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Helen Jenny Leonard Downs MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD Principal Research Fellow Head, Child Disability +61 419 956 946 08 6319 1763

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Funded by a 5-year NHMRC Investigator grant to implement a strategy to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a public health problem in Australia.

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The Koolungar (children) Moorditj (strong) Healthy Skin project is the first ever co-designed research-service Australian study to describe skin health in urban-living Aboriginal koolungar.

Rett syndrome is one of the 8,000 rare genetic diseases that collectively affect up to 10% of the population.

Anyone who engages in physical activity, regardless of how much they do, can achieve mental, physical and social health benefits, resulting in benefits to their quality of life.

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Following last year's World Rett Syndrome Congress held in New Orleans, the 3rd European Rett Syndrome Conference was held in the Netherlands over 3 days.

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Our own Dr Helen Leonard was recently featured on Today Tonight. MECP2 duplication syndrome, which more frequently affects boys, is one of the Rett syndrome...

The prevalence of mental disorders is the proportion of children & adolescents in the population who meet DSM-IV criteria for a diagnosis of a mental disorder.

Schools play a major role in supporting young people with emotional and behavioural problems and are often where symptoms are first identified.

Young people provided information on self-harm behaviours of deliberately hurting or injuring yourself without trying to end your life.