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A new international study will examine the rare side effects caused by COVID-19 vaccines to ensure even better safeguards are in place for future pandemics. The University of Alberta in Canada is spearheading the study through the International Network of Special Immunization Services (INSIS), a
A grant, supporting type II diabetes research, has been awarded to Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) clinician researcher Dr Danielle Longmore. Dr Longmore, a consultant paediatric endocrinologist, has received a 2024 Diabetes Australia Research Establishment Fellowship by the Royal
Working with Aboriginal communities to promote health, wellbeing and equity for all.
Researchers at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) are working with communities of refugee and migrant backgrounds to co-design and culturally adapt research processes to engage culturally diverse communities. In 2021, half of the Australian population was born overseas or had a
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s (MCRI) Dr Elena Tucker has received the Norman Beischer Early-Mid Career Scientific Research Fellowship. The three-year, $660,000 fellowship supports clinically-based scientific research by both current and emerging leaders, with a focus on pregnancy,
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Professor John Carlin has been awarded the Pitman Medal for his contribution to the discipline of statistics. Professor Carlin was presented with the medal by the Statistical Society of Australia in recognition of a career spanning more than 35 years in the
Three Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) researchers have been awarded Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women (SGOW) by the University of Melbourne. Projects from Dr Nicole Van Bergen, Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck and Associate Professor Belinda McClaren will be supported over two years,
Eight Murdoch Children’s Research Institute-led projects, from unlocking the causes of autism to improving brain cancer treatments, have received National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants. Professor Andrew Sinclair, Associate Professor Silvia Velasco, Dr Ken Pang, Dr Gabrielle
Four Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)-led projects that aim to provide answers and find new treatments for childhood diseases spanning skeletal disorders to those affecting the nervous system have received federal funding. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has
Australian researchers are at the forefront of a new clinical trial that may bring hope to children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their families. The phase II trial, funded by Antisense Therapeutics, will test a potential new drug for DMD in children who have become wheelchair-bound
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