About Us

Location

Kids Research Institute
Level 2, Crn Hawkesbury Rd and Hainsworth St
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Sydney NSW 2145
Australia
Phone 61-2-98451316

Mailing Address

Kids Research Institute
Locked Bag 4001
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia

Contacts

• A/Prof Chris Cowell - Acting Chair, Kids Research Institute 9845 1316
• Trish van Leeuwen - Fundraising & Revenue Manager 9845 3882
• Amelia Hill - Research Executive Support Officer 9845 1316
• Eleanor Thackray - Ethics Manager 9845 1253
• Carolyn Casey - Governance Manager 9845 1253
• Matthew Laver - Laboratory Manager 9845 3091
• Lyndsey Bray - Grants & Scholarships Officer 9845 1400
• Anne Sutherland - Reception & Facility Support Officer 9845 1400

Mission

To improve health outcomes & drive excellence in health care by

• Enhancing understanding of basis of childhood disease
• Developing cures and preventions for childhood disease
• Building clinical trials capacity
• Incorporating evidence based health care into clinical practice and health outcomes

Our Enablers

• Laboratories including high resolution imaging
• Human Application Laboratory for Gene and Stem Cell Therapy
• Kid's Activity Research Centre
• Australian Children's Clinical Trials Centre
• Investment in infrastructure and governance to support best practice

Number of researchers

>250FTE

Grant income

>$9M pa

Commercialisation

Biolink