Shortage of ear, nose, and throat specialists in public hospitals can result in delays in the detection and management of otitis media. This study introduced a new hospital-based telehealth service, named the Ear Portal, and investigated its role in improving access to specialist care. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

This was a five year grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awarded in 2004 after an application spearheaded by Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, along with Curtin University of Technology, the ...

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• Indigenous Health

The purpose of this paper is to examine risk factors associated with Western Australian secondary school students' involvement in violence-related behaviours. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• January 2015

To investigate antimicrobial susceptibility of Moraxella catarrhalis isolated from a cohort of children being followed in a study of the natural history of OM ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• April 2010

The concept of risk is especially salient to obstetric care. Unknown factors can still be responsible for peri-natal morbidity ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• June 2011

Lower airway biofilms are hypothesised to contribute to poor treatment outcomes among children with chronic lung disease; however, data are scarce. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

The objective of this study was to elucidate the molecular networks that underpin virus-induced exacerbations in asthmatic children in vivo. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• January 2012

Ruth Peter Thornton Richmond RT PC PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Dr Ruth ...

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Computer vision technology is advancing rare disease diagnosis to address unmet needs of the more than 300 million individuals affected globally; one in three rare diseases have a known facial phenotype. 3D face model reconstruction is a key driver of these advances. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• December 2022

Suicide clusters involve an excessive number of suicides, suicide attempts, or both, that occur close in space or time or involve social links between cluster members. Although suicide clusters are rare, evidence documenting the implementation of suicide cluster response activities in communities is required yet remains limited. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

Small volume assays are required for large-scale research studies and in particular paediatric trials, where multiple measures are required from a single sample. Fluorescent bead-based technology (Bioplex/Luminex) allows high through-put and simultaneous quantification of multiple analytes in a single test. This technology uses sets of microspheres, each with a unique spectral address that can be coated with a different antigen of interest. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

I review recent high-profile court cases to underscore the changing landscape of conflict and the central role that the media (and social media in particular) can play ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020