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Aveni awarded a JDRF fellowshipCongratulations to Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Dr Aveni Haynes on being awarded a JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship to inform type 1 diabetes prevention strategies by investigating early blood glucose abnormalities in at-risk children.
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Have you got a copy of the new patient folder?We recently launched our new and improved Children’s Diabetes Centre patient folder so don’t forget to ask for your own hard copy next time you visit the diabetes clinic at Perth Children’s Hospital.
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Seeking old iPhone donationsPerth Children’s Hospital’s Endocrinology and Diabetes Department is seeking donations of old Apple iPhones — no older than model 6 — to pass on to families starting on continuous glucose monitoring.
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Adolescent Transition Information EveningPerth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic is holding an Adult Transition Information Evening for young people with type 1 diabetes on Wednesday June 19.
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James' brush with fameDid you catch the kids’ takeover Telethon segment on the weekend? If so, you may have spied James Fernihough hanging out with Ch 7 television personality Andrew Denton in the The Kids Discovery Centre.
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Coronavirus and children with T1DOur co-director Professor Liz Davis spoke to JDRF Australia to answer COVID-19 and type 1 diabetes questions.
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that results from the immune system attacking the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Unlike type 2 diabetes which is potentially preventable, type 1 is a non-preventable disease - currently, its exact cause is not known and there is no cure.
Read about the Research Focus Area Leads at the Children's Diabetes Centre.
Many of the Centre's researchers have been responsible for discovering and contributing to real game-changers, making a difference to children with diabetes.
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WA Government to support research providing early and equitable access to the best diabetes technology for all children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetesResearchers from the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre, a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence, have been awarded funding through the WA Child Research Fund (WACRF) to undertake research that aims to remove barriers and provide access to the most effective diabetes technologies for all children newly