Biostatistics is a vital component of almost every research project conducted at Telethon Kids. It is the application of statistical methodology within the areas of medical, biological and social sciences. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, with devastating impacts on morbidity, mortality and community wellbeing. Research suggests that general practitioners and primary care staff perceive insurmountable barriers to improving clinical outcomes, including the need for systemic change outside their scope of practice. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• December 2022

We report osteomyelitis incidence in indigenous children of northern Australia is amongst the highest reported in the world ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

Results of an innovative clinical trial led by Perth researchers have shown that the drug interferon could help reduce the spread of COVID-19 from a positive person to their household contacts, with the study helping to inform treatment options for a future pandemic. ...

• Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre
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• 2023
• July

Australian First Nations children are at very high risk of early, recurrent, and persistent bacterial otitis media and respiratory tract infection. With the PREVIX randomised controlled trials, we aimed to evaluate the immunogenicity of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedules. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• June 2022

Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008, and we wished to evaluate the effectiveness of this immunisation programme. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• July 2010

We investigated trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australia (WA). ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• June 2010

Infant vaccination with 3 doses of PCV10 or PCV13 is safe and immunogenic in a highly endemic setting ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

Pertussis hospitalisation is more common among infants born prematurely, who have significant comorbidities, or are Indigenous, but acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates in these sub-groups are lacking. We measured aP VE by Indigenous status, and policy-relevant categories of prematurity and comorbidity, in a population-based Australian cohort. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 2022

The efficacy of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16)/HPV-18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infections with HPV... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• January 2015