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The Kids Advanced Therapeutics educational webinar series feature world-class experts in their respective fields, sharing the current and future work in the advanced therapeutics space. We invite you to join us as we explore the way advanced therapeutics is driving clinicians and researchers to prepare for a new wave of therapies that will revolutionise the future of paediatric health care.
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Hear from Professor David Ziegler and Dr Neevika Manoharan as they explore the future of cancer care for children and young people, spotlighting cutting-edge initiatives being run like the OPTIMISE clinical trial and Australia’s first CAR T-cell therapy trial for children with brain cancer.
See our previous episodes below or on our SCHN YouTube channel.
Previous episodes
2025
- Translating next-generation gene therapies into the clinic
- We explored the latest advances in AAV-based therapies and siRNA for viral infections, particularly how these technologies are being translated into real-world treatments.
- Speakers: Prof Leszek Lisowski and Scientia Prof Anthony Kelleher.
- Cell therapies for neonatal conditions
- We discussed the opportunities and challenges involved in translating preclinical data into the clinical setting while exploring stem cell therapies for neonatal conditions.
- Speakers: A/Prof Atul Malhotra and Dr Himanshu Popat.
2024
- Gene therapies for youth with endocrine disorders
- We explored some of the pre-clinical developments for the treatment of endocrine disorders with gene therapy, with a focus on Adeno-associated virus (AAV) as the delivery system.
- Speaker: Dr Lara Graves, Paediatric Endocrinologist, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
- Supporting therapies of the future (17 May)
- We took a peek behind the curtain on the SCHN KAT program, learning of the program's objectives, services and its pivotal role in supporting SCHN staff in delivering advanced therapeutics via research and clinical pathways.
- Speaker: Asra Gholami.
2023
- Phage therapy in Australia: STAMPing out problematic infections (19 May)
- We were joined by experts to discuss Phage Australia's unique STAMP trial and the practicalities of carrying out phage therapy protocols.
- Speakers: Prof Jon Iredell, Dr Ameneh Khatami, Stephanie Lynch, Tony Lai, Kylie Sangalang and Rachael Sloane.
- Newborn screening: early detection for a brighter future (28 July)
- We learned the benefits of pre-symptomatic treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the cost-effectiveness of population-based screening, and the potential of genomic sequencing for early diagnosis.
- Speakers: Dr Sandi Kariyawasam, Dr Sophy Shih and Prof Bruce Bennetts.
- Revolutionising medicine: T-cell therapies today and beyond (18 September)
- We discussed how the cutting-edge science of cellular therapies are impacting healthcare in this webinar.
- Speakers: Dr Steven Keogh, Dr Caroline Bateman, Dr Kavitha Gowrishankar and Dr Amanda Tan
2022
- A look at how gene therapy is changing the game for children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (9 Dec)
- Speakers: A/Prof Michelle Farrar, Dr Didu (Sandi) Kariyawasam, Ms Deshina Naidoo and Ms Sandra Charlton
- The growing demand for viral vectors as a cutting-edge health treatment (30 Sep)
- Speakers: Dr Susan Siew and Dr Michelle Lorentzos with experts, Dr Grant Logan and Dr Samantha Ginn
- A health system team approach to ocular gene therapy and vision rescue (29 Jul)
- Speakers: Robyn Jamieson, Benjamin Nash, John Grigg, Bradley Rockliff, Emilie Chin, Matthew Simunovic and Alan Ma
- Ethical considerations in rare disease clinical trials (27 May)
- Speakers: Anne Preisz, Helen Young and Kris Elvidge on the panel
- Who you gonna call? Drug busters! (28 Mar)
- Speakers: Senior Pharmacists Joni Donagher, Kyall Homberg and Toni Lai
2021
- Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials (8 Oct)
- Speakers: Dr Ian Street and Prof Tom Snelling
- When a Virus is the Cure - phage therapy & mini lungs (23 Jul)
- Speakers: Dr Ameneh Khatami and Dr Shafagh Waters
- Ocular Gene & Cell Therapies - new frontier of vision research & treatment (30 Apr)
- Speakers: Prof Robyn Jamieson and Dr Anai Gonzalez Cordero
- The future with CAR-T cell therapy (26 Feb)
- Speakers: Prof Tracey O'Brien and Dr Patrick Schelgel
2020
- Transforming the way we care for children - gene therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (27 Nov)
- Speakers: Prof Ian Alexander and A/Prof Michelle Farrar