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The overall objective of the PACS study is to improve outcomes for children with stroke through the development and implementation of a national childhood code stroke protocol, targeting key steps along the process of acute stroke care. The primary aim is to increase the proportion of children
Program area: Refugee & Migrant Health. This study is complete. Listening to What Matters aimed to understand the experiences of families of refugee background and the health professionals caring for them during pregnancy and early parenthood during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The VIBeS cohort is the world’s largest prospective longitudinal neuroimaging and neurodevelopmental study of very preterm and term children. This cohort has undergone brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shortly after birth and at seven and 13 years old, and neurodevelopmental assessments
This study is complete. Aiming to improve the quality of life for children and adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
The Australian Leukodystrophy Clinical and Research Program. This program aims to provide more diagnoses, improved experiences and better outcomes for families affected by leukodystrophies and white matter disorders through research and targeted precision treatments.
The Kids in Communities Study (KiCS) is working to understand how different factors in our communities - physical environment, social environment, socio-economic factors, access to services, and governance - influence how children develop.
This innovative study possibly provides the greatest opportunity for finding a preventable cause of childhood cancer. It aims to examine associations between environmental exposures and the incidence of childhood cancers by pooling prospective population data from one million pregnant mothers and
Understanding how early life habits affect dental health and whether the Infant program will improve dental health at four years of age. Dietary and dental habits are established early in life, particularly during the first 2000 days; a unique, time-limited opportunity for early intervention.
This study is completed. We are working with the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) to provide additional services to Victorian families.
A study involving 5,300 participants, the HealthNuts Study is the world’s first comprehensive population-based study with an objective measurement of true food allergy. HealthNuts has been funded four times consecutively by the NHMRC to collect measures from age one to 15 years.
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