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Cindy Pham

Cindy Pham

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Role PhD Student
Cindy Pham is a final year PhD Candidate at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She is also the Project Manager of the Changing Children's Chances project in the Policy and Equity Group, MCRI. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Discovery Biology) and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmacology from Monash University.

Ms Pham's research is focused towards understanding the early origins of childhood neurodevelopmental and emotional-behavioural disorders, and investigating the policy opportunities in addressing socioeconomic inequities in early life to optimise developmental outcomes in young children. She has extensive experience in a diverse range of skills from both wet-lab and dry-lab research in disciplines including epidemiology, neuroscience, pharmacology (drug discovery), molecular biology, and policy.
Cindy Pham is a final year PhD Candidate at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She is also the Project...
Cindy Pham is a final year PhD Candidate at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She is also the Project Manager of the Changing Children's Chances project in the Policy and Equity Group, MCRI. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Discovery Biology) and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmacology from Monash University.

Ms Pham's research is focused towards understanding the early origins of childhood neurodevelopmental and emotional-behavioural disorders, and investigating the policy opportunities in addressing socioeconomic inequities in early life to optimise developmental outcomes in young children. She has extensive experience in a diverse range of skills from both wet-lab and dry-lab research in disciplines including epidemiology, neuroscience, pharmacology (drug discovery), molecular biology, and policy.

Top Publications

  • Pham, C, Bekkering, S, O'Hely, M, Burgner, D, Thomson, S, Vuillermin, P, Collier, F, Marx, W, Mansell, T, Symeonides, C, et al. Infant inflammation predicts childhood emotional and behavioral problems and partially mediates socioeconomic disadvantage. Brain Behavior and Immunity 104: 83 -94 2022
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  • Pham, C, Vryer, R, O'Hely, M, Mansell, T, Burgner, D, Collier, F, Symeonides, C, Tang, MLK, Vuillermin, P, Gray, L, et al. Shortened Infant Telomere Length Is Associated with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children at Age Two Years: A Birth Cohort Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(9) : 4601 2022
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  • Goldfeld, S, Gray, S, Pham, C, Badland, H, Woolfenden, S, Schor, E, O'Connor, M. Leveraging Research to Drive More Equitable Reading Outcomes: An Update. Academic Pediatrics 22(7) : 1115 -1117 2022
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  • Pham, C, Symeonides, C, O’Hely, M, Sly, PD, Knibbs, LD, Thomson, S, Vuillermin, P, Saffery, R, Ponsonby, A-L, Group, TBISI. Early life environmental factors associated with autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children at age 2 years: A birth cohort study. Autism 26(7) : 1864 -1881 2022
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  • Marx, W, Thomson, S, O'Hely, M, Symeonides, C, Collier, F, Tang, MLK, Loughman, A, Burgner, D, Saffery, R, Pham, C, et al. Maternal inflammatory and omega-3 fatty acid pathways mediate the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and childhood cognition. Brain Behavior and Immunity 100: 211 -218 2021
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