Along with physical growth and development these sub-projects explore what it means for a child to truly flourish.
They explore how flourishment can be enhanced as well as looking at the long-term impacts of childhood trauma on health and development.
What does it take for a child to flourish?
Testosterone and Language in Kids
Reviewing the development and wellbeing of children, prior to them commencing kindergarten
Investigating school readiness in ORIGINS' five-year-olds
Providing expectant and new Dads with a health check-up
One in three children in WA suffer iron deficiency leading to poor sleep, fussy eating, and behavioural difficulties. This project aims to develop mechanisms to prevent and treat the problems before they become clinically significant and translate findings to other communities to improve childhood wellness.
This project aims to investigate the impact of a non-severe burn injury on children's health for life.
This research aims to examine subfertility in a population pregnancy cohort, analysing the underlying differences between sub fertile couples who conceive naturally, sub fertile couples who conceive using ART or non-IVF, and fertile couples.
Exploring whether urinary ferritin can be used as an alternative biomarker for measuring iron status in young children over blood draws.