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Construction of the new, purpose-designed paediatric Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at Kids Research  (KR) is now complete, with the builders handing over the site last week.   The CRC is the first of its kind in NSW and equal to facilities at leading paediatric hospitals internationally. It is part of the KR project at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, as part of the Westmea...

Professor Jennifer Byrne, Department Head of the Children's Cancer Research Unit at Kids Research Institute,  The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Sydney, has today been named in international journal, Nature, as one of  the 'ten people who mattered this year.' She is the  only Australian included. Her work identifying...

Children raised in same-sex parented families do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as children raised by heterosexual couple parents, according to a large group of paediatricians and adolescent health experts writing in the Medical Journal of Australia.
 A comprehensive research analysis of peer reviewed research was done by researchers at Murdoch Children's Research Institute, t...

Our staff  have moved in and  begun work in  refurbished office space, completing Stage 1 of construction. This new  flexible work environment has  a high focus work zone and a  hub for socialising, collaborative work, meals and events. The 10 new meeting srooms include conference  rooms with advanced AV capabilities  and small rooms for...