October 2020 | Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation

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 [...]

Promoting child and adolescent gut health through supplementation of novel fibre-clay hybrid biomaterials

Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents

What helps young people create healthy relationships and reject domestic violence?

Helping children with intellectual disabilities develop real-world life skills in virtual reality

Developing novel treatments for MTOR-related severe childhood epilepsies

Reducing developmental disorders and other side effects with novel proton radiation treatment for children with brain cancers

Identifying therapies that reduce transmission of mitochondrial heteroplasmy from mother to child.

Novel linkage to study childhood disability and the genetic and non-genetic causes of cerebral palsy

Using biomechanical tools as a clinical decision-making tool for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip

Optimising the early detection of ear disease and hearing impairment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 8-years

Supporting mental health and wellbeing for children from migrant and refugee backgrounds with disability

A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in children on the autism spectrum

Does maternal obesity drive childhood obesity through interactions between the gut microbiome and gut endocrine cells?

Creating positive educational futures for young people who are at risk of, or are already in, out-of-home care

Defining endotypes in infant bronchiolitis: the first step toward personalised treatment

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 [...]

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 [...]

7NEWS Exclusive : 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. Researchers at [...]

CRF dedicates $1.5mil for children’s research in 2021

South Australian researchers have been awarded $1.5million in grants by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation to conduct quality research into the health, education and welfare of [...]

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Channel 7 CRF Chair for Prevention of Childhood Disability co-authors international study confirming genetic link in cerebral palsy

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy An international research team including the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability and the [...]