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The World Scabies Program is dedicated to reducing the impact of scabies and its complications on children and families using public health approaches that target whole populations. We work collaboratively with other stakeholders and countries to raise awareness of scabies as a public health
Good sleep habits are essential to the health, wellbeing, development and learning of infants and children. Babies, children and teenagers need different amounts of sleep as they age. Sleep restores children physically, boosts immunity and helps protect them from sickness. Children also produce
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) speech pathologist Dr Ruth Braden has been celebrated for exemplary contributions and achievements to childhood disability research.Dr Braden was awarded third place at the 2022 Pursuit Awards held by the Bloorview Research Institute based in Canada, a
PETS is a study of twins, from when they were in the womb through to childhood and beyond.
A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute project has secured funding for research that aims to better treat children with bone and joint infections through early antibiotic treatment. Associate Professor Amanda Gwee received the $236,218 HCF Research Foundation grant for her trial, which will
The Australian Hand Difference Register (AHDR) is a database of children born with a hand difference and/or arm difference. Researchers in the Reproductive Epidemiology group manage the AHDR and there is a collaboration with clinicians from both the Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at
We want to know what questions you have about bone marrow transplants (BMT), with a focus on the time between BMT treatment up until day 180 (six months) following a BMT. Through this, we aim to identify bone marrow transplant research priorities in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and
An Australian-first study has found collecting and storing cells from a baby’s umbilical cord and later transferring them to a sibling who has cerebral palsy has been found to be safe.The clinical trial, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Cytotherapy,
The Cognition and Longitudinal Assessments of Risk Factors over 30 Years (CLARiFY) diabetes complications study is identifying lifelong factors that impact brain health and outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes
The Australian Temperament Project (ATP) is one of the longest-running studies of social and emotional development in Australia. It looks at the psychosocial development of a large and representative sample of Australian children born in the state of Victoria, Australia, between September 1982 and
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