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A better understanding of ADHD in girls will enable earlier recognition, diagnosis and, importantly, treatment for girls, than currently exists.
Two research groups have turned human skin cells into structures resembling an early-stage human embryo, paving the way for exciting new research avenues, and opening up some tricky ethical questions.
From the moment their baby is born, Australian parents receive conflicting advice on how to cope with newborn issues. What we are doing wastes our resources, but we’re not investing in alternatives.
Developmental coordination disorder has only recently been recognised for what it is.
Milestone charts can be an effective tool in spotting developmental problems. But do they say anything about the future potential of children who are developing normally?
Around 40% of Australian women drink alcohol while pregnant, despite medical guidelines recommending they don’t.
In our study, it was the comparison groups of children who showed a visual learning style, not the children with autism.
Every few months, the same question about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is posed in the media - is it real? The latest example comes from leading American neuroscientist, Dr Bruce Perry…
Sociology influences medicine more than we like to admit. One only needs to look at the history of psychiatric disorders – a term used broadly here to incorporate developmental disorders – to see how “normal…
While autism, schizophrenia, ADHD and x-linked intellectual disabilities are caused by a complex interaction of factors…
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor and Group Leader, Reproductive Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney
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Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
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Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Auckland
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General Practitioner, Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Psychology and Special Educational Needs, UCL
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Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Brunel University London
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Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Director, The Kidman Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Head of the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and Director of the Organoid Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University
