Desiree Peter Silva Richmond DS PC MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, The ...

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Studies have reported a dose-dependent relationship between gestational age and poorer school readiness. The study objective was to quantify the risk of developmental vulnerability for children at school entry, associated with gestational age at birth and to understand the impact of sociodemographic and other modifiable risk factors on these relationships. Linkage of population-level birth registration, hospital, and perinatal datasets to the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), enabled follow-up of a cohort of 64,810 singleton children, from birth to school entry in either 2009, 2012, or 2015. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

This study investigated whether the timing of birth of the younger siblings was associated with the risk of the older siblings’ developmental vulnerability in early childhood. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

We have identified previously uncharacterised subsets of IgG3 + B cells and shown them to correlate with autoimmune attacks on the central nervous system ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Tele-dentistry can be useful to facilitate screening of children, especially those living in rural and remote communities, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the feasibility of tele-dental screening for the identification of early childhood caries (ECC) in preschoolers using an app operated by their parents with remote review by oral-health therapists. ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

Article Title Robertson L, Hall S, Jacoby P, Ellaway C, De Klerk N, Leonard H. The association between behaviour and genotype in Rett Syndrome using ...

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Impaired interferon response and allergic sensitization may contribute to virus-induced wheeze and asthma development in young children. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a key role in antiviral immunity as critical producers of type I interferons.  ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

In this new blog, Occupational Therapist and Clinical Lead (OT) Marie Rodatz offers families advice on how to cope with home isolation with a child on the autism spectrum. ...

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In this new blog, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead (Psychology) Dr Mei’en Lim offers families advice on how to navigate COVID-19 with their child who is on the autism spectrum.  ...

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