The Kids Research Institute Australia
@thekidsau.bsky.social
An unforgettable night celebrating 35 years of breakthroughs in child health. Stories, science and hope all in one room – and a reminder of how far research can take us.
Explore the discoveries shaping healthier futures: www.thekids.org.au/campaigns/20...
Explore the discoveries shaping healthier futures: www.thekids.org.au/campaigns/20...
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An unforgettable night celebrating 35 years of breakthroughs in child health. Stories, science and hope all in one room – and a reminder of how far research can take us.
Explore the discoveries shaping healthier futures: www.thekids.org.au/campaigns/20...
Explore the discoveries shaping healthier futures: www.thekids.org.au/campaigns/20...
📸 1990 ➡️ 2025
We’ve grown, but our purpose remains the same – happy, healthy kids 💙
Today we honoured 35 years of The Kids by recreating our foundation staff photo with four of our founders: Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Professor Louis Landau AO, Professor Wayne Thomas and Professor Steve Zubrick.
We’ve grown, but our purpose remains the same – happy, healthy kids 💙
Today we honoured 35 years of The Kids by recreating our foundation staff photo with four of our founders: Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Professor Louis Landau AO, Professor Wayne Thomas and Professor Steve Zubrick.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
📸 1990 ➡️ 2025
We’ve grown, but our purpose remains the same – happy, healthy kids 💙
Today we honoured 35 years of The Kids by recreating our foundation staff photo with four of our founders: Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Professor Louis Landau AO, Professor Wayne Thomas and Professor Steve Zubrick.
We’ve grown, but our purpose remains the same – happy, healthy kids 💙
Today we honoured 35 years of The Kids by recreating our foundation staff photo with four of our founders: Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Professor Louis Landau AO, Professor Wayne Thomas and Professor Steve Zubrick.
Congratulations to the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) for the launch of the Social Science Research Infrastructure Network (SSRIN).
We look forward to working with ARDC on this exciting initiative.
We look forward to working with ARDC on this exciting initiative.
*New* The Social Science Research Infrastructure Network (SSRIN) will tackle key digital infrastructure challenges for social science researchers, part of our HASS & Indigenous Research Data Commons.
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New Social Science Research Infrastructure Network to Enhance Research Capacity in Australia | ARDC
The Social Science Research Infrastructure Network (SSRIN) is tackling key digital infrastructure challenges for social science researchers as part of the ARDC’s HASS and Indigenous Research Data Comm...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congratulations to the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) for the launch of the Social Science Research Infrastructure Network (SSRIN).
We look forward to working with ARDC on this exciting initiative.
We look forward to working with ARDC on this exciting initiative.
New evidence from The Kids Research Institute Australia confirms timely introduction of eggs and peanuts significantly reduce an infant’s risk of developing food allergies - even in babies with a family history of allergies.
Read more here: shorturl.at/BsMEk
Read more here: shorturl.at/BsMEk
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
New evidence from The Kids Research Institute Australia confirms timely introduction of eggs and peanuts significantly reduce an infant’s risk of developing food allergies - even in babies with a family history of allergies.
Read more here: shorturl.at/BsMEk
Read more here: shorturl.at/BsMEk
Our 2024 Annual Report is live. From our bold rebrand to the launch of our new Research Reimagined strategy, it’s been a year of transformation. Read about how we’re delivering greater impact for children and families everywhere: www.thekids.org.au/about-us/pub...
June 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Our 2024 Annual Report is live. From our bold rebrand to the launch of our new Research Reimagined strategy, it’s been a year of transformation. Read about how we’re delivering greater impact for children and families everywhere: www.thekids.org.au/about-us/pub...
