Child Health in Medicine

Child Health which encompasses the whole-of-life continuum from the early life environment through adolescence and reproductive potential in order to optimise whole life health.

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
BiliNappy: Novel low cost point-of-care diagnostic for Jaundice embedded in a newborn nappy	Dr Anushi Rajapaksa Dr Ronda Greaves	Paediatrics	Honours
Burden of disease associated with genetic aetiology at a paediatric hospital	Professor Jane Halliday Professor Agnes Bankier	Paediatrics	Honours
Characterisation of the parkin protein and how it causes parkinson disease	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Characterisation of the specificity and activity of bio-engineered antibodies in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic A/Professor Christoph Hagemeyer	Paediatrics	Honours
Do targeted newborn screening and early antiviral therapy prevent sensorineural hearing loss due to congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV)?	Cheryl Jones Valerie Sung	Paediatrics	PhD
Effect of ACTN3 on corticosteroid response in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Dr Jane Seto Professor Kathryn North	Paediatrics	Honours
Engineering artificial bone marrow	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics	Honours
Examining the effect of alpha-actinin-3 deficiency in skeletal muscle injury	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics	Honours
Examining the evolutionary role of alpha-actinin-3 in adaptive thermogenesis	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics	Honours
Gastrointestinal disequilibrium in indigenous children residing in remote communities: correlation between prevalence of gut pathogens and a chronic inflammatory state	Dr. Beverly-Ann Biggs Dr. Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Haemostatic abnormalities in children with venous thromboembolism and stroke	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Professor Paul Monagle	Paediatrics	Honours
Haemostatic system in Fontan patients with liver dysfunction	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Chantal Attard	Paediatrics	Honours
Health-related risk behaviour in adolescence	Professor Rachel Skinner Dr Jennifer Marino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research
How do mutations in dynein motor components cause birth defects?	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
How to increase numbers of neural precursor cells in vitro for cell therapy for the birth defect Hirschsprung disease.	Dr Donald Newgreen Mr Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics	Honours
How to transfer neural precursor cells to the aneural colon for cell therapy for the birth defect Hirschsprung disease.	Dr Donald Newgreen Mr Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics	Honours
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	Dr Ann Frazier Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Identification of novel vaccine targets that induce protective immunity against malaria	Gaoqian Feng James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Imagining Brain Development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transtions Study	Dr. Julian Simmons Assoc. Prof. Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry	PhD
Improving the learning and development of children raised in adversity	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	PhD
In vitro models of type 1 diabetes	Professor Edouard Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	Paediatrics	Honours
Investigation of the age-specific changes in Blood Microparticles	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics	Honours
Investigation of the in vitro effect of the antiplatelet drug Tirofiban in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics	Honours
Measuring low value care across inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics	Honours
Measuring low value care in the emergency department; a multi-site study	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics	Honours
Modelling childhood leukaemias using human pluripotent stem cells	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics	Honours
Placental dysfunction in the causal pathway to cerebral palsy	Professor David Amor Dr Susan Reid	Paediatrics	Honours
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics	Honours
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Susceptibility to adult disorders in carriers of Mendelian alleles	Professor Martin Delatycki Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics	Honours
The application of a novel dried blood spot collection device for future diagnostic applications	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Andrew Gooley	Paediatrics	Honours
The early origins of autism: a focus on epigenetic differences within identical twin pairs	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Yuk Loke	Paediatrics	Honours
The epidemiology of childhood food allergy and other allergic diseases	Dr Rachel Peters Dr Jennifer Koplin	Paediatrics	Honours
The feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness meditation program within the preschool setting	Professor Harriet Hiscock Dr Jane Sheehan	Paediatrics	Honours
The immune response to infection in early cystic fibrosis	A/Professor Philip Sutton A/Professor Sarath Ranganathan	Paediatrics	Honours
The ‘Premmie Health Profile’: Do babies born early or small have distinct patterns of health and metabolic disparities?	Dr Susan Clifford Professor Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	Honours
The “Best Age and Size to be Born”	Dr Susan Clifford Professor Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	Honours
Understanding brain development in ADHD using longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging.	Dr Timothy Silk Dr Charles Malpas	Paediatrics	Honours
Understanding patterns of social adversity from pregnancy to school-entry	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	PhD, Masters by Research
Using cerebral organoids for the study of tuberous sclerosis complex	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	Honours
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
What are the education and training needs of health professionals incorporating genomics into healthcare? A mixed methods study	Dr Amy Nisselle Dr Belinda McClaren	Paediatrics	Honours
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
What influences mental health treatment choices for children in Australia? A qualitative study of family and clinician factors.	Ms Melissa Mulraney Professor Harriet Hiscock	Paediatrics	Honours