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Role Of Maternal And Obstetric Factors On Long-term Child Health & Educational Outcomes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$466,492.00
Summary
Natasha Nassar’s research program uses advanced research methods to address new challenges in child health in a portfolio that extends from bench-to-bedside-to-policy. She will investigate the role of maternal health, serum biomarkers, pregnancy complications and obstetric interventions, and birth on subsequent child health and development. Identification of at-risk children and involvement of clinicians and policy-makers should see her research result in improved child health outcomes.
How Does Early Life Adversity “get Under The Skin” To Influence Lifelong Health? - Identifying Opportunities For Prevention Among Aboriginal And Ethnic Minority Peoples
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$425,048.00
Summary
This Fellowship will build upon my research to discover patterns and pathways of early life risk and resilience involved in long-term health outcomes for Aboriginal and ethnic minority children. This research will inform the planning of better targeted policy, public health and primary health care solutions for Aboriginal and ethnic minority children, families and communities in the critical early years of children’s lives.
Changing Children's Chances: A Research Based Framework To Address Child Health Inequity
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$236,739.00
Summary
My vision is to both understand and address the modifiable child, family, service and community determinants of early childhood health and developmental inequities within the Australian policy context. Addressing inequities early in life will fundamentally change children’s chances and create a healthier and more productive future adult population. My research will build on a well-established program of innovative trials and secondary analyses; all designed to inform policy and practice.
Fighting Mental Disorders: Using Mental Imagery To Disarm Symptoms And Enhance Treatment.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$415,218.00
Summary
This proposal will conduct the first pre-clinical and clinical research utilising mental imagery to disarm symptoms and enhance treatment of multiple mental disorders by controlling the strength of mental imagery. This fellowship represents the first attempt to alleviate symptoms by developing a cognitive-neuroscience method to control the strength of traumatic imagery and to show a causative means of enhancing imagery strength to boost the success rate of cognitive therapy involving imagery.
A Life Course Approach To Improving The Health And Well-being Of Young People With Chronic Kidney Disease
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$193,360.00
Summary
Children with kidney disease suffers from profound ill-health and adopt a restrictive lifestyle, including dietary restriction, absences from school and other co-curricular activities. New knowledge and interventions are needed to address the pressing needs including of these children and their caregivers. This program of work will adopt a life-course approach to determine the protective and risk factors that affect the overall health and well-being of children with chronic kidney disease.
Preventing Injury Through Evidence Based Product Design, Standards & Guidelines For Use
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$470,144.00
Summary
By 2020, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the third leading contributor to the global burden of disease. My vision is to prevent road crash-related by improving the performance of protective equipment. I will work to improve access to effective child restraint systems that are easy to use correctly; enhance safe mobility of older people; determine potential for improved motorcycle safety by enhanced design of vehicle and equipment; and appropriate use of motorcycles by children.
Developing Effective And Implementable Solutions To Reduce Traffic Injury Risk
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$415,218.00
Summary
By 2020 traffic crashes will be the 3rd leading cause of death and illness worldwide. This research works towards real solutions to reduce injury risk among child and elderly car occupants and motorcyclists by studying child restraints integrated into cars; restraint designs to improve comfort and protection for elderly occupants; education interventions for new immigrants; and risk factors for motorcycle crashes.