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Kaitlyn Taylor

Kaitlyn Taylor

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Role Clinical Trials Coordinator
Kaitlyn is a project manager and clinical trial coordinator at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, with nearly ten years of experience in the design, implementation and delivery of investigator-initiated clinical trials.

Her research interests include medicinal cannabis as a novel therapeutic agent in paediatric health care, and the application of innovative clinical trial methodologies to better research rare and complex diseases.

Kaitlyn has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications regarding the use of medicinal cannabis for behavioural and neurological conditions in children and adolescents.

Her work spans feasibility and efficacy studies, ethics and governance guidance, contributing to safe and evidence-based implementation of emerging therapies in paediatrics.
Kaitlyn is a project manager and clinical trial coordinator at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, with nearly ten years of experience in the design, implementation and delivery of investigator-initiated clinical trials.

Her research...
Kaitlyn is a project manager and clinical trial coordinator at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, with nearly ten years of experience in the design, implementation and delivery of investigator-initiated clinical trials.

Her research interests include medicinal cannabis as a novel therapeutic agent in paediatric health care, and the application of innovative clinical trial methodologies to better research rare and complex diseases.

Kaitlyn has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications regarding the use of medicinal cannabis for behavioural and neurological conditions in children and adolescents.

Her work spans feasibility and efficacy studies, ethics and governance guidance, contributing to safe and evidence-based implementation of emerging therapies in paediatrics.

Top Publications

  • Walker, H, McLeman, L, Meyran, D, Goh, L-Y, Summers, P, Stolper, J, Hanna, D, Hughes, D, Wang, S, Toro, C, et al. Co-designing a Novel Ordinal Endpoint for an Adaptive Platform Trial, BANDICOOT, in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.. Transplant Cell Ther 31(5) : 321.e1 -321.e12 2025
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  • Efron, D, Taylor, K. Medicinal Cannabis for Paediatric Developmental, Behavioural and Mental Health Disorders.. Int J Environ Res Public Health 20(8) : 2023
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  • Efron, D, Freeman, JL, Cranswick, N, Payne, JM, Mulraney, M, Prakash, C, Lee, KJ, Taylor, K, Williams, K. A pilot randomised placebo-controlled trial of cannabidiol to reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with intellectual disability.. Br J Clin Pharmacol 87(2) : 436 -446 2021
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  • Martin, JH, Hill, C, Walsh, A, Efron, D, Taylor, K, Kennedy, M, Galettis, R, Lightfoot, P, Hanson, J, Irving, H, et al. Clinical trials with cannabis medicines-guidance for ethics committees, governance officers and researchers to streamline ethics applications and ensuring patient safety: considerations from the Australian experience.. Trials 21(1) : 932 2020
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  • Efron, D, Taylor, K, Payne, JM, Freeman, JL, Cranswick, N, Mulraney, M, Prakash, C, Lee, KJ, Williams, K. Does cannabidiol reduce severe behavioural problems in children with intellectual disability? Study protocol for a pilot single-site phase I/II randomised placebo controlled trial.. BMJ Open 10(3) : e034362 2020
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