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Research Assistant Spotlight - Peter Delaney

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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

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Preparing for school in 2024

It's the new school year and by now your child's school should have a copy of their updated Diabetes Management Plan. Adele Connor, Diabetes in Schools Program Clinical Nurse Specialist at Perth Children’s Hospital, said a student's diabetes

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Sports Coaching Resources

Developing educational exercise resources to improve awareness and knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) within community sport settings. Community sport is one of the most common settings in which youth exercise. However, there are a lack of

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Join our nutrition videos

Would you like to help teach others with diabetes? The team at the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre are creating nutrition education videos for children and their parents living with type 1 diabetes.

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Priority Setting Webinar

Priority Setting Webinar We recently hosted out first Priority Setting Webinar as a Global Centre of Excellence. It was a great opportunity to hear from those living with T1D and the T1D community about what research is important to them,

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Advanced hybrid closed-loop technology for young people with T1D.

Our researchers are looking for young people with Type 1 diabetes and HbA1c above 8.5%, to see if using an advanced hybrid closed loop system (MiniMed Medtronic™ 780G insulin pump) will improve blood glucose levels and HbA1c.

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Research participation survey

We recognise that we can learn a lot from our families. This area of research looks at the reasons why families living with diabetes choose whether or not to participate in research.

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New Eye Clinic

There's a new children’s clinic to revolutionise diabetic eye treatment here in WA.  The clinic is a collaboration between the Lions Eye Institute and Perth Children’s Hospital, and is part of the new Perron Paediatric Retinopathy Initiative,

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New study: Low carbohydrate diets in the management of type 1 diabetes

We are looking for parents/carers of young children with type 1 diabetes aged 10yrs or younger to participate in focus groups to share their experiences of how they implement low-carb diets and what benefits they find in managing their child’s diabetes.