Improving Respiratory Transition And Outcomes Of Newborn Infants
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$262,251.00
Summary
Effective mask ventilation is the most important intervention at birth that can reduce mortality and disability in term and preterm infants. I will develop strategies to help clinicians improve their resuscitation skills. I will also study new ways to better support babies’ transition after birth, to improve their short and long term outcomes. The results of this research will change the way newly born babies are cared for around the world.
Role Of Placental Heme-oxygenase Pathway In Regulating Preterm Neonatal Cardiovascular Function
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$176,719.00
Summary
Babies born prematurely are more likely to experience problems as a result of being born early with males doing worse than females. The mechanisms causing this difference are unknown. The control of blood flow in the placenta and fetus is essential for normal growth and development. This project will investigate the influence of duration of pregnancy, gender, and exposure to antenatal steroids on pathways that control blood flow in the placenta and the newborn in babies born after prematurely.
The Role Of Health In Poverty Entrenchment: A New Measure Of Long-term Multidimensional Poverty For Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$365,562.00
Summary
I am a health economist focused on exploring the disadvantage produced when individuals develop a health condition. This project will initially create a new multidimensional measure of long term poverty. It will then use this measure to look at how different health conditions affect the experience of long term poverty.