Skip to content
The Kids Research Institute Australia logo
Donate

No results yet

Search

Showing results for "early lung health"

Research

The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modelling

This work initially examines particle deposition in a Weibull-type geometry, comparing traditional computational fluid dynamics approaches with a novel...

Research

Developing a smartphone application to support social connectedness and wellbeing in young people with cystic fibrosis

This study developed and tested a highly usable, and moderately acceptable, smartphone app to improve the psychosocial health of young people living with CF

Research

Asthma

One in eight children have asthma, a chronic disease of the airways in the lungs. It results in shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing.

Research

Smoking during pregnancy, vitamin C supplementation, and infant respiratory health

This article discusses the merits and potential shortcomings of a study reported previously showing that giving Vitamin C to women who smoked during...

Research

Respiratory toxicology of e-cigarettes: effect of vapours on lung function and inflammation

Electronic cigarettes (ECs) have been rapidly gaining ground on conventional cigarettes due to their efficiency in ceasing or reducing tobacco consumption,...

Research

Maternal exposure to indoor air pollution and birth outcomes

Although formaldehyde concentrations were very low, this finding is consistent with other studies of formaldehyde and poor birth outcomes

Research Track Record

The discoveries that have set our research apart primarily relate to the factors early in life that cause life-long respiratory problems.

Research

Early-life stressors and LifeCycle health - LifeCycle

Graham Rachel Hall Foong BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS BSc (hons), PhD, MBiostat Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate 08

News & Events

Researchers pay tribute to Lockie

The hearts of everyone at The Kids go out to the family and friends of Lachlan Hernaman, a long-term participant in lung health research who died suddenly on April 30.

News & Events

Study shows e-cigarettes can harm lungs

A study led by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia has shown that electronic cigarettes can cause lung damage.