Francis Steve Mitrou Zubrick FG SR BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 08 6319 1409 francis.mitrou@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Raelene Nick Jessica Annabel Meegan Jacqueline Endersby Golding Buck Short Howlett Whitehouse R NG JB AS MH JW BSc (Hons) PhD BSc DPhil DPhil BMedRes (hons), PhD BSc(Hons), PhD BSc (Hons), PhD Brainchild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research ...

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Seasonal influenza vaccine is effective against influenza hospitalisations, but little is known about non-specific effects of the vaccine on other respiratory pathogens with similar seasonal patterns. We aimed to assess the causal impact of seasonal influenza vaccine on laboratory-confirmed hospitalisations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children using an instrumental variable strategy. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Australia's defence, infectious diseases ...

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• 2010
• November 2010

Few studies have evaluated the effect of maternal influenza vaccination on the development of allergic and autoimmune diseases in children beyond 6 months of age. We aimed to investigate the association between in utero exposure to seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and subsequent diagnosis of allergic and autoimmune diseases. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

Fiona Stanley FJ FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) Patron 08 6319 1176 contact@telethonkids.org.au Patron Named Australian of the Year in 2003, Professor Fiona Stanley is a ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

Influenza vaccination is recommended to protect mothers and their infants from influenza. Few studies have evaluated the association between maternal influenza vaccination and child mortality. We aimed to evaluate the association between in utero exposure to seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and mortality among young children. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

We conducted a methylome-wide association study to examine associations between DNA methylation in whole blood and central adiposity and body fat distribution, measured as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio adjusted for body mass index, in 2684 African-American adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

The Horizon2020 LifeCycle Project is a cross-cohort collaboration which brings together data from multiple birth cohorts from across Europe and Australia to facilitate studies on the influence of early-life exposures on later health outcomes. A major product of this collaboration has been the establishment of a FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data resource known as the EU Child Cohort Network. Here we focus on the EU Child Cohort Network's core variables. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

To examine the association between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and severe hypoglycemia rates in patients with type 1 diabetes receiving usual care. ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments ...

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• 2018
• May 2018

We are living in a time of unprecedented risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015