The Bill and Melinda Gates-founded organisation's investment will go to The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia to accelerate research on malaria.
A multi-partner funding initiative valued at more than $146 million has been launched to bolster childhood cancer research currently being undertaken by PCH and Telethon Kids Institute.
Major charity Telethon Kids Institute is to be chaired by Naomi Flutter, succeeding high-profile Julie Bishop as the organisation prepares to roll out a new name and strategic plan.
The Telethon Kids institute was the big winner from the state government's latest round of medical research funding, securing nearly half of the $25 million on offer.
Medical research could be worth more than $2.1 billion per year to the WA economy by 2045, according to fresh research crunching the industry's numbers for the first time.
One of Perth's oldest and most respected medical research institutes has launched a new South Australian operation, as part of a broader planned expansion.
Jonathan Carapetis has been recognised for his infectious disease discoveries and elected to be one of 22 fellows inducted into the Australian Academy of Sciences this year.
The Perth Children's Hospital Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute have committed $10 million in fundraising over five years to support a new respiratory research centre.
Telethon Kids Institute has received $2.66 million from BHP to lead a trial testing the effectiveness of multiple sclerosis drug interferon in reducing the infectiousness of COVID-19 patients.
Edith Cowan University's Rob Newton and Curtin University's Phil Bland were named joint winners of the scientist of the year award at last night's Premier's Science Awards.
Perth business figures Erica Smyth, Peter Fitzpatrick, Danielle Blain and David Hohnen are among this year's local recipients of the Queen's Birthday awards.
A three-way partnership between the state government, Minderoo Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute will invest $49.3 million into a 10-year early childhood project aimed at improving outcomes for children up to four years old.
WA Labor has proposed a repurposing of the existing WA Future Fund into a new $1.1 billion Future Health Research and Innovation Fund that will collect annual interest, if elected next month.
In an exclusive Business News survey, leaders of some of WA's top charities reveal they are more optimistic than last year, despite increasing competition for funds, challenging economic times and charity fatigue.
Figures released today show Western Australia's share of national health and medical research grants has not grown, despite the hopes of leading researchers that an industry-led reform would put the state back on a path to funding in line with WA's share of the national population.
Jonathan Carapetis, the director of Telethon Kids Institute has been appointed to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's leading expert health and medical research bo
The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research is targeting philanthropists and the corporate sector under a new business model aimed at diversifying its revenue base.
