FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP SET TO TRANSFORM PAEDIATRIC BURNS RESEARCH
The Stan Perron Charitable Foundation has announced a 10-year partnership grant to enable the Fiona Wood Foundation to establish Western Australia’s first Comprehensive Centre for Childhood Burns at Perth Children’s Hospital.
The Centre will integrate innovative research, clinical care and community education into a single, integrated model to improve outcomes for children and young people who experience burn trauma. By supporting children and their families from the earliest stages of injury through recovery and long-term wellbeing, the Centre aims to reduce the lifelong physical and psychological impacts of burns.
Building on Professor Fiona Wood AO’s pioneering work in burns care and decades of research and clinical advances by the Fiona Wood Foundation (FWF), the Centre will strengthen Western Australia’s capacity to deliver world-leading paediatric burns research and treatment. It will also explore new ways to support children at every stage of their journey, ensuring care is guided by both scientific discovery and lived experience.
Professor Wood said the partnership would enable the FWF to centre the needs of children and families while advancing new approaches to treatment, recovery and long-term health.
“It enables us to build a truly comprehensive paediatric burns research pipeline, from discovery through to treatment, where clinical trials are embedded into routine practice to ensure every innovation is tested, translated and delivered where it is needed most,” Professor Wood said.
“Together, we can create a future where children not only survive their injuries but thrive, with care, research and innovation working hand in hand to transform lives.”
Elizabeth Perron said the new Centre reflected the shared commitment of the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation and the Fiona Wood Foundation to improving children’s health and wellbeing and to strengthening Western Australia’s medical research capability.
“Supporting the wellbeing of WA’s children and families is at the heart of the Foundation’s mission. We are proud to help enable this transformative Centre, which will drive world-leading research and care right here in Western Australia,” Elizabeth said.
“We believe this work will profoundly improve the lives of young people who have experienced burn trauma, both now and into the future.”
More information about the Fiona Wood Foundation is available on the organisation’s website.
Published: April 2026