Prevention approaches specific to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have been identified as urgently needed in Australia, including in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. However, very little work has aimed to describe and evaluate health promotion initiatives, especially those developed in rural and remote areas. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, resides exclusively in humans and causes invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). The population of N. meningitidis is structured into stable clonal complexes by limited horizontal recombination in this naturally transformable species. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

Sensitive measures of early lung disease are being integrated into therapeutic trials and clinical practice in cystic fibrosis (CF). The impact of early disease surveillance (EDS) using these novel and often intensive techniques on young children and their families is not well researched. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in supporting young people who present with suicidal behaviour/self-harm. However, little is known about young people's opinions and experiences related to GPs' practices for such presentations, and their decisions to disclose suicidal behaviour/self-harm to GPs. Additionally, existing guidelines for the management of suicide risk and/or self-harm have not incorporated young people's perspectives. This study aimed to explore young people's views and experiences related to the identification, assessment and care of suicidal behaviour and self-harm in primary care settings with GPs. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

In recent years the study of the commensal microbiota is driving a remarkable paradigm shift in our understanding of human physiology. However, intrinsic technical difficulties associated with investigating the Microbiomics of some body niches are hampering the development of new knowledge. This is particularly the case when investigating the functional role played by the human microbiota in modulating the physiology of key organ systems. A major hurdle in investigating specific Microbiome communities is linked to low bacterial density and susceptibility to bias caused by environmental contamination. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

The re-emergence of scarlet fever poses a new global public health threat. The capacity of North-East Asian serotype M12 (emm12) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) to cause scarlet fever has been linked epidemiologically to the presence of novel prophages ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

Food allergies have become more common in our community, with up to one in ten young children now affected. Reactions can range from mild rashes to life threatening anaphylaxis and breathing difficulties. The most common food allergies are to egg, peanut, tree nuts, cow’s milk, fish, shellfish, wheat and soy. ...

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Liz Davis EA MBBS FRACP PhD Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Professor Davis is a ...

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• Diabetes and Obesity Research
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Tim Liz Jones Davis TW EA MBBS DCH FRACP MD MBBS FRACP PhD Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Diabetes, Metabolism and Clinical Sciences
• Diabetes and Obesity Research
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Liz Tim Davis Jones EA TW MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Diabetes, Metabolism and Clinical Sciences
• Diabetes and Obesity Research
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Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) cover a range of methods used to help couples with fertility problems achieve pregnancy, including in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). ...

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Modern societies are challenged by "wicked problems" - by definition, those that are difficult to define, multi-casual and hard to treat. ...

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• 2011
• January 2011