Optimising the early detection of ear disease and hearing impairment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 8-years
Chief Investigator: Dr Jacqueline Stephens Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development Community Based Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $95,487 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: All
A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in children on the autism spectrum
Chief Investigator: DR Michelle Short Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Clinical Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $98,634 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Children
Linking homeless children and their families to community health and wellbeing services: Using a Nurse Practitioner model of care to improve child health outcomes
Chief Investigator: Dr Yvonne Parry Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $90,713 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Current
Does maternal obesity drive childhood obesity through interactions between the gut microbiome and gut endocrine cells?
Chief Investigator: Professor Damien Keating Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science. Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $91,237 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: There is clear evidence that
Feeding practices and anaemia rates of South Australian Aboriginal infants and young children living in South Australia
Chief Investigator: Ms Karen Glover Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impactCommunity Based Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $98,181 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: Obesity starts early in life and
Developing novel treatments for MTOR-related severe childhood epilepsies
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $98,000 Recipient: University of South Australia
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY NEWS : Children’s special needs are the focus of CRF research grants in 2021
Seven new Flinders University research projects have been funded by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation. They include support for special studies to help homeless, at-risk, migrant and autistic children, Indigenous
CRF helps UniSA researchers improve children’s health and wellbeing
The University of South Australia has been awarded almost $550,000 in research funding by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation to support seven research projects, focussed specifically on improving the
CRF funds virtual reality program at UniSA to help build life skills for children with intellectual disability
Learning life skills via virtual reality: a game-changer for children with intellectual disabilities. Learning to become independent is a crucial developmental milestone for all children, but for children with an