A new therapeutic target for childhood medulloblastoma
Chief Investigator: Professor Stuart Pitson Funding Amount: $97,986 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Medulloblastoma is the most common brain cancer in children. While the current treatment of surgery, radiotherapy
Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents
Chief Investigator: Dr Lesley-anne Ey Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community-based study. Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $99,919 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Problematic sexual behaviour
Promoting child and adolescent gut health through supplementation of novel fibre-clay hybrid biomaterials
Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Joyce [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $39,990 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview:
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
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
CRF funds virtual reality program for children with disabilities
7NEWS Elise Baker reporting : Wednesday 21 October 2020 Everyday life skills many of us take for granted can be tough for children with an intellectual or developmental disability. ResearchersCRF Grant helps develop novel treatment for kids with asthma
Augmented reality could help teens take control of their mental wellness, as new research from the University of South Australia trials the next-gen technology, in a push to curb increasing rates of CRF supports study using Pokemon Go-style app to reduce asthma and anxiety
In a world first, South Australian researchers want to find out if an app can reduce the symptoms of anxiety and help control asthma in children. They will be testing