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Primary school students in Victoria facing mental health challenges will get the support they need, under a new $1.2 million early intervention and prevention pilot program. State Education Minister for Education James Merlino today announced a partnership with the Murdoch Children's Research
MCRI researchers have identified a growing urgency to address child mental health and are working with our partners to establish how community-based health services can best tackle the issue in its earliest stage.Growing community awareness of mental health issues is a welcome development; but when
Professor Andrew Steer has been awarded a prestigious $1.25 million Viertel Fellowship for his research into reducing the impact of infectious tropical diseases, which affect millions of people worldwide. Professor Steer, Theme Director of Infection and Immunity at the Murdoch Children's Research
Researchers from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) are contributing to a national discussion on the rise in allergies in Australia, the impacts of anaphylaxis and access to services for allergy sufferers. MCRI's Dr Kirsten Perrett, in a statement to the Federal parliament's health
Our Director, Professor Kathryn North AC, David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne and Lead at Australian Genomics, has been awarded Research Australia's Peter Wills Medal for 2019. The Peter Wills Medal is the flagship award from Research Australia,
Content notice: discussion of suicide A $100,000 research project will help build an understanding of the factors contributing to suicide attempts in pregnant women and new mums. The research aims to develop effective ways to assess and manage suicidal risk in this vulnerable group. Suicide is
A new study has found severe pneumonia decreases by 35 per cent in children who receive a vaccine against a pneumonia-causing bacteria. The research, a collaborative effort between the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne along with colleagues in the
MCRI is thrilled to announce that our right@home nurse home visiting program is a finalist in the 2019 VicHealth Awards for improving health equity. The right@home program is a collaboration between MCRI, the Centre for Community Child Health, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
Low blood oxygen is more common in sick children than previously thought, and strongly increases children's risk of death, Australian-led research has found. Murdoch Children's Research Institute paediatrician Dr Hamish Graham led the international research project, published in the Lancet's
Physiotherapist Rachel Kennedy has been awarded a 2019 Churchill Fellowship to travel aboard to gather insights to help benefit children and young people living with neuromuscular disorders in Australia. The fellowship will see her visit dedicated neuromuscular disease centres in the UK,
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