Zabia Chmielewski and community member The BHP FASD Prevention team have had a very busy 2017 with health promotion, consultation and data collection ...

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Liz Tim Davis Jones EA TW MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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To compare the asynchronous assessment of video otoscopic still images to recordings by an audiologist and ear, nose and throat surgeon (ENT) for diagnostic reliability and agreement in identifying middle-ear disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

To assess the degree to which timely audiological assessment of congenital hearing loss is achieved at our institution - Perth Children's Hospital, Western Australia, and to review cases which breached this timeframe in order to address barriers to timely assessment. The benchmark used to determine timely assessment is that set out by The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in which diagnostic audiological testing occurs by three months of age for those who do not pass newborn hearing screening. ...

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

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a leading global cause of potentially preventable hearing loss in children and adults, associated with socioeconomic deprivation. There is an absence of consensus on the definition of CSOM, which complicates efforts for prevention, treatment, and monitoring. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• April 2024

Improving the wellbeing of Australian children and youth: the importance of bridging the know-do gap ...

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• 2010
• January 2010

The Linked Data and Social Policy Team received a grant from the Ian Potter Foundation and the Minderoo Foundation to establish the “West Australian ...

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Safe, highly curative, short course, direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapies are now available to treat chronic hepatitis C. DAA therapy is freely available to all adults chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Australia. If left untreated, hepatitis C may lead to progressive hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

In the absence of an established gold standard, an understanding of the testing cycle from individual exposure to test outcome report is required to guide the correct interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results and optimise the testing processes. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• June 2021

Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy with a low response to standard anti-cancer therapies. There is an unmet need to develop new therapeutic strategies to improve the clinical outcomes of current treatments. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a promising approach for cancer treatment, and has displayed anticancer efficacy in multiple preclinical models. Recent studies have shown that the efficacy of CAP is positively correlated with intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023