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FIFO Families Reference Group

Share your experience and perspective to help guide our research which aims to understand how families can be supported to thrive in a FIFO working arrangement.

Kai

  Kai Age 19. Youth advocate, project community member.             I am very passionate about LGBTQIA+ research, mental health and homelessness. The

Ruby

  Ruby Age 16. Youth advocate, project community member.            Research is important, it provides evidence for care and treatment. Without

Maddie

  Maddie Age 20. Trial participant, project community member, volunteer.            Without input from the community, we can't see how our research

Scott

  Scott Dad of two, Riley and Georgia. Project community member.            Any contribution I can make through community involvement at the

Nam-Anh

  Nam-Anh Mum of two, Evelyn and Nicolas. Trial participant, project community member.          I want to teach my children what it means to be part

$1.5 million funding advances translational research outcomes in early childhood and family health

ORIGINS, the largest longitudinal cohort study of its kind in Australia, delivered in partnership between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus, has received $1.5 million funding from the Minderoo Foundation.

Major funding boost accelerates fight against malaria

Research to eliminate one of the world’s deadliest diseases – malaria – will be accelerated thanks to a USD $4.7 million grant from the Gates Foundation for scientists at The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia (UWA).

Four BrightSpark Fellowships awarded to early-career researchers at The Kids

Congratulations to four outstanding early-career researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia, who have been awarded BrightSpark Foundation fellowships and project funding for 2026.

New cultural safety initiative guides best practice for clinical research

Perth investigators involved in a major global trial have launched an innovative Cultural Information Hub to maximise cultural safety for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients participating in research.