The 2024 AEDC results are now available. The AEDC is one of the most comprehensive national collections on children’s development in the world, providing evidence to support education, health and community policy and planning. Find out more: shorturl.at/F2JFy
#AEDC #Earlychildhood #Childdevelopment
#AEDC #Earlychildhood #Childdevelopment
June 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The 2024 AEDC results are now available. The AEDC is one of the most comprehensive national collections on children’s development in the world, providing evidence to support education, health and community policy and planning. Find out more: shorturl.at/F2JFy
#AEDC #Earlychildhood #Childdevelopment
#AEDC #Earlychildhood #Childdevelopment
Have you read our latest Together magazine? 📰
Meet the people powering our vision of happy, healthy kids — from researchers to volunteers and donors 👉 isu.pub/wGMYtw5
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Meet the people powering our vision of happy, healthy kids — from researchers to volunteers and donors 👉 isu.pub/wGMYtw5
Stay in the loop and subscribe to our newsletter 💌 thekids.org.au/contact-us/sign-up/
Together Magazine (WINTER 2025)
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June 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Have you read our latest Together magazine? 📰
Meet the people powering our vision of happy, healthy kids — from researchers to volunteers and donors 👉 isu.pub/wGMYtw5
Stay in the loop and subscribe to our newsletter 💌 thekids.org.au/contact-us/sign-up/
Meet the people powering our vision of happy, healthy kids — from researchers to volunteers and donors 👉 isu.pub/wGMYtw5
Stay in the loop and subscribe to our newsletter 💌 thekids.org.au/contact-us/sign-up/
A huge congratulations to The Kids' Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg AM and Professor Tim Jones AM, who have been recognised in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for their exceptional contributions to child health.
June 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A huge congratulations to The Kids' Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg AM and Professor Tim Jones AM, who have been recognised in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for their exceptional contributions to child health.
Watch students light up with curiosity as they explored hands-on science activities at The Kids’ Broome STEM Festival 2025. STEM Festivals don’t just educate;they inspire the next generation, spark curiosity, build confidence and ignite a lifelong love of learning. youtu.be/k14xfOFVCHE
#STEMFestival
#STEMFestival
Broome STEM Festival 2025
YouTube video by The Kids Research Institute Australia
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June 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Watch students light up with curiosity as they explored hands-on science activities at The Kids’ Broome STEM Festival 2025. STEM Festivals don’t just educate;they inspire the next generation, spark curiosity, build confidence and ignite a lifelong love of learning. youtu.be/k14xfOFVCHE
#STEMFestival
#STEMFestival
New research by The Kids Research Institute Australia and UNSW Sydney has revealed the crushing daily challenges faced by Australians living with Tourette syndrome and other tic-related disorders: shorturl.at/qrLaD
New research reveals crushing burden of Tourette syndrome and related disorders
Impact for Tourette's, the first survey of its kind in Australia provides comprehensive national data on the daily challenges faced by children and adults living with tic-related disorders like Touret...
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June 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
New research by The Kids Research Institute Australia and UNSW Sydney has revealed the crushing daily challenges faced by Australians living with Tourette syndrome and other tic-related disorders: shorturl.at/qrLaD
Today, we proudly launched our Innovate RAP, strengthening our commitment to improving health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and families.
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#NRW2025 #bridgingnowtonext
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#NRW2025 #bridgingnowtonext
Walking together for Reconciliation
Our vision for reconciliation is a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families experience equity in health, wellbeing and opportunity – empowered by partnerships grounded ...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Today, we proudly launched our Innovate RAP, strengthening our commitment to improving health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and families.
Read more 🔗 shorturl.at/jfzTL
#NRW2025 #bridgingnowtonext
Read more 🔗 shorturl.at/jfzTL
#NRW2025 #bridgingnowtonext
New #geospatialmaps from The Kids & @curtinmedia.bsky.social reveal Western Pacific hotspots for #parasiticworms. Soil-transmitted helminth infections like hookworm, roundworm & whipworm affect ~1.5B people globally but eradication efforts have stalled: shorturl.at/4v4og @lancetrh-wpac.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New #geospatialmaps from The Kids & @curtinmedia.bsky.social reveal Western Pacific hotspots for #parasiticworms. Soil-transmitted helminth infections like hookworm, roundworm & whipworm affect ~1.5B people globally but eradication efforts have stalled: shorturl.at/4v4og @lancetrh-wpac.bsky.social
It’s time to act on adolescent health! Globally, the health of adolescents is at a tipping point. A new @thelancet.com Commission urges action on rising threats to young people’s health & wellbeing. The Commission comprised 44 experts, including Prof. Pete Azzopardi from The Kids. 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo.
