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Government funding for innovative sun safety online tool for teens

The Kids researcher Dr Shelley Gorman has received a Healthway grant to develop an online tool to promote safe sun behaviours to teenagers.

What life is like living with type 1 diabetes

Every decision a child with type 1 diabetes makes can impact on their blood glucose levels.

My child is trans – how do I support them?

Raising a child in one gender and then having them identify as another at any stage in their life can be difficult for a parent to understand and is not always an easy shift for a parent to make.

The balance between screen, face and free time

Professor Donna Cross advises parents on keeping your children engaged and amused during the holidays, especially around screen time and cyber safety.

The Kids researchers share in $1.75m ACRF grant for cancer research

Three The Kids researchers are collaborating on a cancer research project that has been awarded a $1.75mill grant by the Australian Cancer Research Fund.

$1.2million in funding secured for two innovative projects

The Kids researchers are collaborating on two major projects that today received $1.2million in funding from MTPConnect.

Relationship between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Wangle

Understand the relationship between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Wangle Family Insites, a research-driven app to analyse children’s online activity in real time.

Discover Day 2017 Wrap Up

Thank you to everyone who came along to our 2017 Discover Day – we hope you enjoyed yourself, we certainly did.

Young people suggest anti-smoking style interventions for energy drinks

Researchers conducted a series of group interviews with young people to find out how much they knew about energy drinks and the consequences of drinking them.

New The Kids Discovery Centre set to educate and inspire

A $1.5mill Lotterywest grant presented to The Kids by Health Minister Roger Cook today will go towards a Discovery Centre at the Perth Children's Hospital.