{"results":[{"title":"Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by NDIS. What happens next isn't clear","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/autism-ndis-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/autism-diagnoses-are-up-largely-fuelled-by-ndis-what-happens-next-isnt-clear","publisheddate":"2026-04-15","summary":"
Research has found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the NDIS has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Internationally renowned researcher named new executive director at The Kids","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/caroline-homer_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/internationally-renowned-researcher-named-new-executive-director-at-the-kids","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Professor Caroline Homer AO, a globally recognised leader in maternal and child health, has been named The Kids Research Institute Australia’s third Executive Director.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Human skin model to help treat skin stiffened by age and disease","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/human-skin-model_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/human-skin-model-to-help-treat-skin-stiffened-by-age-and-disease","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Researchers will use biomaterials to create a lifelike 3D model of human skin to better understand and treat skin stiffness associated with age, scarring and disease.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Fellowships help shape an inclusive future through cross-cultural lens","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/westpac-oz-asia-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/fellowships-help-shape-an-inclusive-future-through-cross-cultural-lens","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
A criminology student passionate about social justice and a medicine and philosophy student with a focus on compassionate care have been awarded inaugural 2026 Westpac Australia-Asia Fellowships.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"KMMS among the best","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-erica-spry--prof-catherine-chamberlain--944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/kmms-among-the-best","publisheddate":"2026-04-01","summary":"The Kimberley Mums’ Mood Scale (KMMS) project has been recognised among the ‘10 of the Best’ research projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Newnham Fellow called to teach","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-newnham-2026.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/newnham-fellow-called-to-teach","publisheddate":"2026-03-31","summary":"Applications for the 2026 Newnham Fellowship of up to $12,000 are now open to support the education of rural doctors or advance public health outcomes in rural communities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Emergency Medicine"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Surgery"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Autism expert set to transform child care in WA","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/autism-expert-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/autism-expert-set-to-transform-child-care-in-wa","publisheddate":"2026-03-27","summary":"
A world-class health researcher has relocated to Perth to transform how autism is researched and clinically supported, thanks to a $3.4 million Fellowship. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"World away in Derby","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-derby-placement-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/world-away-in-derby","publisheddate":"2026-03-26","summary":"
Penultimate medical students Liv Williams and Luke Panuccio swapped Warren Blackwood hospitals for Derby Hospital recently and have reaped the rewards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Emergency Medicine"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Surgery"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"First Nations healers on screen","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-our-medicine-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/first-nations-healers-on-screen","publisheddate":"2026-03-20","summary":"
The second season of Our Medicine has premiered on NITV/SBS and follows The Rural Clinical School of WA medical student Keisha Calyun on placement in the Kimberley.
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A nasal flu vaccine called FluMist will be available for the first time for children aged 2–17 years.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}