The Ear Health Team are currently working on developing an innovative ear and hearing health and telehealth program for children in WA while ...

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This position will develop and support bioinformatics analysis and run pipelines required for clinical and research use of next-generation sequencing ...

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2021 Recipient - Paula Tesine Congratulations to Dr Paula Tesine who is the successful recipient of the Deborah Lehmann Research Award. As the third ...

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In Western Australia, community pharmacists are authorized to administer a range of vaccines without a prescription. Since mid-July 2021, pharmacists can also administer Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Little is known about how pharmacists think and feel about giving and receiving COVID-19 vaccines and how they discuss it with patients. ...

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Amy Bertinshaw and Stirling. © West Australian Newspapers Limited Amy Bertinshaw had a choice between ‘wait and see’ or seek help when she noticed ...

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Video vignettes from the Big Elders Meeting 2019 The third Big Elders meeting/gathering was held on the 26th of February 2019 at Burswood on Swan. ...

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Maternal immune activation and prenatal maternal stress are well-studied risk factors for psychiatric conditions such as autism and schizophrenia. Animal studies have proposed the gut microbiome as a mechanism underlying this association and have found that risk factor-related gut microbiome alterations persist in the adult offspring. ...

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The effect of prenatal marijuana exposure on child neurodevelopment remains poorly understood. Prior studies have demonstrated inconsistent results. ...

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The Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children Our Heart) project conducted extensive Elder and community consultation to develop principles and practice recommendations for child protection governance in Western Australia. We explore these principles and practice recommendations and highlight the need for culturally safe community consultation and governance with a focus on repairing damage incurred by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community from past child protection policies. ...

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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy disorder characterized by hypertension. Epidemiological studies have associated preeclampsia with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, such as autism and schizophrenia. Preeclampsia has also been linked with maternal vitamin D deficiency, another candidate risk factor also associated with autism. ...

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