Featured Projects
In partnership with Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service and the Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service, we aim to improve Aboriginal lung health by determining for the first time the baseline lung function of Aboriginal Australians.
We hope that through earlier diagnosis and treatment of muscle weakness during sleep, we can prevent future lung failure in children with neuromuscular disorders.
Understanding if ongoing inflammation in the lungs contributes to the poor lung health experienced by some children who were born preterm.
Lung damage in children with CF occurs much earlier than previously thought, and proving this is related to the decline that occurs later will create new paradigms for prevention and treatment.
Many Healthy Lungs
Project
Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre
Team
Children's Lung Health projects
Lung damage in children with CF occurs much earlier than previously thought, and proving this is related to the decline that occurs later will create new paradigms for prevention and treatment.
Past Projects
Children's lung health videos
AREST CF
Reports and Findings
Lung structural and functional impairments in young children with cystic fibrosis diagnosed following newborn screening – A nationwide observational study
Non-invasive and sensitive clinical endpoints are needed to monitor onset and progression of early lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). We compared lung clearance index (LCI), FEV1, functional and structural lung magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes in Swiss children with CF diagnosed following newborn screening.
Cystic Fibrosis Published research Early Childhood Development Children's Lung Health Subsite: Walyan Lung functionWhich reference equation should we use for interpreting spirometry values for First Nations Australians? A cross-sectional study
To evaluate the suitability of the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI)-2012 other/mixed and GLI-2022 global reference equations for evaluating the respiratory capacity of First Nations Australians.
Published research Aboriginal Health Children's Lung Health Subsite: Walyan Lung functionDeterminants of lung function development from birth to age 5 years: an interrupted time series analysis of a South African birth cohort
Early life is a key period that determines long-term health. Lung development in childhood predicts lung function attained in adulthood and morbidity and mortality across the life course. We aimed to assess the effect of early-life lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and associated risk factors on lung development from birth to school age in a South African birth cohort.
Published research Early Childhood Development Children's Lung Health Subsite: Walyan Lung function