We are excited to announce the winners of our inaugural Illuminate Awards ...

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• Your impact
• Giving stories
• 2022
• May

Penelope Yael Rikki Kirsty Strauss Perry Battersby-Coulter Hird PS YP RBC KH BA, MPH, PhD BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA (Psych), MYMH, MPH ( ...

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Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). ...

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• 2016
• December

Valuable support from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation will enable Telethon Kids Institute researchers to commence projects on topics ranging from disability, mental health and lung disease to diabetes, Aboriginal leadership, and the development of child-focused pandemic policies. ...

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• 2023
• February

Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

Energy drinks (ED) are popular among young people despite evidence of associated health risks. Research into the prevalence and pattern of ED intake among young people is sparse. The present study investigates the prevalence and pattern of ED intake among a large sample of adolescents, including how many consume them, how often, for what reasons and in what contexts. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• April 2021

Natural Language Sampling (NLS) offers clear potential for communication and language assessment, where other data might be difficult to interpret. We leveraged existing primary data for 18-month-olds showing early signs of autism, to examine the reliability and concurrent construct validity of NLS-derived measures coded from video-of child language, parent linguistic input, and dyadic balance of communicative interaction-against standardised assessment scores. Using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software and coding conventions, masked coders achieved good-to-excellent inter-rater agreement across all measures. ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

This study describes a method that was used to develop a simple index for ranking individuals according to their diet quality in a longitudinal study ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018

Availability measures may produce significant and greater effect sizes than accessibility measures ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

It is plausible that dog-facilitated activity rather than dog ownership per se encourages children's physical activity behaviors. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• October 2014