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Trans Pathways update to begin following Embrace Big Idea

Dr Penelope Strauss will update the seminal Trans Pathways, after receiving the 2025 Embrace Big Idea award

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Show of support for leading Voice campaigner

Professor Helen Milroy speaks about the importance of providing support to leading advocates after meeting with noted campaigner for a Voice to Parliament, Thomas Mayo.

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School kids identify biggest mental health concerns

Word cloud of topics that young people identified as their biggest mental health concerns.

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Leadership needed to Close the Gap: expert

Embrace Co-Director Professor Helen Milroy AM has highlighted the need for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in driving health and wellbeing reform priorities, as Gayaa Dhuwi was mentioned in the Close the Gap report.

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Supporting siblings of kids with developmental disabilities

Researchers from The Sibling Project Dr Emma Glasson, Caitlin Gray and Kate Dorozenko.

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Embracing the Mind wins mental health award

Embracing the Mind won the News & Media category at the WA Mental Health Awards

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Baby Dreaming and Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia recognises Mental Health Awareness Week, running until June 18, with the theme of ‘bonding before birth’.

No more ‘flying blind’: supporting parents of trans and gender diverse kids

Supporting parents of trans and gender diverse kids.

Landmark flu decision set to save kids’ lives

For the first time this year, all Australian babies and children aged six months to four years will be entitled to have a free influenza vaccination.

Planning for a healthy start

A diet and lifestyle mobile app targeting a critical window in early pregnancy is being introduced to women in the northern suburbs of Perth, hoping to assist with breaking the ‘transmission’ of obesity from one generation to the next.