Meet the Researcher: Dr Samantha Carlson ...

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• 2022
• June

Researchers at Perth's Telethon Kids Institute have begun a study that could provide new insights into the role of vitamin D in the risk of multiple sclerosis ( ...

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• 2015
• March

A Telethon Kids Institute study has found a popular education programme where teenagers care for a "robot" baby fails to reduce teen pregnancy, and could in fac ...

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• 2016
• August

The Telethon Kids Institute's Professor Carol Bower is not surprised by new research that shows alcohol use in pregnancy is 'common'. ...

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• 2015
• July

In the largest donation in Telethon history, BHP Billiton has committed $20 million over the next five years to the Telethon Kids Institute ...

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• 2014
• October

New research from the Telethon Institute has shown that children with an intellectual disability are up to 10x more likely to be admitted to hospital. ...

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• 2013
• March

The Strep A Translation team aim to understand the epidemiology of Strep A infections in Australia and the world. Alongside this, they explore the implementation of endgame recommendations, health economics and new horizons. ...

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• END RHD Program

Describe the ear and hearing outcomes in Aboriginal infants in an Australian urban area. Aboriginal infants enrolled in the Djaalinj Waakinj prospective cohort study had ear health screenings at ages 2-4, 6-8 and 12-18 months and audiological assessment at ∼12 months of age. Sociodemographic, environmental characteristics, otoscopy, otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry and visual reinforcement audiometry data were collected. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications ...

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• 2008
• August

Asha Bernadette Jonathan Brad Janessa Hannah Ainslie Jacinta Eloise Alexandra Bowen Ricciardo Carapetis AM Farrant Pickering Thomas Poore Walton ...

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