May 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s time to act on adolescent health! Globally, the health of adolescents is at a tipping point. A new @thelancet.com Commission urges action on rising threats to young people’s health & wellbeing. The Commission comprised 44 experts, including Prof. Pete Azzopardi from The Kids. 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo.
#Brain #cancer is the deadliest childhood disease, and treatments haven’t changed in decades.
At The Kids, our researchers are changing that. During #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth, learn how we’re leading paediatric brain tumour research: shorturl.at/R9Hqi
At The Kids, our researchers are changing that. During #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth, learn how we’re leading paediatric brain tumour research: shorturl.at/R9Hqi
May 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#Brain #cancer is the deadliest childhood disease, and treatments haven’t changed in decades.
At The Kids, our researchers are changing that. During #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth, learn how we’re leading paediatric brain tumour research: shorturl.at/R9Hqi
At The Kids, our researchers are changing that. During #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth, learn how we’re leading paediatric brain tumour research: shorturl.at/R9Hqi
Big news for Aussie families! A potential 5-strain #meningococcal #vaccine (including B!) is on the horizon thanks to researchers at the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Read more: 🔗 lnkd.in/gwE4bqQA (🔒) 🔗 lnkd.in/gdWwQfzZ
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May 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Big news for Aussie families! A potential 5-strain #meningococcal #vaccine (including B!) is on the horizon thanks to researchers at the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Read more: 🔗 lnkd.in/gwE4bqQA (🔒) 🔗 lnkd.in/gdWwQfzZ
Read more: 🔗 lnkd.in/gwE4bqQA (🔒) 🔗 lnkd.in/gdWwQfzZ
Researchers from @thekidsau.bsky.social and @curtinuniversity.bsky.social have used data from the 2021 Census to map child & adolescent #diabetes hotspots around Australia. See the maps and paper, published in @anzjph.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/aObcY
April 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Researchers from @thekidsau.bsky.social and @curtinuniversity.bsky.social have used data from the 2021 Census to map child & adolescent #diabetes hotspots around Australia. See the maps and paper, published in @anzjph.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/aObcY
An online tool is now available to help WA families and health-care providers navigate the best way to protect babies and young children against life-threatening RSV: bit.ly/RSVgt
April 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
An online tool is now available to help WA families and health-care providers navigate the best way to protect babies and young children against life-threatening RSV: bit.ly/RSVgt
We’re proud to again be a Telethon beneficiary in 2025! 🎉
Thank you to Telethon for supporting our vision of happy, healthy kids. 💙
This year, 161 beneficiaries will make an even bigger impact for WA children in need!
Learn more at telethon7.com/impact
Thank you to Telethon for supporting our vision of happy, healthy kids. 💙
This year, 161 beneficiaries will make an even bigger impact for WA children in need!
Learn more at telethon7.com/impact
April 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We’re proud to again be a Telethon beneficiary in 2025! 🎉
Thank you to Telethon for supporting our vision of happy, healthy kids. 💙
This year, 161 beneficiaries will make an even bigger impact for WA children in need!
Learn more at telethon7.com/impact
Thank you to Telethon for supporting our vision of happy, healthy kids. 💙
This year, 161 beneficiaries will make an even bigger impact for WA children in need!
Learn more at telethon7.com/impact
ORIGINS sub-project, The Flourishing Child, is developing a Flourishing Assessment and Pathway Tool deliver relevant and timely information to parents to better support their child's development.
