Probiotics are beneficial bacteria which help premature babies by improving milk feed tolerance and reducing the risk of a life-threatening gut condition known as necrotizing enterocolitis.  The optimal type and dose of probiotic for sick term and ...

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Jenefer Blackwell JM BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA Head, Genetics & Health Jenefer.Blackwell@telethonkids.org.au Head, Genetics & Health Professor Blackwell's major interest is genetic epidemiology of infectious disease, and ...

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Sarra Jenefer Jamieson Blackwell SE JM BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA Senior Research Fellow Head, Genetics & Health sarra.jamieson@telethonkids.org.au Jenefer.Blackwell@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research ...

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This study is using sun exposure data collected during childhood in several long-term cohorts to examine possible effects on visual acuity in adulthood. Participants are being followed up and having comprehensive visual and physical examinations, as ...

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Jennifer Peter Kent Richmond J PC RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Clinical Research Manager Head, Vaccine Trials Group Jennifer.Kent@telethonkids.org.au Clinical Research Manager Head, Vaccine Trials Group Jennifer completed her Diploma of Nursing in 1986 at ...

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Investigators: Peter Le Souef Project description There have been almost no studies of the first illness caused by HIV infection. We have recruited adults from Mozambique who have presented to hospital with a febrile illness and determined which ...

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Gina Matt Francis Trapp Cooper Mitrou GT MC FG BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BEc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Manager, Biometrics Program Head, Population Health, and ...

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Raelene Nick Endersby Gottardo R NG BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB FRACP PhD Brainchild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research raelene.endersby@telethonkids.org.au nicholas.gottardo@telethonkids.org.au Co-Head, Brain Tumour ...

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Chris Jennifer Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Brennan-Jones Kent Kirkham Richmond Thornton C J LK PC RT PhD RN PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Head, Ear Health Clinical Research Manager Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, ...

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Tom Snelling T BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research 08 6319 1817 tom.snelling@telethonkids.org.au Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research Professor Tom Snelling is Head of the Infectious Disease ...

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