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Flagship award for folate champion Carol Bower

One of Telethon Kids Institute’s most influential researchers, who has played a seminal role in birth defect research and advocacy over a four-decade career, has won the Peter Wills Medal – the Australian research community’s flagship award. ...

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Multi-million-dollar investment in child health to support vital research

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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Stem cell ‘memory’ discovery offers hope for new disease breakthroughs

Australian researchers have developed a new method to ‘wipe the memory’ of reprogrammed human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells, in a discovery that has significant implications for the treatment of several serious diseases. ...

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Broome kids get their hands dirty with real-life science

Telethon Kids Institute is bringing science to the Kimberley, with a series of free activities for children and families in Broome in the leadup to National Science Week. ...

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EVENT: Join us for the Broome Festival of STEM

Join us in celebrating all things Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics at the Broome Festival of STEM. ...

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New website provides tools and resources for parents of gender diverse children and young people

Transforming Families is providing evidence-based resources to help support the mental wellbeing of young people questioning their gender identity, or who identify as trans or gender diverse. ...

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Australia’s first Indigenous scientist appointed to CSIRO board

Telethon Kids Institute and Australian National University Professor of Indigenous Genomics, Professor Alex Brown, has become the first Indigenous member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Board. ...

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Telethon Kids researchers selected for prestigious leadership program

Two incredible team leaders from Telethon Kids Institute will join a cohort of 25 women working in STEM across Australia, to take part in the 2023 WILD program. ...

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Leading disease modeller appointed inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair of Child Health Research

Telethon Kids Institute and The University of Western Australia are proud to announce the appointment of the inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair of Child Health Research, Professor Melissa Penny. ...

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Award for Sun Safe app developed with teens

Telethon Kids Institute researchers who worked with young people to develop an app designed to help teenagers stay safe in the sun have been named joint winners of a new award for ‘Best Practice in Children’s Consultation’. ...

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