15 March 2018

Meet Associate Professor Adam Scheinberg

A/Prof Adam Scheinberg is an Honorary Fellow Manager in Developmental Disability and Rehabilitation...

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06 March 2018

Pre-existing mental health conditions in men linked to problems during transition to parenthood

This research builds on previous findings, which have shown that one in 10 men experience mental health...

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06 March 2018

Secondary School Work Experience

MCRI and VCGS do not have a Year 10 Work Experience program.We thank you for your interest.

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01 March 2018

First ‘DRAGEN’ Bio-IT platform in Australia could reduce the diagnosis time for critically ill babies

In January 2018, following a 6 month validation period, VCGS deployed the DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform into their...

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23 February 2018

Securing a child’s future needs to start during parents’ teen years

The article in the latest edition of Nature journal argues that tackling health problems including obesity,...

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23 February 2018

Australian researchers successfully develop a rotavirus vaccine which could benefit millions of children

Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of child illness and death, and rotavirus is the most common cause...

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09 February 2018

Meet MCRI: Dr Margie Danchin

Dr Margie Danchin is a Senior Research Fellow in Vaccine and Immunisation Research  Tell us about your...

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05 February 2018

Taking antibiotics during pregnancy is linked to increased risk of the child being hospitalised with infection

The study, a collaboration between MCRI and Aarhus University of Denmark, found children between the ages...

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02 February 2018

What genetic testing information to expect when you're expecting

The latest research from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), published in the European...

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01 February 2018

Faster genetic diagnosis for critically ill babies and children in Australia

Rapid genomic testing will soon be available to critically unwell Australian babies and children with...

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01 February 2018

Road map to better health care system in Australia

A report released today by the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) says that precision medicine...

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24 January 2018

Packaged foods are putting people at risk of anaphylaxis

New research by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), published in the Journal of Paediatrics...

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17 January 2018

Dad's reading is new chapter of child language development

The latest research from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has opened the book on how children's...

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13 January 2018

MCRI Student Life - Rupert Weaver, protecting infants from severe pneumonia in Laos

I've recently completed a research project with MCRI's Pneumococcal Research Group. The aim of the project...

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03 January 2018

Hope for parents of children with colic

Researchers have confirmed positive evidence which could potentially give hope to some parents struggling...

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