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Student life

The Kids Research Institute Australia provides students with several opportunities to meet other students and staff members, develop professionally and personally, and have a say in student services and the student experience.

Peter and Anne Hector Award

With the support of the Hector family, The Kids Research Institute Australia has established the Peter and Anne Hector Award to support an exceptional new student (Honours, Masters, Doctor of Medicine) undertaking translational research in Aboriginal children’s health and wellbeing.

Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Deborah Lehmann Research Award

The Wesfarmers Centre has established the Deborah Lehmann Research Award to acknowledge the significant contribution that Clinical Associate Professor Deborah Lehmann AO has made to paediatric infectious disease research.

Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre Scholarships

Honours/Masters scholarship - now open Applications are open for our Honours / Masters Scholarships with the purpose of providing funding for

Youth Advisory Group

Following a youth community forum held in March 2016, The Kids Research Institute Australia established the first Youth Advisory Group to ensure that the research conducted about young people at the Institute, is influenced by young people.

The CDKL5 Disorder

One of the many reasons for setting up the International CDKL5 Disorder Database was to learn more about this condition.

Areas of research

With the help of clinicians and families who have children with Rett syndrome, our research aims to improve understanding of Rett syndrome.

Research snapshots

Our research covers a broad range of areas from the influence of mutation type on health outcomes to factors impacting on the lives of familes.

Behavior and mutation type

We also wanted to find out whether any particular behaviours were associated with any specific mutation types.