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Kidney models pave the way to better treatments
Testing new treatments for children with kidney disease using kidney models.
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Helping children with dwarfism reach new heights
Boosting the bone growth rate of children with achondroplasia.
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Curing Australia's most deadly food allergies
Investigating ways to retrain the immune system of children with food allergy.
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Redefining how child concussion is treated in the ED
Helping identify and manage youth concussion through HeadCheck.
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Rotavirus vaccine saving millions of lives
Trialling the RV3-BB rotavirus vaccine in low-income countries.
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Changing the lives of children in Australia
GenV is transforming the health and wellbeing of an entire generation
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Improving physical and mental health outcomes for young trans people
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Supporting Australian families living with allergy and allergic diseases
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VCGS is driving human-centred genetic healthcare, research and policy in Australia
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Advancing treatment for incurable childhood diseases
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Leading the global fight to wipe out scabies
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Empowering community leaders to vaccinate under-vaccinated populations
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Finding cost effective and simple ways to address oxygen access for sick children
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Child health
A-Z of child and adolescent health
Explore the A-Z of child health and learn more about our many research areas.
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Meet the children making it possible
Meet the children and families whose lives have been changed by the incredible work of our committed researchers.
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Aboriginal Health
Working with Aboriginal communities to promote health, wellbeing and equity for all.
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Covid-19
Creating the robust evidence we need to understand, treat and prevent COVID-19, and the impacts for kids.
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Neurodevelopment
Transform our treatment of autism, social impairment and intellectual disability
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