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Research using linked data to explore outcomes for children who have left out-of-home care

The Kids Research Institute Australia has been commissioned to investigate outcomes for children who have left out-of-home care and are currently 25 years of age.

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Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative (ASAVI)

Jonathan Glenn Katharine Carapetis AM Pearson Noonan AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA (Education) PhD Candidate MBBS (Hons) MSc Executive Director;

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Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)

Pete Tim Gething Pesch BSc Mathematics, MSc Mathematics Program Head, Child Health Analytics; Team Lead, Geospatial Health and Development; Kerry M

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Prediction of asthma in childhood from wheezing phenotypes up to age 3 years: findings from community cohorts in Western Australian and the United Kingdom

In this project we are examining how well different wheezing phenotypes in the first 3 years of life predict current asthma in adolescents and young adults.

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Examining relationships between vitamin D over the first decade of life and development of asthma and allergy

This study shows for the first time the importance of considering vitamin D levels over a prolonged period during childhood, rather than at just one or two ages

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Developmental-associated dysregulation of innate anti-microbial immunity in early life as a determinant of susceptibility to atopic asthma

One of the strongest risk factors for asthma is having chest infections during infancy that are so severe that they trigger symptoms of fever & wheeze

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Zika: Is there an underlying genetic/epigenetic basis to microcephaly and eye damage due to congenital Zika virus infection?

Our hypothesis is that congenital Zika virus infection dysregulates these genes early in the developing fetus.

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Prenatal origins and health outcomes of male reproductive congenital anomalies diagnosed at birth and testicular cancer in adulthood

This study involves record linkage of birth, birth defects, hospital, deaths and cancer data; with links to genealogy data to identify links between families.

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Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Children

Analysing data collected between 2003 and 2007 in this national case-control study of the risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

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ORIGINS of Neurodevelopmental Risk and Resilience

This project aims to better understand the early genetic and environmental factors that the developing brain during a child’s first five years of life.