Xin chào! Our WCVID Director Professor Chris Blyth headed overseas last week to collaborate with the Vietnam Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to share experiences & strategies using evidence to inform #vaccine #policy.

Great to see our co-created Healthy Skin resources promoted on The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day “Strong in Culture, Stronger Together” Telethon Kids Institute WCVID UWA Research SToP Trial Derbarl Yerrigan DermatologyACD The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Kimberley Aboriginal Health Research Alliance

Whooping cough is surging in Australia. In 2024, we’ve already recorded more than six times the cases we saw in all of 2023. theconversation.com/whooping-cough…

Western Australia is experiencing a #syphilis epidemic. Head of Neonatal Health, Clinical Prof Tobias Strunk, & Neonatal Fellow Dr Simone Schueller, have published a case study NEJM to demonstrate importance of regular testing in #pregnancy telethonkids nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to the PICOBOO Investigator Team for their paper published BMC - 'Statistical considerations for the platform trial in #COVID19 #vaccine priming and boosting' led by first-author Michael Dymock trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

In the 1980s, visionaries from Princess Margaret Hospital and the University of Western Australia set out to create a world-class child health research hub. Led by paediatrician Professor Lou Landau and epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley, the WA Research Institute for Child

Place your vote! For the first time a People’s Choice Award will be given to the 2024 Premier's Science Awards finalist receiving the most votes from the public! We are supporting our superstar students Steph & Tamara - you can do the same below! 👇🔗 wa.gov.au/organisation/d…

Privileged to present #PacificRHD Program at DCS15 in Nadi. Thank you Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Dr Lucas de Toca for responding to Pacific leaders' call to address rheumatic heart disease in the region, by establishing a Pacific RHD Hub & targeted support to Vanuatu & Solomon Islands. 🤝 Pacific Community

Moving to a 2+1 infant pneumococcal vaccine schedule is making a difference in Australia: lower rates of breakthrough infections for all serotypes except ST3; overall fewer cases than expected for 13vPCV types NCIRS Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) telethonkids WCVID academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Tonight is the night! Best of luck Tamara Veselinović Stephanie Enkel who are both finalists for Student Scientist of the Year at the Premier’s Science Awards! Steph & Tamara work closely with #Aboriginal communities as part of their #StrepA #EarHealth #research telethonkids.org.au/news--events/n…

1/10 kids with a bloodstream #infection are infected with a multi-drug resistant organism according to Australia's first-ever surveillance study investigating the prevalence of #paediatric antimicrobial resistance #AMR telethonkids Christopher Blyth Anita Williams telethonkids.org.au/news--events/n…

The ⁦SNAP Trial⁩ #SNAPPY team at #ISSSI24 in Perth this week ⁦AnitaCampbell⁩ ⁦Keerthi Anpalagan⁩ ⁦Steven Tong⁩ ⁦Caitlin Symons⁩ Rachel and Gillian ⁦Telethon Kids Institute⁩ ⁦WCVID⁩ ⁦Perth Children's Hospital Foundation⁩ ⁦Perth Children's Hospital⁩ ⁦UWA Research⁩

A nice podcast intro, of our president Asha Bowen who provided expert insight abt #StaphylococcusAureus Bloodstream #Infections or #sepsis in #Children👂to the🎙️👉tinyurl.com/5b2yzarj Visit education.wspid.org for👍resources such🎙️🧑🏻‍💻+courses all for the🌍#PedsID community

Congratulations Lea-Ann!

New day, new name! We are now based at The Kids Research Institute Australia, also known as 'The Kids' - check out the new logo and branding 👇🔗 thekids.org.au/news--events/n…

Fantastic to see our Ear Health, BRIDG and VTG teams representing WCVID The Kids Research Institute Australia at #omoz2024 in Newcastle! The conference brings together researchers, clinical practitioners & health workers investigating & treating chronic #eardisease in Australia

Speaker Spotlight: A/Prof Lea-Ann Kirkham & Dr Ruth Thornton Amazing researchers from Telethon Kids Institute & University of Western Australia shared their pioneering research on new therapies for Otitis Media (OM) which significantly impacts children’s ear health. 🧵 #OMOZ2024

"In the year to date we've seen 22,000 cases." Listen to #MCRI's Prof Margie Danchin and Dr Jessica Kaufman talk to ABC News about a rise in #whoopingcough cases and the importance of #vaccination. | #MCRI #MedicalResearch Prof Margie Danchin More ➡️ ab.co/3XhMyKE