering Honours, Masters, MDs, or PhDs to learn about what it would mean to work on a project based at the Institute.

Genocide in the Wildflower State Screening & Panel discussion

A powerful screening of truth telling that captures the stories of the Western Australia Stolen Generation.

SToP-ping skin sores in the Kimberley

More than 3,000 skin checks have been undertaken as part of a large clinical trial in WA’s Kimberley region aimed at halving the burden of skin sores in school-aged Aboriginal children.

Breakthrough in antibiotic discovery opens Pandora's Box

Although a staple of modern medicine, the benefits of antibiotics are waning thanks to overuse and the increasing ability of bacteria to dodge them – known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

'We can’t unknow what we’ve learned about Banksia Hill'

The Kids Research Institute Australia has been among a growing number of voices passionately advocating for an overhaul of the way young people in detention are managed in Western Australia.

On the road to recovery

In late 2022, six-year-old Megan Hutton was living the dream of many kids her age as she celebrated being named runner-up champion athlete at her school sports carnival.

Deadly bug in researchers’ sight at The Kids

The Institute has become one of the world’s leading Strep A hubs, with multiple teams working in the Institute’s END RHD Program, headed by Associate Professor Asha Bowen, working to understand how Strep A works and find better ways to prevent and control the diseases it causes.

Malaria control a global effort

Global efforts led by The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Child Health Analytics program will see nations impacted by high rates of malaria empowered to develop their own controls and solutions.

Helping communities take charge of the early years

A program unfolding in four very diverse locations across Western Australia is working to give children aged 0–4 the best start in life.