Child Health

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Adverse maternal environment in females born small and transgenerational consequences	Research Project Leader Professor Mary Wlodek	Anatomy and Physiology
Affective Development and Psychopathology Team	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Analysing genetic roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing in Drosophila stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Analytical Methods for Big High-Dimensional Biomedical Data	Professor Agus Salim	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Asymptomatic thrombosis following the use of central venous lines in children	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Attention Dynamics Lab	Laboratory Director 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	Anatomy and Physiology
Beverley Ann-Biggs	Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Infectious Diseases
Beyond Disasters	Professor Lisa Lisa Gibbs	Centre for Health Equity
Bringing family, community, culture and country to the centre of health care: culturally appropriate models for improving mental health and wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people	Project Leader Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice and Primary Care
Building Evidence with Support to Transform (BEST) Practice Program	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Calbindins - what do they do?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular trafficking and male fertility	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Centre for International Child Health	Research Group Leader Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
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 lifestyles and healthy futures		Centre for Health Equity
Changing the Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children- The Early Years Education Program Randomised Controlled Trial	Professor Jeff Borland	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 Professor Lena Sanci	General Practice and Primary Care
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
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia		General Practice and Primary Care
David Stroud laboratory	Head of Research Group A/Prof David Stroud	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Defying the Odds - Aboriginal early childhood health outcomes	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Developing novel therapeutic strategies to reduce spontaneous pre-term birth	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Development of autonomic and nociceptive circuits	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne	Anatomy and Physiology
Developmental Disability among Aboriginal Children in Western Australia (DDACWA)		Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Laima Brazionis	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine
Diagnosis and management of Auditory Processing Disorder	Principle Investigator Dani Tomlin	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Disaster, Climate and Adversity	Professor Lisa Lisa Gibbs	Centre for Health Equity
Disaster, Climate and Adversity Unit	Professor Lisa Gibbs	Centre for Health Equity
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
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Head of Department Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice and Primary Care
Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant Vietnamese women, and improve maternal and infant health?	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine
Domestic and family violence and parenting: mixed method insights into impact and support needs	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
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	Anatomy and Physiology
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
EMT regulators in intestinal and germline stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Enamel cell biology – how is bulk calcium handled safely?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
Epidemiology and Public Health	Research Group Leader Professor Jodie McVernon	Infectious Diseases
Equitable access to health and disability services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with intellectual disability		Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
ERp29 – what does it do?	Project Co-Leader Professor Mike Hubbard
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
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, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care	Honorary Research Fellow Dr Susan Webster	General Practice and Primary Care
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
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
Global Health	Research Group Leader Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs	Infectious Diseases
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
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
Health-related quality of life measurement and valuation in young children	Associate Professor Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Hime laboratory: Stem cell genetics and Drosophila models of human disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
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
I CaRe WA - Indigenous Child Removals WA	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader A/Professor Laura Tarzia	General Practice and Primary Care
iCATS - Imaging brain development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study	Project Contact Details Julian Simmons	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
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 understanding of MRI patterns, structure-function relationships and causal pathways in cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Sue Reid	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 Epidemiology and Health	Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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 and nutritional co-morbidities in pregnancy and health outcomes amongst women and newborns in low- and middle-income countries	Dr Michelle Scoullar
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine
Innovative methods for clinical trials		Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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
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
Jodie McVernon	Professor Jodie McVernon	Infectious Diseases
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, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Marketing of breast-milk substitutes on breastfeeding practices in the Asia-Pacific	Dr Alice Wilson
Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Maternal sleep position and stillbirth prevention in low- and middle-income countries	Dr Joshua Vogel
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Migration and social cohesion		Centre for Health Equity
Molecular and cellular analysis of mammalian ovary development and disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Physiology
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Motor trajectories of children born <30 weeks’ gestation from birth to 5 years: early predictors and functional outcome	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
MRFF Million Minds project - Bringing family, community, culture and country to indigenous youth mental health care	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
MRUFD laboratory: proteomics and calcium biology	Professor Mike Hubbard
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Critical Care
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Project Lead Prof Judy Savige	Medicine
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
Newborn Research Centre	Head of Research Group Professor Peter Davis	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn 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 Physiology
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
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
Optimizing the management of women in spontaneous preterm labour	Dr Joshua Vogel
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	A/Prof Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead A/Prof Michelle Peate	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Paediatric social work research group	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Partnership for Innovation in Out-of-home Care	Professor Marie Connolly	Social Work
Pathogenesis and Immunity in Malaria	Research Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Perinatal Research Group	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Post-translational control of cell fate decisions	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Physiology
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, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Prenatal testing: a longitudinal study - the PeTALS project	Project Leader Dr Jan Hodgson	Paediatrics
Preterm Labour	Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
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
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
right@home	Research manager Dr Susan Perlen	Paediatrics
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Ruparelia Laboratory: Muscle Growth, Regeneration and Ageing	Head of Laboratory Dr Avnika Ruparelia	Anatomy and Physiology
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence	Director of Research Training Professor Meredith Temple-Smith	General Practice and Primary Care
Sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis	Research Group Leader Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Simon Graham	Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Smith laboratory: Cardiac Genetics	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Kelly Smith	Anatomy and Physiology
Spotlight Project	Principal Research Prof Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Stephen Rogerson	Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Stress Reactivity in Pre-schoolers with Congenital Heart Disease	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
SUSTAIN: Sustainability of Identification and Response to Family Violence in antenatal care	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice and Primary Care
teen Mental Health First Aid	Project Leader Dr Laura Hart	Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing
The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP)	Project Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson	Paediatrics
The effect of cochlear implants on cognitive decline in ageing Australians	Senior Research Fellow Dr Julia Sarant	Audiology and Speech Pathology
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 PATRICIA Project: PAthways And Research In Collaborative Inter-Agency working	Project Leader Professor Cathy Humphreys	Social Work
The role of the prorenin receptor in male and female fertility	Project Leader Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Physiology
The state of abortion services in the Pacific	Prof Caroline Homer
The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register (VCPR)	Project Leader Dr Sue Reid	Paediatrics
Toward the health promoting university: enhancing the student experience and academic outcomes project	Project Leader Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice and Primary Care
Towards improved communication for medication safety: addressing the complexities managing medications in hospitalised children	Project Leader Professor Fiona Newall	Nursing
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine
Translational Obstetrics Group	Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professor Stephen Tong	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Trauma and resilience		Centre for Health Equity
Tuning in to Kids emotion-focused interventions	Professor, Principal Researcher, Program Author Sophie Havighurst	Psychiatry
Twin and Family Registry Management	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	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
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, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Understanding women’s values and preferences associated with calcium supplementation prior to and during pregnancy	Dr Joshua Vogel
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
Using biomarkers and ultrasound in late pregnancy to minimise preventable stillbirth: the BUMPS study	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Web-based preventive care intervention for preterm infants and their families – e-prem trial	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
What is the prevalence of Rhesus alloimmunization and associated poor outcomes among pregnant women in low and middle income countries?	Dr Joshua Vogel
Wilhelm laboratory: Gonad Development and Fertility	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Dagmar Wilhelm	Anatomy and Physiology
Young and 'care‑full': The support needs of young kinship carers	Dr Meredith Kiraly, MBSc PhD	Social Work
‘Find and Follow’: scoping the data capture, reporting and follow-up of (i) pregnancies complicated by congenital abnormalities, (ii) health and development among ‘high risk’ newborns	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health

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