Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert, Head of Deveopmental Pathways and Social Policies Team at Telethon Kids Institute.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert, Head of the Developmental Pathways and Social Policy Team at Telethon Kids Institute and an internationally recognised expert in data linkage, who has been named as the new Scientific Director of the long-running Raine Study.
A long-time collaborator with the Raine Study, Associate Professor Glauert succeeds Professor Leon Straker in the role of Scientific Director and will work closely with Raine Study Director Professor Romola Bucks to lead the study into its fourth decade of globally relevant life-changing research.
Associate Professor Glauert’s research focuses on bringing together information from different sources, relating to the same person or event, and using this linked information to inform, evaluate and improve health policy and practice.
She has worked with groups across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to develop data linkage capabilities, and is passionate about the responsible use of data to impact policy and decision making.
Associate Professor Glauert said she saw her new role at the Raine Study as a valuable extension of her work at Telethon Kids, where she will continue in her role as Head of the Developmental Pathways and Social Policy team as well as leading the Developmental Pathways in WA Children Project (DPP). The DPP is a world-leading project investigating the pathways to health and wellbeing among Western Australian children and youth.
“I’m enthusiastic about the opportunity to connect 30 years of Raine Study data with other Australian data,” Associate Professor Glauert.
“I believe data linkage has a key role to play to ensure the ongoing impact of the Raine Study, as it continues to explore how environment and events from the womb onwards impact health outcomes in later life.”
First published Monday 15 March 2021.
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About the Raine Study
Based in Perth, Western Australia, the Raine Study is one of the largest and longest-running studies of human health from pregnancy through childhood, adolescence and adulthood to be carried out anywhere in the world.
A total of 2,900 pregnant women were recruited by the Raine Study between 1989 and 1991, and 2,868 live births were entered into the cohort. These children, their parents, grandparents and now their own children form this unique multi-generational study, which has been helping researchers and policy makers better understand the causes of human health and well-being for more than 30 years.
The Raine Study is a joint venture between The University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Telethon Kids Institute, Women and Infants Research Foundation, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Notre Dame Australia. Flinders University in South Australia and Newcastle University in New South Wales are Institutional Partners. The study receives additional funding support from the Raine Medical Research Foundation and National Health and Medical Research Council.