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Eight childhood cancer researchers have been awarded over $2 million in transformative grants from Cancer Council WA to advance their pioneering work in improving cancer treatments and outcomes for patients in Western Australia and around the world.

Eight outstanding researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and the Institute-led Broome STEM Festival are finalists in the 2025 Premier’s Science Awards.

Despite a growing body of evidence, there remains a perception that problem gambling is the reserve of electronic gaming machines, or ‘pokies’.

New hope is on the horizon for people living with cystic fibrosis.

A ground-breaking global clinical trial to improve the lifelong lung health of children born extremely prematurely has been awarded a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) International Clinical Trials Collaborations Grant totalling almost $3 million.

Children with cystic fibrosis will be included in the next phase of a clinical trial of a promising new treatment pioneered in Western Australia aimed at boosting their immune responses to infections. Originally developed by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital.

Western Australian kids will have access to a needle-free nasal flu vaccine for the first time in 2026 as part of a new initiative to boost vaccination rates against the life-threatening virus.

Papua New Guinean researcher Dr Lincoln Timinao has been awarded the 2025 Deborah Lehmann Research Award (DLRA) for his work aimed at investigating the burden of malaria in young children.

On Monday 1 September, childhood cancer researcher Jacob Byrne is lacing up his running shoes and taking the first steps of an extraordinary challenge: 30 marathons in 30 days across Perth.

Congratulations to Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg, who was today recognised as one of Australia’s rising leaders in health and medical sciences upon being awarded the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences 2025 Jian Zou Medal.