Our Child Physical Activity, Health and Development team focuses on improving children’s physical activity levels, health and development. We work to uncover the best environments, policies and programs to facilitate physically active lifestyles for lifelong health and wellbeing. ...

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The Children’s Diabetes Centre at the Telethon Kids Institute is leading the longest and largest at-home trial of a hybrid closed-loop insulin pump system. ...

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• 2017
• June

Two outstanding researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre have been awarded Vertex Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Mentored Innovation Research Awards. ...

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• 2022
• August

Contact us For general inquiries including collaborations, please contact Senior Program Manager Jess Sheppard: Phone: (08) 6456 4616 Email: ...

• Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre
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• Summer 2015

This National Diabe tes Week (July 14-21), researchers from the Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre at Telethon Kids Institute, are excited to ...

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The Children’s Diabetes Centre welcomes a new Federal Government initiative to support children with Type 1 Diabetes in schools. The two-year $6 million schools education and training program will be implemented at every school with a student with Type 1 Diabetes. ...

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A world-first study involving more than 100 cancer researchers and clinicians across Australia – including from Telethon Kids Institute and Perth Children’s Hospital – has shown that precision medicine can significantly improve outcomes for children with high-risk cancer. ...

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• 2024
• June

To assess the degree to which timely audiological assessment of congenital hearing loss is achieved at our institution - Perth Children's Hospital, Western Australia, and to review cases which breached this timeframe in order to address barriers to timely assessment. The benchmark used to determine timely assessment is that set out by The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in which diagnostic audiological testing occurs by three months of age for those who do not pass newborn hearing screening. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Flu season is here. The Paediatric Influenza Vaccine Program has started at PCH. Available now  to inpatients and children attending outpatient appointments, everyone is encouraged to get the influenza vaccination.ne.  ...

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Don't skip breakfast. Having breakfast establishes a healthy eating routine which is important both for weight control and for brain development in children. ...

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• Autumn 2016