Learn more about the tool made possible by a grant from the #MRFF here: bit.ly/ORIGINSfc
Learn more about the tool made possible by a grant from the #MRFF here: bit.ly/ORIGINSfc
Empowering parents: ORIGINS secures MRFF grant to develop early childhood flourishing tool
ORIGINS sub-project, The Flourishing Child, has received a $746,051 grant from the Medical Research Future Fund to develop a Flourishing Assessment and Pathway Tool to address gaps in early interventi...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
ORIGINS sub-project, The Flourishing Child, is developing a Flourishing Assessment and Pathway Tool deliver relevant and timely information to parents to better support their child's development.
Learn more about the tool made possible by a grant from the #MRFF here: bit.ly/ORIGINSfc
Learn more about the tool made possible by a grant from the #MRFF here: bit.ly/ORIGINSfc
Three-year project supported by an AUD$2.7 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF to accelerate rare disease diagnosis: www.thekids.org.au/news--events...
Generous new funding to fast-track rare disease diagnosis and unlock new treatments
Research that screens novel genetic variants identified in disease will be fast-tracked by a funding boost, offering new hope of an early diagnosis for families of children with a rare or undiagnosed ...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Three-year project supported by an AUD$2.7 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF to accelerate rare disease diagnosis: www.thekids.org.au/news--events...
Congratulations to the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics for the launch of a first-of-its-kind online course, Genomics Our Way – An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians. Register for free today: indigenousgenomics.com.au/courses/geno...
Genomics Our Way - ALIGN
Welcome to Genomics Our Way, An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians! This course has been designed to be an educational resource, aims to grow a culturally responsible future...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Congratulations to the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics for the launch of a first-of-its-kind online course, Genomics Our Way – An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians. Register for free today: indigenousgenomics.com.au/courses/geno...
WA’s nation-leading RSV immunisation program for babies has been found to be almost 90 per cent effective in reducing hospitalisations! 👶💉
Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4hOXuYm
Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4hOXuYm
March 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
WA’s nation-leading RSV immunisation program for babies has been found to be almost 90 per cent effective in reducing hospitalisations! 👶💉
Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4hOXuYm
Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4hOXuYm
Our new research program is Closing the Gap in #cancer outcomes for First Nations kids.
On #ClosetheGapDay, we’re proud to share Dr Jessica Buck’s work leading a community-driven, culturally safe program to improve cancer treatments and support.
cancer.thekids.org.au/news-events/...
On #ClosetheGapDay, we’re proud to share Dr Jessica Buck’s work leading a community-driven, culturally safe program to improve cancer treatments and support.
cancer.thekids.org.au/news-events/...
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Our new research program is Closing the Gap in #cancer outcomes for First Nations kids.
On #ClosetheGapDay, we’re proud to share Dr Jessica Buck’s work leading a community-driven, culturally safe program to improve cancer treatments and support.
cancer.thekids.org.au/news-events/...
On #ClosetheGapDay, we’re proud to share Dr Jessica Buck’s work leading a community-driven, culturally safe program to improve cancer treatments and support.
cancer.thekids.org.au/news-events/...
Professor Andrew Whitehouse, the Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research and CliniKids Director, has been appointed Deputy Director (Research) at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4ivGZBq
@clinikids.bsky.social
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March 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Professor Andrew Whitehouse, the Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research and CliniKids Director, has been appointed Deputy Director (Research) at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4ivGZBq
@clinikids.bsky.social
@clinikids.bsky.social
Our cancer researchers have found a new bone-protecting treatment that not only preserves bone health but also improves survival in children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL).
The treatment has the potential to change childhood cancer treatment.
The treatment has the potential to change childhood cancer treatment.
New study uncovers dual benefit of bone-protecting treatment for childhood leukaemia
A groundbreaking study from cancer researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia has identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for children battling the most common childhood cancer – B-c...
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March 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Our cancer researchers have found a new bone-protecting treatment that not only preserves bone health but also improves survival in children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL).
The treatment has the potential to change childhood cancer treatment.
The treatment has the potential to change childhood cancer treatment.