Congratulations to three outstanding Telethon Kids Institute researchers who have received second chance WA health funding designed to support researchers who have narrowly missed out on highly competitive national funding. ...

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• 2024
• March

Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation has announced it will provide $1.05 million of funding to the Telethon Kids Institute. ...

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• 2019
• December

The Telethon Kids Institute has farewelled one of its most treasured employees, with research officer Jette Ford closing the door on a quietly stellar 37-year career which has changed the face of cancer research in WA and around the world. ...

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• 2021
• March

Humble beginnings produce wonderful results Within months of starting at the new cancer research unit Jette Ford had established her first cell line. ...

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• 2021
• Paradigm shift

When three-year-old Flo Parker injured her hip on a camping trip five years ago, her parents thought it would be nothing more than a common childhood injury. ...

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• 2019
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Seven important Telethon Kids Institute research projects have received support from the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund through the WA Near-Miss Awards (WANMA). ...

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• 2022
• June

Congratulations to four outstanding Telethon Kids Institute researchers who have received funding designed to support researchers who have narrowly missed out on highly competitive national funding. ...

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• 2024
• June

Four Telethon Kids Institute researchers have received prestigious fellowships and four significant cohort studies led or co-led by Telethon Kids have received key grants under two new funding programs supported by the State Government’s Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund. ...

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• 2023
• November

Cancers in children are very different from cancers in adults - in most cases they appear to strike simply at random. They also develop differently and can spread more rapidly and aggressively. And because cancers in children are not obviously linked to their lifestyles, much work is needed to pinpoint their cause. ...

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Brad Carol Helen Bailey Nicole Ilich Akilew Adane Uncle Noel Nannup Uncle Albert McNamara Aunty Millie Penny (Walley) Aunty Charmaine Pell Aunty ...

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