Dr Monkol Lek is a leading researcher in muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease affecting nerves and muscles around the body. Dr Lek is all too familiar with the disease, having suffered from muscle weakness in his legs while at university, which led, over ten years later, to a diagnosis of limb girdle muscular dystrophy.
After leaving his job as a computer engineer and retraining as...
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Big news! The Institute of Neuroscience and Muscle Research (INMR) has a new name: Kids Neuroscience Centre. The new brand identity reflects the joint mission of Kids Research and the Centre to drive excellence in paediatric health.
While the name has changed, the vision to improve the lives of children affected by muscle, nerve and brain disease t...
The launch of a new joint initiative between Kids Research, the University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, and The Westmead Institute for Medical Research brings together researchers and health professionals looking to effectively involve patients in health and medical research.
The Patient-Centred Research Network, or PACER network, focuses on developing the evidence about patient priorities an...
Four genes which work together to cause cleft lip and palate have been identified in an international research collaboration.
The NHMRC-funded project was led by Associate Professor Tony Roscioli, clinical geneticist at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney; and Professor Timothy Cox, from Seattle Children’s...
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Many parents can be anxious when their child is sick. So looking online for health information can help them understand their child’s medical condition and take an active role in treatment. Seeking health i...
Findings of a phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in children have been published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
The international study was conducted in 25 countries, with centres across Australia led by Dr John Lawson, paediatric neurologist at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick and national leader in epi...
Associate Professor Fabienne Brilot-Turville is a cellular immunologist at Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research, where she leads the Brain Autoimmunity Group in their search to understand the role that autoantibodies play in various neurological diseases.
One class of neurological conditions that interest the Brain Autoimmunity Group is demyelinating disorders. Demyelinating disorders...
Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Elliott who has won the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Excellence in Healthcare Award 2018 for her pioneering research, clinical care and advocacy in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
For more than 20 years, Professor Elliott, who is a Consultant Paediatrician at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and Director of the Australian Paediatric Sur...
Staff from Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network have contributed to a new online resource introducing clinicians and researchers to the world of clinical genomics research.
Gayathri Parasivam, Genetic Counsellor at Kids Research was part of the team who developed the educational package, together with colleagues from Bioplatforms Australia, NSW Health Centre for Genetics Education and the Garva...
Thousands of children will have the opportunity to access novel therapies and innovative research in a safe, family-friendly environment thanks to the recently opened state-of-the-art Sargents Pies Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Centre at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
The Sargents Pies Charitable Foundation generously donated $2 million to the Centre, which will hel...

