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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The longitudinal analyses found no evidence of increased (or decreased) long-term risk of ear infections in subsequent waves associated with attending a child care centre ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

This systematic review aimed to identify the most important social, environmental, biological, and/or genetic risk factors for intellectual disability. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

The influence of the neighbourhood built environment on young children's physical development has been well-documented; however, there is limited empirical evidence of an association with social and emotional development. Parental perceptions of the neighbourhood built environment may act as facilitators or barriers to young children's play and interactions in their local environment. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between parents' perceptions of the neighbourhood built environment and the social-emotional development of children aged two-to-five years. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease in childhood. There has been a significant worldwide effort to develop tools/methods to identify children's risk for asthma as early as possible for preventative and early management strategies. Unfortunately, most childhood asthma prediction tools using conventional statistical models have modest accuracy, sensitivity, and positive predictive value. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Interest in how the school built environment impacts bullying behaviour has gained momentum in recent years. While numerous studies have identified locations within schools where bullying frequently occurs, few studies have investigated the potential conceptual pathways linking school locations to bullying behaviour. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Robyn Karen Gina Karen Johnston Lombardi Trapp Forde RJ KL GT KF BSc, Post Grad Dip, PhD BHSc (Hons), PhD BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BHlthSc (Hons 1A) Senior Research Officer Research Fellow ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research ...

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Pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis are characterized by airway inflammation and may cause irreversible lung damage. Early identification of such exacerbations may facilitate early initiation of treatment, thereby potentially reducing long-term morbidity. Research question: Is it possible to predict pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis, using inflammatory markers obtained from BAL fluid? ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

Increasing evidence implicates maternal obesity as a major determinant of offspring health during childhood and later adult life ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Developmental assessment of infants with fetal growth restriction was mostly comparable to those born without fetal growth restriction at 12 months ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

The Secret Life of Your Microbiome shatters this deeply held myth, presenting a revolutionary new paradigm, backed by vast science ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Findings were mixed, with support both for negative and for positive associations of central nervous 5-HT function with aggression in children and adolescents ...

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• 2019
• February 2019