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	Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A program of research into dyskinesia in children with cerberal palsy	Dr Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Adverse maternal environment in females born small and transgenerational consequences	Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
Affective Development and Psychopathology Team	Dr Julian G. Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Alternative splicing in human parasites	Stuart Ralph	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Analysing genetic roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing in Drosophila stem cells	Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
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	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Attention Dynamics Lab	A/Prof Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study	Professor Craig Olsson	Paediatrics
Australians’ expectations of personal genomics: the GeNIOz project		Paediatrics
Autism Research Team	Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Being born small programs growth restriction, deficits and disease in the next generation	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	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	Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Building Evidence with Support to Transform (BEST) Practice Program	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Burden of disease associated with genetic aetiology at a paediatric hospital	Professor Jane Halliday Professor Agnes Bankier	Paediatrics
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cardiovascular Risk in Nephrotic Syndrome	Dr Jonathan Mynard Dr Catherine Quinlan	Paediatrics
Cellular trafficking and male fertility	Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Centre for Applied Research in Effective Services (CARES)	Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Centre for International Child Health	Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Centre for Women’s Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Centre of Research Excellence in Child Language	Professor Angela Morgan	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Centre of Research Excellence – Newborn Medicine	Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Cerebral Palsy Research	Professor Dinah Reddihough	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	A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Child Health
Child Health in Medicine
Children	Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Children and Young People’s Health	Associate Professor Lena Sanci	General Practice
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Cochlear implants in adults and children	Richard Dowell	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Development Laboratory	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	Associate Professer Louise Harms	Social Work
Community Child Health Group	Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Welcome to the Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement - OPUS	Dale Baum	Surgery Research
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Development of autonomic and nociceptive circuits	Professor Janet Keast	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Developmental Stuttering	Elaina Kefalianos	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis and management of Auditory Processing Disorder	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	Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Do targeted newborn screening and early antiviral therapy prevent sensorineural hearing loss due to congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV)?	Cheryl Jones Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant Vietnamese women, and improve maternal and infant health?	Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Domestic and family violence and parenting: mixed method insights into impact and support needs	Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
E-tool for online interactive assessment of young people’s wellbeing	Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Early detection and intervention for infants at high risk of motor impairments	Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Early life exercise reprograms pancreatic and heart deficits in offspring born small	Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
Effect of ACTN3 on corticosteroid response in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Dr Jane Seto Professor Kathryn North	Paediatrics
EMT regulators in intestinal and germline stem cells	Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Engineering artificial bone marrow	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	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	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	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Fathering Challenges: Responsible, Responsive and Reparative Fathering	Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	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	Professor Terry Nolan
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care	Dr Susan Webster	General Practice
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Functional characterisation of a novel gene linked to autism spectrum disorder	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
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
Gender differences in autism	Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene Discovery in Families with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder	Dr Cherie Green	Medicine and Radiology
General Practitioners' perceptions of paediatric care	Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Genetics Education and Health Research	Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Genetics of speech and language	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	Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Giving an adult life after Fontan surgery to those with the most severe congenital heart conditions	Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Gynaecology Research Centre	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
HDAC6 inhibitors as a treatment for Rett syndrome: Resolving neuronal trafficking deficits	Dr Nicole Van Bergen Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Health-related risk behaviour in adolescence	Professor Rachel Skinner Dr Jennifer Marino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Hime laboratory: Stem cell genetics	Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Neuroscience
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	Professor Kerr Graham Professor Kerr Graham	Paediatrics
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Dr Amy Gray	Paediatrics
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	Dr Ann Frazier Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
iCATS - Imaging brain development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study	Julian Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Imagining Brain Development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transtions Study	Dr. Julian Simmons Assoc. Prof. Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Immunogenicity, persistence and safety study of meningococcal conjugate vaccine ACWY in toddlers	Professor Terry Nolan
Impact of childhood growth patterns & latent cardiovascular risk factors on the microcirculation in adult life		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving clexane therapy for patients and families: Education and engagement	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Improving contact between children in out-of-home care and their birth parents	Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
Improving cost-effectiveness analysis of childhood vaccines	Dr Natalie Carvalho	Centre for Health Policy
Improving delivery of RNA therapeutics	Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Improving the diagnostic outcomes of patients with mitochondrial disease	Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Improving the learning and development of children raised in adversity	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Improving understanding of MRI patterns, structure-function relationships and causal pathways in cerebral palsy	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?	Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Independent Agency Network (IAN): Model of efficiency	Professor Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Indigenous Health Equity Unit	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
Infant, Child and Adolescent Health	Fiona Newall	Nursing
Infectious Diseases Group	Professor Nigel Curtis
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Interplay of sex differentiation and metabolism	Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Professor Julie Bines Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Investigating and interpreting the use, costs, accessibility and organisation of healthcare services among children with cerebral palsy	Ms Elaine Meehan	Paediatrics
