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The Centre aims to improve the lives of young people living with diabetes by encouraging new and innovative research, researchers and translation ideas and projects. Encouraging and supporting students to pursue a career in type 1 diabetes research

T1D Mobile Health App

T1D Mobile Health App It is important for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to engage in a physically active lifestyle, but it can be challenging to control blood glucose levels around exercise. Current exercise guidelines are not written for

Virtual Reality Goggles in Clinic

Anyone attending a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) start at PCH recently will have been offered the chance to use our new Virtual Reality googles also known as ‘SmileyScope’.

Diabetes researcher Dr Aveni Haynes awarded prestigious international fellowship

Congratulations to Principal Research Fellow Dr Aveni Haynes from The Kids Research Institute Australia and the University of Western Australia.

Community Conversation "What support do families with early-stage T1D need?"

What support do families with early-stage T1D need? Screening for the risk of developing T1D is now an option. But as exciting as screening is, we still don’t know what families need or how our team can support families to navigate results of

Community involvement opportunity - Research Buddies

Become a Research Buddy Ever wanted to be involved in type 1 diabetes research studies, but never knew how to get started or never had time before but now do? The Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre is looking to create a database of children,

Research Newsletter Coming

The Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre will soon launch a newsletter dedicated to informing the community, our global researchers and our stakeholders about the work we do. In the newsletter, you will hear stories from families like you who are

Insulin and Abatacept trial in type 1 diabetes

Diabetes researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital are excited to be taking part in the national Insulin and Abatacept (IAA) trial in type 1 diabetes. IAA is a randomised controlled trial testing whether

International Clinical Trials Day 2026

To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day, we are highlighting some of the current trials underway at the Children's Diabetes Centre at the Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children's Hospital and thanking all the diabetes community who have said yes to diabetes research.