Role Title: Research intern, The ORIGINS Project (Iron levels in children)
Organisation: The Kids Research Institute Australia
Internship Period: Semester 2 (July – October)
Location: Nedlands
The ORIGINS Project is a prospective, longitudinal birth cohort, recruiting 10,000 pregnant women and their partners antenatally and following each family over a five-year period. One sub-project within ORIGINS is looking at iron levels in 1, 3 and 5 year-old participants. The aims of this project are to understand (i) the health and behavioural outcomes associated with low iron levels, and how these are affected by iron supplementation and (ii) families’ experiences with low iron and iron supplementation. In this student project, we would like a student to assist with planning, running and analysing responses from some focus groups exploring parents experiences with and barriers to providing iron supplementation to their children.
The Kids Research Institute Australia is based within the Perth Children’s Hospital, and is one of the largest, and most successful medical research institutes in Australia, comprising a dedicated and diverse team of around 1,000 staff, students and honoraries. We've created a bold blueprint that brings together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders, who share our vision to improve the health and wellbeing of children through excellence in research.