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Prof Harriet Hiscock

Prof Harriet Hiscock

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Professor Harriet Hiscock is a consultant paediatrician and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She is Associate Director, Research at the Centre for Community Child Health, Director of The Royal Children's Hospital Health Services Research Unit and Group Leader, Health Services and Economics group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Professor Hiscock’s research focuses on developing, testing and implementing new approaches to (i) keep children out of hospital; (ii) reduce low-value (wasteful) care; and (iii) integrate health, social and education services to improve health and wellbeing for children, including those living with family adversity.

She has published over 290 peer reviewed papers and has been awarded continuous National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding since 2002 including a current CRE in Childhood Adversity and Mental Health, as CIA. She is assisted by a team of around 20 multi-disciplinary students and researchers. Professor Hiscock was awarded NHMRC's "10 of the Best Research Projects 2023" for her groundbreaking trials in sleep in children with ADHD and with autism.

Professor Hiscock has a strong focus on translation beyond traditional methods. Her work includes an infant sleep e-learning package for professionals, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Sleep podcast, a sleep app designed to help parents manage common child behaviour problems and rollout of her Infant Sleep program to 1,200 Victorian maternal and child health nurses, for which she was awarded the 2010 Early Years Minister's Award for Partnerships with Families and Communities.

Her work informs the content of the federal government-funded Raising Children Network Parenting site. She has co-authored a report which led to the inclusion of a child mental health measure in the Victorian School Entry Health Questionnaire that enables earlier detection and management of child mental health problems. Professor Hiscock was also a key contributor to the Decode Mental Health and Wellbeing program which is designed to improve mental health literacy for students and teachers in Australia.
Professor Harriet Hiscock is a consultant paediatrician and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She is Associate Director, Research at the Centre for Community Child Health, Director of The Royal Children's Hospital Health...
Professor Harriet Hiscock is a consultant paediatrician and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She is Associate Director, Research at the Centre for Community Child Health, Director of The Royal Children's Hospital Health Services Research Unit and Group Leader, Health Services and Economics group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Professor Hiscock’s research focuses on developing, testing and implementing new approaches to (i) keep children out of hospital; (ii) reduce low-value (wasteful) care; and (iii) integrate health, social and education services to improve health and wellbeing for children, including those living with family adversity.

She has published over 290 peer reviewed papers and has been awarded continuous National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding since 2002 including a current CRE in Childhood Adversity and Mental Health, as CIA. She is assisted by a team of around 20 multi-disciplinary students and researchers. Professor Hiscock was awarded NHMRC's "10 of the Best Research Projects 2023" for her groundbreaking trials in sleep in children with ADHD and with autism.

Professor Hiscock has a strong focus on translation beyond traditional methods. Her work includes an infant sleep e-learning package for professionals, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Sleep podcast, a sleep app designed to help parents manage common child behaviour problems and rollout of her Infant Sleep program to 1,200 Victorian maternal and child health nurses, for which she was awarded the 2010 Early Years Minister's Award for Partnerships with Families and Communities.

Her work informs the content of the federal government-funded Raising Children Network Parenting site. She has co-authored a report which led to the inclusion of a child mental health measure in the Victorian School Entry Health Questionnaire that enables earlier detection and management of child mental health problems. Professor Hiscock was also a key contributor to the Decode Mental Health and Wellbeing program which is designed to improve mental health literacy for students and teachers in Australia.

Top Publications

  • Constable, L, O'Loughlin, R, Jones, R, Hiscock, H, Dalziel, K, Quality of Life in Kids: Key evidence to strengthen decisions in Australia (QUOKKA) project team. Measuring quality of life in autistic children and young people: comparing the performance of common generic health related quality of life instruments.. Qual Life Res 35(7) : 2026
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  • Bullock, S, Lingam, R, Wheeler, K, Meyers Morris, T, Miller, C, Adams, L, Peacock, K, Christie, A, Hodgins, M, Hiscock, H, et al. A Virtual Integrated General Practitioner-Pediatrician Model of Care Implemented in Metropolitan and Rural Primary Care Settings: Qualitative Analysis of Clinician Perspectives on the SUSTAIN Model of Care.. J Med Internet Res 28: e86707 2026
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  • Chen, K, Corcoran, H, Kone, R, White, M, Jones, R, Hiscock, H. Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Adherence to Guidelines Between Outpatient Care Delivered In-Person Versus Telehealth for Paediatric Asthma, Type 1 Diabetes, Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Constipation and Faltering Growth.. J Paediatr Child Health 62(5) : 905 -908 2026
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  • Wang, Y, Peters, RL, Csutoros, D, Irving, LB, Ranganathan, S, Sly, PD, Walter, C, Crowe, M, Frykberg, G, Mavoa, S, et al. Childhood asthma in Melbourne's inner west: Emergency department visits and parental perspectives on enablers and barriers of care.. Aust J Gen Pract 55(5) : 306 -313 2026
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  • Jones, R, Devlin, N, Dalziel, K, O'Loughlin, R, Mulhern, B, White, M, Shanthikumar, S, Chen, K, Silva, M, Walkley, E, et al. Comparative performance of common paediatric patient-reported outcome measures (P-PROMs) across health conditions.. Arch Dis Child 2026
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