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A national awareness campaign and reframing harm prevention messages are among the strategies needed to better prevent and diagnose Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), researchers from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have told a federal inquiry. Experts in epidemiological
Professor George Patton and Professor Susan Sawyer know adolescent health is critical to current and future generations, and work hard to keep it in the centre of policy activity locally and globally.Last year the world-renowned pair published innovative research outlining how children's growth
Children will receive faster diagnosis and life-changing treatment with the first clinical guidelines in Australia to help them recover from stroke. Doctors from Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The Royal Children's Hospital developed the childhood guidelines to improve paediatric care.
Children with food allergies are seen 10 months sooner and have fewer allergic reactions when treated by a paediatrician in their own community, a new study shows. The trial, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical
In 1988, while Australia celebrated its bicentenary, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Professor David Danks set their sights on the emerging role of genetics in public health when they opened the doors to the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS). Having only recently co-founded Murdoch Children's
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) works to ensure the health and wellbeing of the world's children and the adults they will become; a mission that's advancing with the recent creation of the Melbourne Children's Global Health initiative.Back in 1973, MCRI made its first steps into the
Data collected at the checkpoint between childhood and adolescence is helping researchers understand how to set kids up for the healthiest possible life. Many of the diseases and illnesses affecting Australian adults have their roots in childhood, presenting an opportunity to stamp them out before
Imagine a world where cells from a sick child are used to model their disease, better understand the cause of their illness and develop customised treatments or replacement organs to aid their recovery. This is the vision of MCRI's world-leading Stem Cell Medicine research program, with 2018
The Knowledge Translation Team at the Centre for Community Child Health, a department of The Royal Children's Hospital and a research group of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, has been recognised on the global stage for their commitment to improving child and adolescent health and
Twice a week, Charlotte Matthew's family would take her on a four-hour round trip for dialysis. The Wonthaggi girl, 4, who has congenital nephrotic syndrome, had one of her kidneys removedsoon after birth and, as the other kidney failed late last year, she relied on dialysis to keep her
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