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Professor Franz Babl will help lead an international trial into suspected septic shock in children after receiving more than $3 million from the Federal Government. Professor Babl, Group Leader of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, will look at a balanced versus
Dr Amanda Gwee has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to tackle drug-resistant infections.Dr Gwee, from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics, has received the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Research
Murdoch Children's Research Institute is launching an Australian-first research project into a genetic brain disorder that causes intellectual disability, seizures and degeneration. Affected children appear to have a static disorder but then lose developmental skills and have a reduced
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
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