03 July 2020

What is mitochondrial disease?

What is mitochondrial disease? All cells in our bodies require energy to function...

30 June 2020

How does COVID-19 impact kids?

How does COVID-19 impact kids? In our sixth and final podcast episode of 'Parenting in...

18 June 2020

Transitioning back to school: a guide for parents of primary schoolers

What can parents of primary schoolers do to support their children as transition back to...

05 June 2020

Transitioning back to school: a guide for parents of adolescents

What can parents of secondary schoolers do to support their children to safely...

11 May 2020

How to maintain wellbeing in secondary schoolers during COVID-19

What can parents of young people aged 12-17 do to support their wellbeing during the...

A child with an asthma inhaler
08 May 2020

COVID-19 and asthma: what are the risks for children?

COVID-19 causes much milder disease in children compared to adults, with very few...

07 May 2020

Wellbeing in primary school aged kids during COVID-19

What can parents of children aged 6-12 do to support their wellbeing during the COVID-19...

20 April 2020

How much is too much screen time?

It is often tricky to work out how much is too much screen time for kids. Not all screen...

15 April 2020

COVID-19 and pregnancy

Pregnancy and having a baby should be a time of great joy and togetherness for families....

23 March 2020

Making sense of what is happening: COVID-19

Understanding human behaviours – panic is a normal response to emergency A common...

21 February 2020

The Parkville Storytelling Project recognises Professor Ruth Bishop

From the first time Professor Ruth Bishop looked into her microscope and saw the...

06 December 2019

A world-leading partnership for adolescent health

Professor George Patton and Professor Susan Sawyer know adolescent health is critical to...

04 December 2019

30 years at the forefront of genetics

In 1988, while Australia celebrated its bicentenary, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and...

02 December 2019

Helping the world's children through the power of partnership

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) works to ensure the health and wellbeing of...

02 December 2019

A population-wide approach to health's biggest questions

Data collected at the checkpoint between childhood and adolescence is helping...