Child Health

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

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A computer-aided decision system for gait analysis	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Project Leader Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A program of research into dyskinesia in children with cerberal palsy	Project Leader Dr Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Adolescent2Emerging Adult Development Study	A/Prof Sarah Whittle Dr Julian Simmons	Psychiatry
Adult Pneumonia In Mongolia In The Era Of A Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccine Programme	Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Advancing vaccine development for infectious diseases: bioinformatics, antibody engineering, immunoassay development and human cohort studies	Dr Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology
Adverse maternal environment in females born small and transgenerational consequences	Research Project Leader Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
Affective Development and Psychopathology Team	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Alternative splicing in human parasites	Stuart Ralph	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An alternative method to temporarily secure umbilical catheter(s) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital, in routine care of newborns requiring central vascular access	Dr, MD, PhD Marta Thio Professor Peter G Davis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Analysing genetic roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing in Drosophila stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Applying New Genomic Technologies To Understand The Genetic Basis Of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Associate Professor Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Asymptomatic thrombosis following the use of central venous lines in children	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Attention Dynamics Lab	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study	Research Group Leader Professor Craig Olsson	Paediatrics
Australians’ expectations of personal genomics: the GeNIOz project		Paediatrics
Autism Research Team	Laboratory Head Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Being born small programs growth restriction, deficits and disease in the next generation	Research Project Leader Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
BiliNappy: Novel low cost point-of-care diagnostic for Jaundice embedded in a newborn nappy	Dr Anushi Rajapaksa Dr Ronda Greaves	Paediatrics
Biomarker Discovery Group:Diagnostic biomarkers of pregnancy complications	Senior Research Fellow Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Brain cells in a dish: strategies for novel therapeutics in the CDKL5 disorder	Dr Nicole Van Bergen Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Building Early Attachment and Resiliance (BEAR) - an early intervention for parents and infants	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Building Evidence with Support to Transform (BEST) Practice Program	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Burden of disease associated with genetic aetiology at a paediatric hospital	Professor Jane Halliday Professor Agnes Bankier	Paediatrics
Calbindins - what do they do?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cardiovascular Risk in Nephrotic Syndrome	Dr Jonathan Mynard Dr Catherine Quinlan	Paediatrics
Cellular trafficking and male fertility	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Centre for International Child Health	Research Group Leader Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Centre for Women’s Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Centre of Research Excellence in Child Language	Project Leader Professor Angela Morgan	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Centre of Research Excellence – Newborn Medicine	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Cerebral Palsy Research	Group Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
Chalky teeth - can they be prevented?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Changing the Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children- The Early Years Education Program Randomised Controlled Trial	Professor Jeff Borland	Paediatrics
Characterisation of the parkin protein and how it causes parkinson disease	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
Characterisation of the specificity and activity of bio-engineered antibodies in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic A/Professor Christoph Hagemeyer	Paediatrics
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Director, Mindful A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Child Health
Child Health in Medicine
Children	Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Children and Young People’s Health	Research Program Leader Associate Professor Lena Sanci	General Practice
Children of Twins: The Effects Of Parental Mental Health On Child Mental Health Outcomes	Project leader Doctor Katrina Scurrah	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Co designing evidence based resources for the twin and family community	Unit Head Prof John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Cochlear implants in adults and children	Professor Richard Dowell	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Development Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Robert Reeve	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Collaboration for Improving Children’s Lives in the 21st Century: Rights focused, evidence based, impact driven	Project Leader Associate Professer Louise Harms	Social Work
Community Child Health Group	Group Lead Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Deepening Our Understanding Of Severe Irritability In Children	Professor David Coghill	Paediatrics
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Developing and commercialising new diagnostic tests for tropical infectious diseases	Dr Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology
Developing field-based tools and health systems for malaria elimination	Dr Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology
Developing New Therapies For Childhood Heart Disease Using Stem Cell Technology	Professor David Elliott	Paediatrics
Developing Objective Measures To Improve Outcomes In ADHD	Professor David Coghill	Paediatrics
