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About the centre

The Centre includes researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Diabetes Research Team and the Diabetes Service at the Perth Children’s Hospital.

Research

Treatment with inhaled aerosolised ethanol reduces viral load and potentiates macrophage responses in an established influenza mouse model

Treatment options for viral lung infections are currently limited. We aimed to explore the safety and efficacy of inhaled ethanol in an influenza-infection mouse model.

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Psychosocial disadvantage and residential remoteness is associated with Aboriginal women's mental health prior to childbirth

Optimal mental health in the pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum periods is important for both maternal and infant wellbeing. Few studies, however, have focused on Indigenous women and the specific risk and protective factors that may prompt vulnerability to perinatal mental disorders in this culturally diverse population.

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Biases in Routine Influenza Surveillance Indicators Used to Monitor Infection Incidence and Recommendations for Improvement

Monitoring how the incidence of influenza infections changes over time is important for quantifying the transmission dynamics and clinical severity of influenza. Infection incidence is difficult to measure directly, and hence, other quantities which are more amenable to surveillance are used to monitor trends in infection levels, with the implicit assumption that they correlate with infection incidence.

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Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring in scoliosis surgery in children

Our study adds to the literature supporting the role of intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring in scoliosis surgery in children

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Using Avoidable Admissions to Measure Quality of Care for Cardiometabolic and other Physical

This paper uses population-based, record-linkage to examine access to appropriate primary care in Australian and Canadian...

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Childhood adiposity trajectories and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its metabolic risk factors are recognized during childhood and adolescence.

People

Dr Ruth Thornton

Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG)