Jonathan Glenn Katharine Rosemary Tom Carapetis AM Pearson Noonan Wyber Snelling JR G KN R T AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA (Education) PhD Candidate MBBS (Hons) MSc MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Executive Director; Head, ...

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Deborah Hannah Lehmann Moore D HC AO, MBBS, MSc OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and Vaccines 08 6319 1427 Hannah.moore@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and ...

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There is increasing attention on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia, but there are limited data on their birth prevalence. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commissioned the Telethon Kids Institute to collaborate on a report ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

The Australian National Healthy Skin Guideline summarises evidence-based treatment of impetigo, scabies and fungal infections in high burden settings ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

Describing the challenges of obtaining state and nationally held data for linkage to a non-government national clinical registry ...

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• 2016
• October 2016

In Australia, Aboriginal children experience disproportionate rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with non-Aboriginal children. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of Aboriginal adolescents with T2D and their family members to better understand the influences of T2D on self-management, with findings used to inform an enhanced service model of care. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Surfactant, which was first identified in the 1920s, is pivotal to lower the surface tension in alveoli of the lungs and helps to lower the work of breathing and prevents atelectasis. Surfactant proteins, such as surfactant protein B and surfactant protein C, contribute to function and stability of surfactant film. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

Bronchiectasis is a worldwide chronic lung disorder where exacerbations are common. It affects people of all ages, but especially Indigenous populations in high-income nations. Despite being a major contributor to chronic lung disease, there are no licensed therapies for bronchiectasis and there remain relatively few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) conducted in children and adults. ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

Structural lung changes seen on computed tomography scans in persons with primary ciliary dyskinesia are currently described using cystic fibrosis derived scoring systems. Recent work has shown structural changes and frequencies that are unique to PCD, indicating the need for a unique PCD-derived scoring system. ...

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• 2023
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In Australia, there is little empirical research of the racial identity of Indigenous children and youth as the majority of the current literature focuses on... ...

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• 2015
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In the Kariyarra language of the traditional owners of Port Hedland, Kumaparniku means ‘all together in one’. Over the next couple of years, we will be conducting some research that will look at how we can work together to grow up strong healthy ...

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