The health and well-being of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people is receiving increasing attention from epidemiologists and public health researchers, including those utilizing longitudinal observational cohort studies. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

Population-level, nationally representative data on the prevalence of minority stressors and traumatic events, mental ill-health effects, and the preventative utility of school climate, among gender and sexuality diverse young people in Australia, is significantly lacking. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

SAMStat is an efficient program to extract quality control metrics from fastq and SAM/BAM files. A distinguishing feature is that it displays sequence composition, base quality composition and mapping error profiles split by mapping quality. This allows users to rapidly identify reasons for poor mapping including the presence of untrimmed adapters or poor sequencing quality at individual read positions. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• January 2023

Locating fast-food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods they provide. Fast-food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast-food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area-level disadvantage and school type exist. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• November 2022

Socio-economic spatial patterning of fast-food outlets can result in disparities in the availability and access of food across geographic areas, contributing to health inequalities. This study investigated whether area-level socio-economic disparities exist in fast-food availability across the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

There is limited longitudinal evidence supporting a link between food outlet locations and dietary outcomes to inform policy and urban planning. This study examined how longitudinal changes in the local food environment within new residential developments. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

We investigated the relationship between the sensitivity of hundreds of cell lines to hundreds of drugs, and the relative expression levels of the targets ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• December 2019

The FANTOM5 cerebellum time series is a high-quality transcriptome database for functional investigation of gene regulatory networks in cerebellar development ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

Young adults' alcohol consumption appears to be impacted by liquor store density and convenience, rather than outlet size ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018

Members of our research team have done an online survey (Trans Pathways) exploring the mental health and care pathways of gender diverse youth in Australia. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018