Research
Research at the Telethon Institute is focused around these major areas:
Aboriginal health; Asthma, allergy and respiratory disorders; Bioinformatics and data services; Children’s cancer & leukaemia; Child development and wellbeing; Datasets & cohort studies; Diabetes, obesity & related disorders; Disability & developmental disorders; Drug discovery (Phylogica); Environmental impacts on health; Genetic impacts on health; Impacts on policy and practice; Infectious disease; Mental health; Pregnancy and maternal health.
The Telethon Institute is committed to ensuring that the benefits of its research are translated into real therapies and policies to improve the health and wellbeing of children. Since its establishment in 1990, researchers at the Institute have published more than 2600 scientific papers and advocated on behalf of children and families.
Some highlights include:
Discovering that folate can prevent spina bifida; Hib meningitis vaccination; Improving outcomes for Aboriginal babies and children; Researching IVF outcomes; Leading the world in the understanding, treatment and prevention of asthma; Developing programs to reduce youth suicide; Determining causes for cerebral palsy; Improving the life chances for children with cystic fibrosis; Increasing survival rates for children with leukaemia.
The Institute is a research hub for prominent scientists such as Patrick Holt, as well as the home of one of the largest longitudinal cohort studies, the Raine Study, which has been following the lives of thousands of children for more than 20 years. The Institute is an independent not-for-profit, non-government organisation.
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—Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989)
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—Helene Deutsch (1884–1982)
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—Grace Baruch (20th century)