Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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Allergic diseases are a major cause of morbidity in the developed world, now affecting up to 40 % of the population with no evidence that this is abating. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Parents interpreted pivotal vaccine-related events in the community as requiring them to take personal responsibility for vaccine decisions ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

Inguinal hernia surgery is one of the most common electively performed surgeries in infants. The common nature of inguinal hernia combined with the high-risk population involving a predominance of preterm infants makes this a particular area of interest for those concerned with their perioperative care. Despite a large volume of literature in the area of infant inguinal hernia surgery, there remains much debate amongst anesthetists, surgeons and neonatologists regarding the optimal perioperative management of these patients. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Scabies infection is associated with heightened total IgE immunoglobulin and IgE antibodies to scabies antigens, with both being extremely high for crusted scabies patients. The IgE antibodies cross-react with house dust mite allergens with high reactivity found to the minor allergen arginine kinase. ...

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• 2023
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ARF is a classical example of an autoimmune syndrome and is of particular immunological interest because it follows a known antecedent infection with group A... ...

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• 2015
• April 2015

Increased levels of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) may be a more objective predictor in identifying children at higher risk of peri-operative adverse respiratory... ...

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• 2015
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The prevalence of IgE binding to the group 15 and 18 house dust mite (HDM) allergens of the Dermatophagoides species... ...

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• 2012
• October 2012

Alana David Gina Helen Kevin Papageorgiou Ansell Trapp Monks Runions AP D GT H KC BHSc DipTeach BEd PGD H Science MPhil MPA BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc (Hons) BEd MA PhD Research Officer Honorary Community Co-Researcher ARC ...

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André Schultz AS MBChB, PhD, FRACP Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Prof André Schultz is the Program Head of Respiratory Health and Head of the BREATH Team at Telethon Kids Institute. He is passionate ...

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Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

There has been a dramatic increase in the availability of "routine data" for research purposes, including data from electronic medical records,... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013