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...

03 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...

03 December 2019

A population-wide approach to health's biggest questions

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

A researcher looking in vials
30 November 2019

Modelling a brighter future

Imagine a world where cells from a sick child are used to model their disease, better...

29 October 2019

Medical research threatened by lack of investment in biostatistics

The value of the $800 million spent annually on Australian health research is at risk...

16 July 2019

Curious Kids: why do we lose our baby teeth?

Mihiri Silva , Murdoch Children's Research Institute Curious Kids is a series for...

08 January 2019

Training the first generation of specialist child health nurses in the Solomon Islands

In a country where one third of the population is 14 years or younger, quality health...

03 September 2018

Using data to improve the health of Papua New Guinea’s children

"It is only by understanding disease burdens and examining patient outcomes that we can...

17 July 2018

Learning about stem cells down under

Written by Stem Cells Australia members Freya Bruveris and Ana Rita Leitoguinho from...

20 December 2017

Why we should never stop educating parents about nutrition

Written by Constantine Gasser | PhD Student in Community Health Services Research at...

07 October 2017

Bedtime stories: sleep problems for children with cerebral palsy and their parents

Written by Sacha Petersen, Developmental Disability and Rehabilitation Research,...

06 October 2017

On your bike! Training bike riding skills in children with cerebral palsy

Written by Rachel Toovey, Principal Investigator Associate Investigators/Contributing...

19 August 2017

Understanding a rare illness: invasive group A streptococcal disease

Ciara Baker is a microbiologist with the Group A Streptococcal Research Group, led by...