Melissa Fiona Helen O'Donnell Stanley Leonard M FJ HM BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) MBChB MPH Honorary Research Associate Patron ...

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This WA data linkage study aims to assess whether maternal mental health problems are associated with worse child development outcomes, children’s safety and... ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

Larissa Alix Penelope Marion Woolard Strauss LM AW PS BPsych(Hons) BPsych (Hons), PhD BA, MPH, PhD Research Assistant & PhD Student Senior Research Fellow Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention 08 6319 1823 08 6319 1297 larissa.marion@ ...

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Amy Carol Roslyn Finlay-Jones Bower Giglia AFJ C RC BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA BAppSc Grad Dip Dietetics MPH PhD Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior ...

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Previous research has established that adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience more anxiety symptoms than their healthy peers and are also more likely to develop an anxiety disorder. Research in cognitive psychology has found that selective attention favouring the processing of threatening information causally contributes to elevated levels of anxiety; however, this process has not been investigated in the context of T1D. ...

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• 2021
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Gail Prue Shelley Alvares Hart Gorman GA PH S PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Senior Research Fellow Head, Inflammation Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1698 gail.alvares@telethonkids.org.au prue.hart@telethonkids.org.au shelley.gorman@ ...

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Despite education about the risks of excessive sun exposure, teenagers in Australia are sun-seeking, with sunburn common in summer. Conversely, some regular (time-limited) exposure to sunlight (that avoids sunburn) is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones and other molecules important for immune and metabolic health. New interventions are thus required to better support teenagers to make healthy and balanced decisions about their sun behaviors. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Keely Bebbington KB MClinPsych/PhD McCusker Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Type 1 Diabetes 08 6319 1766 keely.bebbington@telethonkids.org.au McCusker Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Type 1 Diabetes @BebbingtonKeely she/her/hers Dr Keely Bebbington ...

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About 2 per cent of children are estimated to have an intellectual disability. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50 per cent of cases. ...

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Our findings illustrate the vulnerabilities of children born to foreign women from low and middle-income countries ...

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• 2019
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To investigate the prevalence, trends, and characteristics of maltreatment and assault related hospital admissions and deaths among children ...

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• 2010
• November 2010

To explore the factors influencing the uptake of cochlear implants in adults, determine the impact of each factor, and to conceptualize the journey to implantation from a multistakeholder perspective. Concept mapping was used to integrate input from multiple stakeholders, each with their own experience and expertise. ...

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• 2020
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