Development of autonomic and nociceptive circuits	Project Leader Professor Janet Keast	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools	Dr Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology
Developmental Stuttering	Dr Elaina Kefalianos	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis and management of Auditory Processing Disorder	Principle Investigator Dani Tomlin	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Discovering differences and similarities between phenotype and biology of twins with autism and children with known genetic problems with a high risk of autism	Project Leader Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant Vietnamese women, and improve maternal and infant health?	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Domestic and family violence and parenting: mixed method insights into impact and support needs	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
E-tool for online interactive assessment of young people’s wellbeing	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Early detection and intervention for infants at high risk of motor impairments	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Early life exercise reprograms pancreatic and heart deficits in offspring born small	Research Project Leader Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
Early Life Molecular Pathways Underpinning Later Health And Disease	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Early Life Molecular Pathways Underpinning Later Health And Disease	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Effect of ACTN3 on corticosteroid response in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Dr Jane Seto Professor Kathryn North	Paediatrics
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	Associate Professor Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
EMT regulators in intestinal and germline stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Enamel cell biology – how is bulk calcium handled safely?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Engineering artificial bone marrow	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics
ERp29 – what does it do?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Ethics of personalised medicine to treat refactory childhood cancer		Centre for Health Equity
Evaluating health outcomes of transgender children and adolescents	Dr Ken Pang Dr Michelle Tollit	Psychiatry
Examining A New Drug Target For Preventing Stomach Cancer	Professor Philip Sutton	Paediatrics
Examining A New Drug Target For Preventing Stomach Cancer	Professor Philip Sutton	Paediatrics
Examining novel markers of pneumococcal vaccine immunity	A/Prof Paul Licciardi	Paediatrics
Examining the effect of alpha-actinin-3 deficiency in skeletal muscle injury	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics
Examining the evolutionary role of alpha-actinin-3 in adaptive thermogenesis	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics
Exploring the use of stem cells in cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Kylie Crompton	Paediatrics
Family Links: Kinship care and family contact	Dr Meredith Kiraly, MBSc PhD	Social Work
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Fathering Challenges: Responsible, Responsive and Reparative Fathering	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
First 1000 Days Australia	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
FluMum: A cohort study to evaluate the benefits of flu vaccination in pregnancy	Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care	Honorary Research Fellow Dr Susan Webster	General Practice
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Functional studies of sodium channel mutations contributing to severe childhood epilepsy	Dr Geza Berecki	Medicine and Radiology
Functional characterisation of a novel gene linked to autism spectrum disorder	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
Functional genomic screens for cardiovascular drug discovery	Research Project Leader Dr Enzo Porrello	Physiology
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene Discovery in Families with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Dr Cherie Green	Medicine and Radiology
General Practitioners' perceptions of paediatric care	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Genetics of speech and language	Professor Angela Morgan	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Gestational Diabetes Follow-Up Research Group: Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes mellitus and subsequent development of Type 2 diabetes	Senior Research Fellow Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Giving an adult life after Fontan surgery to those with the most severe congenital heart conditions	Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Group Pregnancy Care: improving access, health literacy and social inclusion	Dr Elisha Riggs	General Practice
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Gynaecology Research Centre	Professor Women's Health Research Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Haemostatic abnormalities in children with venous thromboembolism and stroke	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Professor Paul Monagle	Paediatrics
Haemostatic system in Fontan patients with liver dysfunction	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Chantal Attard	Paediatrics
Handling Missing Data In Complex Longitudinal Studies	Dr Margarita Moreno Betancur	Paediatrics
HDAC6 inhibitors as a treatment for Rett syndrome: Resolving neuronal trafficking deficits	Dr Nicole Van Bergen Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire	Research Assistant Tessa Cutler	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	Prof. James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Maternal metabolic disturbances, inflammation, and poor nutrition and their impact on pregnancy outcomes	Dr Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology
Hime laboratory: Stem cell genetics	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
How Do Monocytes Remember? Characterisation Of The Early Life Exposures That Induce Innate Immune Memory	Mr Boris Novakovic	Paediatrics
How do mutations in dynein motor components cause birth defects?	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
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
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
Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory/Orthopaedic Department	Research Group Leader Professor Kerr Graham	Paediatrics
