Child Health in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Beverley Ann-Biggs	Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs
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
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas
Cerebral Palsy Research	Group Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough
Changing the Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children- The Early Years Education Program Randomised Controlled Trial	Professor Jeff Borland
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor
Community Child Health Group	Group Lead Professor Sharon Goldfeld
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham
Developmental Mental Health Research Group	FMFC Chair of Developmental Mental Health Professor Dave Coghill Principal Research Fellow A/Prof Melissa Mulraney
Developmental Mental Health Research Group	FMFC Chair of Developmental Mental Health Professor Dave Coghill Principal Research Fellow A/Prof Melissa Mulraney
Doctors in Secondary Schools
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan
Epidemiology and Public Health	Research Group Leader Professor Jodie McVernon
Fertility Preservation Taskforce	A/Prof Yasmin Jayasinghe
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe
Global Health	Research Group Leader Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs
How to measure father's wellbeing during childbirth? A qualitative Chilean-Australian study
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Project Leader Dr Amy Gray
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong
Infant and Family Wellbeing after Cardiac Surgery: Life as a Pre-schooler	PhD student Tamera Clancy
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines
Jodie McVernon	Professor Jodie McVernon
Kidney Development, Disease and Regeneration	Research Group Leader Professor Melissa Little
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Project Lead Dr Karen Villanueva
Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan
New vaccines group	Professor Kim Mulholland
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Project Lead Professor Trevor Duke
Newborn Research Centre	Head of Research Group Professor Peter Davis
Obstetric Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group	Co-Lead of Research Group A//Prof Fiona Brownfoot Co-Lead of Research Group Dr Elif Kadife
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead A/Prof Michelle Peate
Paediatric social work research group	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan
Pathogenesis and Immunity in Malaria	Research Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson
Perinatal Epidemiology Group	Co-Lead of Research Group Associate Professor Roxanne Hastie Co-Lead of Research Group Dr Anthea Lindquist
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland
Psychosocial determinants of health in infants & preschool children with Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed via newborn screening	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan
R E Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship Program	Project Leader Professor Trevor Duke
Should Medicare fund a rebate for an adolescent and young person’s (15-24 years) health assessment in general practice?
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige
School based health services
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence
Sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis	Research Group Leader Dr Simon Graham
Social support following miscarriage
Stephen Rogerson	Professor Stephen Rogerson
Strengthening Care for Rural Children (SC4RC)
Stress Reactivity in Pre-schoolers with Congenital Heart Disease	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan
Sushama Telwatte	Locarnini Fellow in Virology Dr. Sushama Telwatte
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson
Toward the health promoting university: enhancing the student experience and academic outcomes project
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung
Understanding and exploring adolescent health presentations in the Victorian primary care setting: A study using contemporary electronic health records
Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Associate Professor Martha Lappas
Using biomarkers and ultrasound in late pregnancy to minimise preventable stillbirth: the BUMPS study	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker
‘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

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