Dr Meredith O'Connor
Dr Meredith O'Connor
Enabling best practice in cohort management and research
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving over 70,000 participants, 500 million data points (excluding bioanalyses) and 250,000 biosample aliquots.
These studies provide a unique opportunity to inform new approaches to prevention and treatment across childhood and adolescence. The vision of LifeCourse is to maximise the value of these studies to inform better outcomes for children and adolescents across the continuum of care.
As Program Manager, my role is to provide senior leadership and ambassadorship for the MCRI’s unique LifeCourse initiative. This includes building and maintaining central infrastructure to support cohort excellence, as well as undertaking original research analysing data from across cohorts.
Ask Me About: Child development, Mental health, Australian Early Development Index (AEDI), Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Adversity
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving over 70,000 participants, 500 million data points (excluding bioanalyses) and 250,000 biosample aliquots.
These studies provide a unique opportunity to inform new approaches to prevention and treatment across childhood and adolescence. The vision of LifeCourse is to maximise the value of these studies to inform better outcomes for children and adolescents across the continuum of care.
As Program Manager, my role is to provide senior leadership and ambassadorship for the MCRI’s unique LifeCourse initiative. This includes building and maintaining central infrastructure to support cohort excellence, as well as undertaking original research analysing data from across cohorts.
Ask Me About: Child development, Mental health, Australian Early Development Index (AEDI), Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Adversity
Enabling best practice in cohort management and research
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving...
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving...
Enabling best practice in cohort management and research
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving over 70,000 participants, 500 million data points (excluding bioanalyses) and 250,000 biosample aliquots.
These studies provide a unique opportunity to inform new approaches to prevention and treatment across childhood and adolescence. The vision of LifeCourse is to maximise the value of these studies to inform better outcomes for children and adolescents across the continuum of care.
As Program Manager, my role is to provide senior leadership and ambassadorship for the MCRI’s unique LifeCourse initiative. This includes building and maintaining central infrastructure to support cohort excellence, as well as undertaking original research analysing data from across cohorts.
Ask Me About: Child development, Mental health, Australian Early Development Index (AEDI), Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Adversity
The Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative includes over 30 clinical and population-based longitudinal studies, spanning 0-35 years (including two trans-generational studies), involving over 70,000 participants, 500 million data points (excluding bioanalyses) and 250,000 biosample aliquots.
These studies provide a unique opportunity to inform new approaches to prevention and treatment across childhood and adolescence. The vision of LifeCourse is to maximise the value of these studies to inform better outcomes for children and adolescents across the continuum of care.
As Program Manager, my role is to provide senior leadership and ambassadorship for the MCRI’s unique LifeCourse initiative. This includes building and maintaining central infrastructure to support cohort excellence, as well as undertaking original research analysing data from across cohorts.
Ask Me About: Child development, Mental health, Australian Early Development Index (AEDI), Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Adversity
Top Publications
- Downes, M, O'Connor, M, Olsson, CA, Burgner, D, Goldfeld, S, Spry, EA, Patton, G, Moreno-Betancur, M. Causal inference in multi-cohort studies using the target trial framework to identify and minimize sources of bias. 2024 view publication
- O'Connor, M, Moreno-Betancur, M, Goldfeld, S, Wake, M, Patton, G, Dwyer, T, Tang, MLK, Saffery, R, Craig, JM, Loke, J, et al. Data Resource Profile: Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative (LifeCourse).. Int J Epidemiol 51(5) : e229 -e244 2022 view publication
- O'Connor, M, Spry, E, Patton, G, Moreno-Betancur, M, Arnup, S, Downes, M, Goldfeld, S, Burgner, D, Olsson, CA. Better together: Advancing life course research through multi-cohort analytic approaches.. Adv Life Course Res 53: 100499 2022 view publication
- Allen, K-A, Greenwood, CJ, Berger, E, Reupert, A, Wurf, G, Rajendran, N, Warton, W, O’Connor, M, Sanson, A, Olsson, CA, et al. Adolescent School Belonging and Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Findings from a Multi-wave Prospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 24(1) : 775 -792 2026 view publication
- Stevanovic, N, Hoare, E, Mckenzie, V, O'Connor, M. Sustaining the use of Positive Education coping skills to meet the challenges of the emerging adulthood period. International Journal of Wellbeing 7(3) : 39 -55 2026 view publication
Page 1 of 24
Career information
Share //
