Tobias Strunk TS MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn ...

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Probiotics are beneficial bacteria which help premature babies by improving milk feed tolerance and reducing the risk of a life-threatening gut condition known as necrotizing enterocolitis.  The optimal type and dose of probiotic for sick term and ...

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Deborah Pat Strickland Holt DH PG PhD PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA Program Head, Immunobiology and Immunotherapeutic Program Emeritus Honorary Researcher Deb.Strickland@telethonkids.org.au Patrick.Holt@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, ...

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Jenefer Blackwell JM BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA Head, Genetics & Health Jenefer.Blackwell@telethonkids.org.au Head, Genetics & Health Professor Blackwell's major interest is genetic epidemiology of infectious disease, and ...

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Sarra Jenefer Jamieson Blackwell SE JM BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA Senior Research Fellow Head, Genetics & Health sarra.jamieson@telethonkids.org.au Jenefer.Blackwell@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research ...

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This study is using sun exposure data collected during childhood in several long-term cohorts to examine possible effects on visual acuity in adulthood. Participants are being followed up and having comprehensive visual and physical examinations, as ...

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We aimed to review RHD burden in Western Pacific Region outside Oceania to identify countries with high RHD burden ...

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• 2017
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Recruitment of large numbers of pediatric pneumonia and meningitis cases and community controls in a third-world setting presents unique challenges ...

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• 2017
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Identified no significant differences between the high- and low-risk fetuses in the rate of prenatal head and body growth throughout the 2nd and 3rd-trimester ...

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• 2016
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This study aims to establish FASD prevalence among sentenced young people in detention in Western Australia (WA) ...

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• 2016
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A better understanding of nutritional programming of immune health may lead to dietary strategies that reduce the burden of many inflammatory diseases ...

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• 2016
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This report summarizes techniques available for ventilated and spontaneously breathing infants and children in the ICU ...

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