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23 April 2026

Dr June Danks, the loving wife of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute founder Professor David Danks,...

21 April 2026

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Drs Jacqui Schiesser and Mary White have received Diabetes...

14 April 2026

Victorians living with spinal cord injury will benefit from a new pilot communication strategy to help...

09 April 2026

A new Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)-led study will investigate whether early mental health...

09 April 2026

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW),  led by Murdoch Children’s...

08 April 2026

In the past ten years or so there has been a lot of interest to see if medicinal cannabis can help children...

08 April 2026

Australian-first clinical practice guidelines have been created to better support and treat young people...

07 April 2026

The Federal Government has announced a further $14.6 million to accelerate national allergy research and...

07 April 2026

New research on a group of Australian preschoolers suggests more than 40% are dealing with an anxiety...

02 April 2026

Australia’s world-first national legislation to restrict access to social media accounts for children...

02 April 2026

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has partnered with AI company Anthropic to accelerate...

19 March 2026

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) was honoured to host Denmark’s Queen Mary and King...

19 March 2026

The largest project of its kind in Australia that will answer the biggest questions facing a generation...

17 March 2026

Curbing youth obesity across Pacific Island nations will be at the forefront of an innovative collaboration...

13 March 2026

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Dr Sohinee Sarkar will join collaborators in India as part...

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Accelerating discoveries into genetic and childhood heart diseases

Denmark’s Queen Mary and King Frederik tour MCRI

New global benchmark for child health research

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Dr Sohinee Sarkar receives Strategic Research Fund Fellowship