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Project Leader Dr Amy Gray	Paediatrics
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	Dr Ann Frazier Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
Human Testis Organoids From Stem Cells - A Novel Model For Reproductive Disorders	Professor Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
iCATS - Imaging brain development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study	Project Contact Details Julian Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Identification Of New Genes That Cause Disorders/Differences Of Sex Development	Professor Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics
Identification of novel vaccine targets that induce protective immunity against malaria	Gaoqian Feng	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying The Genetic Causes Of Brain Malformation In Children	Associate Professor Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Immunogenicity, persistence and safety study of meningococcal conjugate vaccine ACWY in toddlers	Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving clexane therapy for patients and families: Education and engagement	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Improving contact between children in out-of-home care and their birth parents	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
Improving cost-effectiveness analysis of childhood vaccines	Project Leader Dr Natalie Carvalho	Centre for Health Policy
Improving delivery of RNA therapeutics	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Improving the diagnostic outcomes of patients with mitochondrial disease	Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Improving understanding of MRI patterns, structure-function relationships and causal pathways in cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Sue Reid	Paediatrics
In vitro models of type 1 diabetes	Professor Edouard Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	Paediatrics
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for autism. What can we learn from databases and existing administrative data?	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Indigenous Health Equity Unit	Acting Unit Head - A/Professor Richard Chenhall	Centre for Health Equity
Infant and Family Wellbeing after Cardiac Surgery: Life as a Pre-schooler	PhD student Tamera Clancy	Paediatrics
Infant, Child and Adolescent Health	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Infusion Safety in Newborn Babies	A/Prof Christiane Theda Dr Omar Kamlin	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Interplay of sex differentiation and metabolism	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Investigating and interpreting the use, costs, accessibility and organisation of healthcare services among children with cerebral palsy	Project Leader Ms Elaine Meehan	Paediatrics
Investigating current and future education and training needs of the Australian workforce in genomic medicine		Paediatrics
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Investigation of inter-arm blood pressure differences during paediatric exercise testing	Dr Jonathan Mynard Dr Michael Cheung	Paediatrics
Investigation of the age-specific changes in Blood Microparticles	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics
Investigation of the in vitro effect of the antiplatelet drug Tirofiban in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics
Invisible Practices: Intervention with fathers who use violence		Social Work
Is muscle surgery or bone surgery better for young children with cerebral palsy who have hip displacement? The Cerebral Palsy Hip Interventions Project (CP-HIP)	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
It takes a village: The support needs of non-familial kinship carers	Dr Meredith Kiraly, MBSc PhD	Social Work
Kidney Development, Disease and Regeneration	Research Group Leader Professor Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Project Lead Dr Karen Villanueva	Paediatrics
Kinship Care Practice Framework Project	Professor Marie Connolly
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Long-term health and social implications of risk-taking in adolescence	Dr Jennifer Marino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Malaria drug resistance in the Asia Pacific region	Associate Professor Freya Fowkes	Medicine and Radiology
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Head of Unit Dr Alison Morgan	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Measuring low value care across inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics
Measuring low value care in the emergency department; a multi-site study	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics
Mechanisms of anxiety risk across development and sex	A/Prof Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Experiences of Paediatric Health Professionals		Centre for Health Equity
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MenstrualNeeds Study: Exploring the physical, psychological and social needs of adolescent girls with heavy menstrual bleeding and pain	Dr Michelle Peate Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mercy Hospital Perinatal Research Group	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Modeling human heart development using human cardiac organoids	Research Project Leader Dr Enzo Porrello	Physiology
Modelling childhood leukaemias using human pluripotent stem cells	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics
Modulating fibrosis and myocardial injury in Muscular Dystrophy	Dr Adam Piers A/Professor Salvatore Pepe	Paediatrics
Molecular and cellular analysis of mammalian ovary development and disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Molecular mediators of gene:environment interactions underlying early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic risk.	Professor Richard Saffery Dr David Burgner	Paediatrics
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Motor trajectories of children born <30 weeks’ gestation from birth to 5 years: early predictors and functional outcome	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
MRUFD laboratory: proteomics and calcium biology	Professor Mike Hubbard
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Neural basis of childhood speech and language disorders	Professor Angela Morgan	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroscience of Speech	Associate Professor Adam Vogel	Audiology and Speech Pathology
