Evaluating Recently Introduced Prevention Strategies And Investigating Further Aetiologies Of Cerebral Palsy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$314,644.00
Summary
Cerebral palsy is an early brain injury that affects movement. Every year in Australia, this life long condition will be identified in another 600 infants. This Early Career Fellowship will train an Australian researcher to evaluate promising prevention strategies that could reduce the overall incidence of cerebral palsy for the first time. The researcher will also investigate other causes of cerebral palsy including birth defects that occur very early in pregnancy.
Congenital Cytomegalovirus: Understanding The Long-term Outcomes And Identifying Opportunities For Secondary Prevention
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Cytomegalovirus is a herpesvirus that can be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) can cause damage to the developing central nervous system leading to long-term disabilities including cerebral palsy and hearing loss. This epidemiological research program seeks to investigate cCMV risk factors and burden, opportunities for early detection of neuro-developmental disabilities and to study the effects of postnatal antiviral therapies in this population.
Magnesium Sulphate In Women At Risk Of Preterm Birth For Fetal Neuroprotection - An Individual Patient Data Review
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$276,002.00
Summary
Infants born preterm are at high risk of dying and survivors have a higher risk of neurological problems. Evidence suggests that giving magnesium sulphate to women at risk of preterm birth prior to delivery reduces cerebral palsy in surviving children. It is unclear which women may benefit, what dose and when prior to birth should magnesium sulphate be given. This review will determine how individual women should be treated with magnesium to help protect the brain of a baby born too soon.