Investigating current and future education and training needs of the Australian workforce in genomic medicine		Paediatrics
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)	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	Professor Melissa Little Professor Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Dr Karen Villanueva	Paediatrics
Kinship Care Practice Framework Project	Marie Connolly
Labour & Delivery	Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Labour & Delivery	Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	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
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mercy Hospital Perinatal Research Group	Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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	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	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	Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Professor David Amor Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Neural basis of childhood speech and language disorders	Angela Morgan	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroscience of Speech	Adam Vogel	Audiology and Speech Pathology
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Development and Implementation of a State-wide Newborn Observation and Response Charts (Newborn project)	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Northeast India Knowledge Network	Associate Professor Michelle Kermode	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Novel investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel regulators of germline stem cells	Professor Gary HIme	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Optimising Early Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: The HIPSTER Trial	Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Oral Health Promotion	Professor Ivan Darby
Oral Radiology	Professor John Clement Professor Michael Mccullough	Melbourne Dental School
Out of Home Care (OOHC) Transition Outcomes	Professor Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Out of Home Care Quality Assurance Framework	Professor Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Outcomes of Hip Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy – An International, Multi-Centre Prospective, Comparative Cohort Study	Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Oxygen Implementation Project, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria		Paediatrics
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric specialist clinics: Parental perceptions, primary care referral patterns and determinants of periodicity of care	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Partnership for Innovation in Out-of-home Care	Marie Connolly	Social Work
PARTY (Prevention Access Risk Taking in Young People)	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	Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Placental Stem Cells	Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pneumococcal Research	Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Post-translational control of cell fate decisions	Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Postnatal germ cells are controlled by FSH during ‘minipuberty’ at 3-6 months of age, and deranged by cryptorchidism to cause seminoma and infertility	Dr Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prenatal testing: a longitudinal study - the PeTALS project	Dr Jan Hodgson	Paediatrics
Preterm Labour	Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Preterm Labour	Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
R E Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship Program	Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
right@home	Dr Susan Perlen	Paediatrics
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Professor Julie Bines Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Royal Women's Hospital Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Women's Hospital Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Safety and immunogenicity of dTpa vaccine administered in pregnancy	Professor Terry Nolan
Savige Laboratory	Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
The SENSE Study (Sleep and Education: learning New Skills Early)	The SENSE Team	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Services Connect	Professor Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence	Professor Meredith Temple-Smith	General Practice
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics
Spotlight Project	A/Prof Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Streamlining antenatal – four pilot demonstration	Professor Aron Shlonsky	Social Work
Stroud laboratory: Mitochondrial Systems Biology	Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology
Summer Internship	Associate Professor Adam Vogel	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Surgical Research Group	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	Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Teen Mental Health First Aid training: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial	Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
The application of a novel dried blood spot collection device for future diagnostic applications	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Andrew Gooley	Paediatrics
The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP)	Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
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	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	Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL): Validation of a new measure of gait function for children with cerebral palsy	Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
The immune response to infection in early cystic fibrosis	A/Professor Philip Sutton A/Professor Sarath Ranganathan	Paediatrics
The Link Project	Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
The long-term effects of conductive hearing loss	Ms Kelley Graydon	Audiology and Speech Pathology
The MUM SIZE Study	Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
The Parental ED Study: Presentation with children with non-urgent/low-severity conditions at Hospital Emergency Departments: Parental Decision Making	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
The PATRICIA Project: PAthways And Research In Collaborative Inter-Agency working	Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
The role of non-coding RNA in embryonic development	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	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register (VCPR)	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
Towards improved communication for medication safety: addressing the complexities managing medications in hospitalised children	Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
TRANSFER THEME (5) RESEARCH OUTCOMES INTO HEALTH POLICY
Translational Obstetrics Group	Professor Stephen Tong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Twin pairs, brother, sisters and sibships: methods for the statistical analysis of family data	Associate Professor Julie Simpson	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
UDP - Victoria	Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Understanding brain development in ADHD using longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging.	Dr Timothy Silk Dr Charles Malpas	Paediatrics
Understanding patterns of social adversity from pregnancy to school-entry	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Understanding rab39b-mediated parkinson's disease	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
Understanding the assembly of mitochondrial machines	Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding the effect of lower limb torsional deformities in typically developing children and adolescents	Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
Understanding the molecular consequences of mutations	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding the outcomes, including their language, participation and quality of life, of children with autism	Prof Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Undestanding trajectories and biological underpinnings of children with autism who lose skills	Ms Amanda Brignell	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	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	Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Web-based preventive care intervention for preterm infants and their families – e-prem trial	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
What is the contribution of embryo-endometrial asynchrony to implantation failure?	Professsor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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	Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Wlodek laboratory: Fetal, postnatal & adult physiology & disease laboratory	Professor Mary Wlodek	Physiology
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WORKPLAN#2 BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
WORKPLAN#3: NON-SURGICAL ALTERNATIVES
WORKPLAN#4 - HOSPITAL SERVICES COORDINATED CARE
Young and ‘care-full': The support needs of young kinship carers	Dr Meredith Kiraly, MBSc PhD	Social Work