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Project Lead Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
New vaccines group	Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Project Lead Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Development and Implementation of a State-wide Newborn Observation and Response Charts (Newborn project)	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Northeast India Knowledge Network	Head of Unit	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Novel investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Project Leader Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel regulators of germline stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary HIme	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Optimising Early Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: The HIPSTER Trial	Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	Associate Professor Chritine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Oral Health Promotion	Head of Laboratory Professor Ivan Darby
Oral Radiology	Head of Laboratory Professor John Clement Research Project Lead Professor Michael Mccullough	Melbourne Dental School
Outcomes of Hip Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy – An International, Multi-Centre Prospective, Comparative Cohort Study	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Oxygen Implementation Project, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria		Paediatrics
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric social work research group	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Paediatric specialist clinics: Parental perceptions, primary care referral patterns and determinants of periodicity of care	Project Leader Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Partnership for Innovation in Out-of-home Care	Professor Marie Connolly	Social Work
PARTY (Prevention Access Risk Taking in Young People)	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Peak exercise capacity in patients with a Fontan circulation	Professor Yves D'Udekem Dr Rachael Cordina	Paediatrics
Placental dysfunction in the causal pathway to cerebral palsy	Professor David Amor Dr Susan Reid	Paediatrics
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Porrello laboratory: Cardiac Regeneration	Head of Laboratory Enzo Porrello	Physiology
Post-translational control of cell fate decisions	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Postnatal complications among women in Papua New Guinea	Dr Chris Morgan Dr Alyce Wilson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Postnatal germ cells are controlled by FSH during ‘minipuberty’ at 3-6 months of age, and deranged by cryptorchidism to cause seminoma and infertility	Project Leader Dr Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Predicition of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prenatal testing: a longitudinal study - the PeTALS project	Project Leader Dr Jan Hodgson	Paediatrics
Preterm Labour	Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Preterm Labour	Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Preventing gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Psychosocial determinants of health in infants & preschool children with Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed via newborn screening	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
R E Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship Program	Project Leader Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Regulation of personalised digital closed loop systems to manage diabetes in children		Centre for Health Equity
Restacking The Odds: Understanding The Barriers And Solutions To Antenatal Care Participation	Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
right@home	Research manager Dr Susan Perlen	Paediatrics
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Royal Women's Hospital Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Women's Hospital Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Safety and immunogenicity of dTpa vaccine administered in pregnancy	Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
The SENSE Study (Sleep and Education: learning New Skills Early)	ADAPT Laboratory The SENSE Team	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence	Director of Research Training Professor Meredith Temple-Smith	General Practice
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics
Solving Rare Diseases Via The Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Dr Alison Compton	Paediatrics
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
Spermtyping – Single cell analysis of the generation of genetic diversity via DNA repair pathways	Dr Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology
Spotlight Project	Principal Research A/Prof Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Stress Reactivity in Pre-schoolers with Congenital Heart Disease	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Stroud laboratory: Mitochondrial Systems Biology	Head of Research Group Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Summer Internship	Associate Professor Adam Vogel	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Surgical experience in paediatric gynaecology	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Susceptibility to adult disorders in carriers of Mendelian alleles	Professor Martin Delatycki Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics
SUSTAIN: Sustainability of Identification and Response to Family Violence in antenatal care	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Targets of protective immunity in severe malaria	Dr Michael Duffy	Medicine and Radiology
teen Mental Health First Aid	Project Leader Dr Laura Hart	Centre for Mental Health
Telling the truth to seriously ill children	Professor Lynn Gillam Project Leader	Centre for Health Equity
The application of a novel dried blood spot collection device for future diagnostic applications	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Andrew Gooley	Paediatrics
The Application Of Genomic Testing In Adults With Intellectual Disability	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP)	Project Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson	Paediatrics
The early origins of autism: a focus on epigenetic differences within identical twin pairs	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Yuk Loke	Paediatrics
