Search
This study is investigating whether a machine learning based approach can be used to improve fetal brain anatomy measurement for learning development studies.
ORIGINS is the largest study of its kind in Australia, following 10,000 children, from their time in the womb, over a decade to improve child and adult health.
Many parents may be feeling anxious and confused about what COVID-19 means for pregnant women, babies and children.
ORIGINS' SYMBA study awarded State Government grant to extend vital research into allergies
In an Australian-first study, researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia are investigating the effects of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of more than 2,000 families in the northern suburbs of Perth, measuring their perceived stress, financial hardship and family functioning during the pandemic.
A substantial funding boost from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation will help to further extend one of Australia’s biggest longitudinal child health research studies centred around families from the Joondalup and Wanneroo communities.
The impact of ground-breaking research is helping ORIGINS families
ORIGINS sub-projects investigating the impact of the physical environment and lifestyle on health, development and chronic conditions.
Publications, papers and findings coming out of ORIGINS and its sub-projects
Urine is an attractive biospecimen for nutritional status and population health surveys. It is an excellent non-invasive alternative to blood for appropriate biomarkers in young children and is suitable for home-based collection, enabling representative collections across a population. However, the bulk of literature in this population is restricted to collection in primary care settings.