Melinda Edmunds ME BSc Program Manager, Ear Health Melinda.Edmunds@telethonkids.org.au Program Manager Melinda is the Program Manager of the Ear Health team, which sits in the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases.  Melinda has 15 ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

No studies have yet examined high-resolution shifts in the spatial patterns of human movement in Australia throughout 2020 and 2021, a period coincident with the repeated enactment and removal of varied governmental restrictions aimed at reducing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We compared overlapping timeseries of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, epidemiological data on cases and vaccination rates, and high-resolution human movement data to characterize population-level responses to the pandemic in Australian cities. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Understanding the temporal dynamics of mosquito populations underlying vector-borne disease transmission is key to optimizing control strategies. Many questions remain surrounding the drivers of these dynamics and how they vary between species-questions rarely answerable from individual entomological studies (that typically focus on a single location or species). ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

This is the largest collection of normative T LCO data, and the first global reference values available for T LCO. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Previous studies of pulmonary diffusing capacity in children differed greatly in methodologies; numbers of subjects evaluated, and were performed prior to... ...

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• 2012
• May 2012

Expression of bronchodilator response using forced oscillation technique measurements: absolute versus relative ...

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• 2010
• July 2010

The significance of both indoor and outdoor sources of air pollution and effect modifiers such as green space and heating require further investigation ...

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• 2017
• April 2017

Intra-breath forced oscillation technique can identify healthy infants at risk of developing LRTI, wheezing or severe illness in the first year of life ...

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• 2019
• January 2019

Up to a third of ex-preterm infants flying near term exhibit pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) of less than 85% during air travel. ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

To evaluate current ILF testing practices and to survey users regarding the indications, limitations and perceived clinical benefits of ILF testing. ...

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• 2013
• June 2013

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
• April 2015

There is substantial interest in studying lung function in infants, to better understand the early life origins of chronic lung diseases such as asthma. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015