The high burden of infectious disease and associated antimicrobial use likely contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. We aimed to develop and apply context-specific tools to audit antimicrobial use in the remote primary healthcare setting. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• July 2020

Showed for the first time that the presence of an egg-derived allergen in breast milk is associated with a reduced risk of egg allergy in children at 2.5 years of age ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020

With the deadly and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, there is global concern about the danger of contaminating healthcare workers (HCW), particularly during airway management of infected patients. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• July 2020

Listed are the Telethon Kids Institute research teams involved in our Genetics and Rare Diseases Program. This program sits under the Chronic and Severe Diseases research theme. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Chronic and Severe Diseases

Improving the lives of children with a disability and their families sits at the core of our team. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Development and Disability

The ORIGINS Team is studying early environments and parental physical health and genetics to uncover when and why non-communicable diseases (NCDs) develop. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• Early Life & Life-Course Health

The Intervention and Infectious Disease Modelling group informs development and implementation of drugs, medical treatments and non-medical interventions to effectively tackle disease. They build mathematical models of diseases, designed to take into account the complex constellation of interactions between pathogens, humans, diseases, the environment and entire healthcare systems. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• Infection and Vaccines

For Aboriginal Community Researchers Minitja Marawili and Yunutju Gondarra, the work of the END RHD CRE is deeply personal. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
• News & Events
• 2018
• June

After being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at ten, Elizabeth had to leave country and her family for a large chunk of her childhood so she could be treated in Adelaide. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
• News & Events
• 2018
• December

When Liana complained of a sore foot and showed signs of a fever, her mum Margie rushed her to hospital. An X-ray of her foot revealed no obvious injury, so she was sent home and advised to take painkillers. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
• News & Events
• 2018
• December