Flagship research

Our flagship research programs maximise the collaborative opportunities across the Murdoch Children's and the Melbourne Children’s Campus to increase the translation of clinical research into practice, transforming child and adolescent health.

Flagship Aboriginal health

Aboriginal health

Working with Aboriginal communities to promote health, wellbeing and equity for all.

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Adolescent health

Adolescent health and wellbeing

Improving the health of future generations.

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Flagship Allergy

Allergy

Saving lives, improving health and reducing the cost of allergy.

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Cancer

Research to transform the treatment and lifelong care for childhood cancer.

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COVID-19

Creating the robust evidence we need to understand, treat and prevent COVID-19, and its impacts on kids.

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Heart failure

Transforming outcomes for children with heart disease and heart failure.

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High-risk infants

Improve long-term outcomes for high-risk infants.

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Infection

Reduce misuse of antibiotics and minimise drug resistance and side effects.

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Kidney

Develop new therapies for kidney disease

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Neurodevelopment

Transform our treatment of autism, social impairment and intellectual disability

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Rare Disease

Improve detection, diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.

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