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Miranda Starr

Miranda Starr

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Role Research Associate
Research area Population Health
Miranda Starr is a PhD student in the Population Allergy group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

After undertaking an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne majoring in Infection and Immunity, she completed a Master of Public Health where she developed a passion for Biostatistics and Epidemiology. During her studies, she worked part-time at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute on a project investigating the epidemiology of menstrual health-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Miranda has also gained experience with the Victorian Government Public Health sector through her Master’s Capstone project, which explored recent notifiable disease trends in Victoria.

Miranda’s PhD combines her interests of infectious disease and public health by focussing on the inter-relationships between infection and food allergy in infants. In particular, this project will investigate the impact of vitamin D and hygiene and sanitation practices on these outcomes. Her PhD is supervised by Prof. Kirsten Perrett and A/Prof. Jennifer Koplin, and is funded by scholarships awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Centre for Food Allergy Research.
Miranda Starr is a PhD student in the Population Allergy group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

After undertaking an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne majoring in Infection and Immunity, she completed a Master of...
Miranda Starr is a PhD student in the Population Allergy group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

After undertaking an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne majoring in Infection and Immunity, she completed a Master of Public Health where she developed a passion for Biostatistics and Epidemiology. During her studies, she worked part-time at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute on a project investigating the epidemiology of menstrual health-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Miranda has also gained experience with the Victorian Government Public Health sector through her Master’s Capstone project, which explored recent notifiable disease trends in Victoria.

Miranda’s PhD combines her interests of infectious disease and public health by focussing on the inter-relationships between infection and food allergy in infants. In particular, this project will investigate the impact of vitamin D and hygiene and sanitation practices on these outcomes. Her PhD is supervised by Prof. Kirsten Perrett and A/Prof. Jennifer Koplin, and is funded by scholarships awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Centre for Food Allergy Research.

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