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Variation over time in medical conditions and health service utilization of children with Down syndrome.

The purpose of this work was to revise and clarify 2002 consensus criteria for the diagnosis of RTT in anticipation of treatment trials.

To investigate the prevalence, trends, and characteristics of maltreatment and assault related hospital admissions and deaths among children;

The etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries.

To investigate specific child and parental factors associated with increased vulnerability to substantiated child maltreatment.

This study investigated the nature and prevalence of atypical pain responses in Rett syndrome and their relationships with specific MECP2 mutations.

Senior Research Fellow

The most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children with severe cerebral palsy (CP) is respiratory disease. BREATHE-CP (Better REspiratory and Airway Treatment and HEalth in Cerebral Palsy) is a multidisciplinary research team who have conducted research on the risk factors associated with CP respiratory disease, a systematic review on management and a Delphi study on the development of a consensus for the prevention and management of respiratory disease in CP.

The EQ-5D-Y-5L is a generic preference-based measure of health-related quality of life for children. This study aimed to describe the distributional properties, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity of the EQ-5D-Y-5L in children with intellectual disability (ID). 

Improving the lives of children with a disability and their families sits at the core of our team.