Despite education about the risks of excessive sun exposure, teenagers in Australia are sun-seeking, with sunburn common in summer. Conversely, some regular (time-limited) exposure to sunlight (that avoids sunburn) is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones and other molecules important for immune and metabolic health. New interventions are thus required to better support teenagers to make healthy and balanced decisions about their sun behaviors. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

Four-weekly intramuscular benzathine penicillin G injections to prevent acute rheumatic fever progression have remained unchanged since 1955. A Phase-I trial in healthy volunteers demonstrated the safety and tolerability of high-dose subcutaneous infusions of BPG which resulted in a much longer effective penicillin exposure, and fewer injections. Here we describe the experiences of young people living with ARF participating in a Phase-II trial of SubCutaneous Injections of BPG. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• May 2024

We compared early vocal development in children "at risk" for cerebral palsy (CP) with typically developing (TD) infants aged 6 to 15 months using the SAEVD-R, investigating potential pre-linguistic markers of communication impairment. Additionally, we sought to examine the agreement between the SAEVD-R and IMP, which uses parent report, in identifying departure from typical vocal development in at-risk infants. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

We evaluate a meta-taxonomic approach to determine the composition of prokaryotic and eukaryotic gut microflora using sequencing of 16S RNA and 18S rRNA ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

We identify, develop and commercialise the technologies and innovations developed by our scientists and clinicians. ...

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Community links and support services ...

• The ORIGINS Project

David Debbie Desiree Matt Susan Martino Palmer Silva Cooper Prescott DM D DS MC SL BSc PhD BSc BND PhD MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BCA Marketing, BSc ...

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Our data set provides a useful reference point for genomic studies on Aboriginal Australians ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• April 2020

ORIGINS sub-projects are investigating the best way to provide support to new parents and their influence on the health and development of their offspring. ...

• The ORIGINS Project
• Sub-projects

Carrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley CCJ FJ PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris ...

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