The effect of cochlear implants on cognitive decline in ageing Australians	Senior Research Fellow Dr Julia Sarant	Audiology and Speech Pathology
The epidemiology of childhood food allergy and other allergic diseases	Dr Rachel Peters Dr Jennifer Koplin	Paediatrics
The feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness meditation program within the preschool setting	Professor Harriet Hiscock Dr Jane Sheehan	Paediatrics
The feasibility of smart-phones in the early detection of cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL): Validation of a new measure of gait function for children with cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
The human microbiome in gut, oral and mental health	Dr Julian G Simmons	Psychiatry
The immune response to infection in early cystic fibrosis	A/Professor Philip Sutton A/Professor Sarath Ranganathan	Paediatrics
The Link Project	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
The Parental ED Study: Presentation with children with non-urgent/low-severity conditions at Hospital Emergency Departments: Parental Decision Making	Project Leader Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
The PATRICIA Project: PAthways And Research In Collaborative Inter-Agency working	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
The prognosis/diagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	DR Bill Kalionis Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The role of non-coding RNA in embryonic development	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
The Secret Shopper Study: Addressing the Crisis in Availability of Paediatric Health Services: Increasing the Efficiency and Availability of General and Specialty Paediatric Care	Project Leader Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register (VCPR)	Project Leader Dr Sue Reid	Paediatrics
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
The “Best Age and Size to be Born”	Dr Susan Clifford Professor Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
Timely antenatal care for women and newborns in rural Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Dr Chris Morgan Dr Michelle Scoullar and Alyce Wilson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Towards improved communication for medication safety: addressing the complexities managing medications in hospitalised children	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Translational Obstetrics Group	Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professor Stephen Tong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Twin and Family Registry Management	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twin pairs, brother, sisters and sibships: methods for the statistical analysis of family data	Unit Head Professor Julie Simpson	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
UDP - Victoria	Project Leader Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Umbilical cord pulsation at the time of Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants	Dr MD PhD Marta Thio	Paediatrics
Understanding brain development in ADHD using longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging.	Dr Timothy Silk Dr Charles Malpas	Paediatrics
Understanding malaria transmission and immunity to inform malaria elimination	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding rab39b-mediated parkinson's disease	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
Understanding Rab39b-Mediated Parkinson's Disease	Associate Professor Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Understanding Significance Of Low Level Mosaicism In Rare Paediatric Disease Associated With Intellectual Disability And Autism	Associate Professor David Godler	Paediatrics
Understanding Significance Of Low Level Mosaicism In Rare Paediatric Disease Associated With Intellectual Disability And Autism	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Understanding the assembly of mitochondrial machines	Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding The Development Of Cognition And Academic Performance	Professor David Coghill	Paediatrics
Understanding The Early Development Of Cognition And Psychopathology	Professor David Coghill	Paediatrics
Understanding the effect of lower limb torsional deformities in typically developing children and adolescents	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
Understanding the outcomes, including their language, participation and quality of life, of children with autism	Project Leader Prof Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Project Leader Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Undestanding trajectories and biological underpinnings of children with autism who lose skills	Project Leader Veronica Rose	Paediatrics
Unravelling the genetic cause of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Doctor Elena Tucker Professor Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics
Unravelling The Genetic Cause Of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Professor Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics
Uptake of immunisation services in rural Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Dr Chris Morgan Dr Alyce Wilson	Paediatrics
Using Cerebral Organoids For The Study Of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex	Associate Professor Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Using cerebral organoids for the study of tuberous sclerosis complex	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Videorecording to guide newborn resuscitation: a feasibility study	Dr MD PhD Marta Thio	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Web-based preventive care intervention for preterm infants and their families – e-prem trial	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
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
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
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
When should health professionals override parents' decisions about a child's medical treatment?		Centre for Health Equity
Wilhelm laboratory: Sex determination and disorders of sex development	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Wlodek laboratory: Fetal, postnatal & adult physiology & disease laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
WORKPLAN#3: NON-SURGICAL ALTERNATIVES
Young and ‘care-full': The support needs of young kinship carers	Dr Meredith Kiraly, MBSc PhD	Social Work

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