Projects
Wellbeing study
Burns are a common cause of emergency presentations, and most burn injuries happen to children and adolescents.
Interventions to eliminate rheumatic heart disease
Funded by a 5-year NHMRC Investigator grant to implement a strategy to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a public health problem in Australia.
SHIP CT: A Phase 3 randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of inhaled 7% hypertonic saline versus 0.9% isotonic saline for 48 weeks in patients with Cystic Fibrosis at 3-6 years of age in parallel with the North American SHIP clinical trial.
SHIP-CT, led by Professor Stephen Stick, Director of the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre at The Kids, is a unique study in preschool-aged children (from 3-6 years of age) with CF using images of the lung from chest CT scans as the main outcome measure.
DEFEND CF: Biomarkers to define the treatment end-point for pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
Sensitive and reliable tests are required to monitor lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis.
AREST CF Early Surveillance Program
The Early Surveillance Program (ESP) is the platform upon which the AREST CF research program is based.