Current Projects
PLUS+S – Preventing Lung Disease Using Surfactant + Steroid
Omar Kamlin, Brett Manley, Chris McKinlay, Sue Jacobs, Lex Doyle, Peter Dargaville, Susan Donath
The Provide Study – The Impact of Protein IVN on Development
Barbara Cormack, Sue Jacobs, Frank Bloomfield
The Baby-DUCC Study - The Baby-Directed Umbilical Cord Clamping Feasibility Study
Douglas Blank, Omar Kamlin, Sue Jacobs, Marta Thio, Jennifer Dawson, Kevyn Nyland, Alicia Dennis, Graeme Polglase, Stuart Hooper, Peter Davis
The SAIL Trial – The Sustained Aeration of Infant Lungs
Haresh Kirpalani, Peter Davis, Marta Thio-Lluch, Louise Owen
The DOLFIN Study - Description of Lung Ultrasound from Initial Neonatal Transition
Douglas Blank, Omar Kamlin, Lisa Fox, Sheryl Rogerson, Stefan Kane, Graeme Polglase, Stuart Hooper, Peter Davis
The ProNose Study – A randomised trial of a nasal barrier dressing to reduce nasal trauma in very preterm infants receiving CPAP treatment
Brett Manley, Jennifer Dawson, Peter Davis, Dilini Imbulana, Jane Baile
PAEAN - Preventing adverse outcomes of neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with erythropoietin
Helen Liley, Sue Jacobs, PAEAN Trial Co-Ordinator
The Neo-ICog Study - Studying the neonatal immune and coagulation systems
Christiane Theda, Marcel Nold, Claudia Nold, Chun Wang Jason Lao, Steven Cho, Ina Rudloff, Jingyuan Shi
The impact of the life trajectory of extremely low gestational age neonates on moral distress of healthcare essions within Neonatal Intensive Care Units (MoDaLiTy: Moral Distress and Life Trajectories)
Trisha Prentice, Lynn Gillam, Peter Davis
Epigenetic effects of preterm birth and neonatal interventions - The EpiPrem study
Christiane Theda, Jeffrey Craig, Peter Davis
CONSENT Study - Parental opinion of retrospective consent in neonatal research
Louise Owen, Jennifer Dawson, Omar Kamlin, Peter Davis
Victorian Infant Collaborative Study (VICS)
Lex Doyle, Jeanie Cheong, et al
SPOT-On - Parental responses to infant transfer from a level 3 to a level 2 hospital neonatal nursery – before and after the implementation of a transition program (SPOT-on: Strategies for parents of premature babies On Transfer - Moving on)
Rochelle Lester, Shanti Petronzio, Frances Thompson-Salo, Jennifer Dawson, Angela Reilly, Christine Lim
Nasal High-Frequency Oscillation to Improve Respiratory Stability of Preterm Infants: A Randomised Crossover Study - (The Wiggle Study)
Christoph Rüegger, Laila Lorenz, Louise Owen, Susan Donath, Brett Manley, Omar Kamlin, David Tingay, Peter Davis
TASTE Trial – TAste and Smell to Enhance Nutrition
Friederike Baker, Vicki Clifton, Luke Jardine, Sue Jacobs, Emily Twitchell, Peter Davis
Regional ventilation characteristics of the infant lung: A prospective observational cohort study of modern respiratory support practices
David Tingay, Peter Davis, Louise Owen, Omar Kamlin, Christoph Ruegger, Elizabeth Perkins, Olivia Farrell and Jessica Thompson
Measuring the increase in exhaled carbon dioxide in spontaneously breathing infants at birth (The RISE in Exhaled CO2 Study)
Douglas Blank, Omar Kamlin, Kevyn Nyland, Jennifer Dawson, Stefan Kane, Graeme Polglase, Stuart Hooper, Peter Davis
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of later preterm infants: correlation with neuroimaging
Jeanie Cheong, Lex Doyle et al.
Neurobehavioural development of infants born <30 weeks’ gestational age between birth and two years of age and their parents’ psychological wellbeing
Alicia Spittle, Peter Anderson, Lex Doyle, Jeanie Cheong, Nisha Brown, Rod Hunt, Carl Kuschel, Lara Shekerdemian, Amanda Wood, Michelle Goldsworthy
Gait biomechanics in ex-preterm adolescents with developmental co-ordination disorder: a pilot study
Jeanie Cheong, Noel Lythgo, Alicia Spittle, Katherine Lee, Lex Doyle
Effects of the medical environment (practice location) and clinical experience on the approach to the monitoring, workup and management of apnea of prematurity
Jenni Sokol, Peter Davis, Sally Murray, Jane Fisher, Margaret Bearman
Perceptions and experiences of medical and nursing trainees working and learning in the neonatal intensive care unit
David Tingay, Risha Bhatia, Peter Davis
Investigating side-lying bottle feeding for preterm infants receiving respiratory support
Jennifer Dawson, Sue Jacobs, Peter Davis
High flow v CPAP in non-tertiary centres (HUNTER Trial)
Brett Manley, Peter Davis, Calum Roberts
Developmental outcomes and rates of early intervention at 2 years in infants born extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight from The Royal Women's Hospital
Jane Orton, Alicia Spittle, Jennifer McGinley
SANE: School age outcomes in children with moderate and severe neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Sue Jacobs, Jeanie Cheong, Lex Doyle
Epigenetics and Prematurity
Christiane Theda, Peter Davis, Lex Doyle, Jeff Craig, Mark Cruickshank
Telomere Health in foetal development and prematurity
Christiane Theda, Peter Davis, Lex Doyle, Jeff Craig, Ngaire Elwood
Cord clamping study: Early versus delayed umiblical cord clamping and its effects on infant heart rate and oxygen saturation in the first minutes after birth - The TOCC Study
Dr Omar Kamlin, Dr Jennifer Dawson, Professor Peter Davis, A/Prof Mark Umstad, Ms Karen Moffat
A randomised controlled trial of respiratory function monitoring during stabilisation of preterm infants at birth - The MONITOR Study
Omar Kamlin, Marta Thio-Lluch, Jennifer Dawson, Peter Davis
Open trial investigating minimally invasive surfactant therapy - The Optimist Trial
Omar Kamlin, Peter Davis, Louise Owen, Ajit Aiyappan, Peter Dargaville, Carl Kuschel, Sue Jacobs
A comparison of different round masks for intermittent positive pressure ventilation in preterm infants prior to intubation- The MASK study
Dr Lorraine McGrory, Dr Marta Thio, Dr Louise Owen, Dr Omar Kamlin, Dr Jennifer Dawson, Prof Peter Davis
Epigenetic effects of preterm birth and neonatal interventions - The EpiPrem study
Christiane Theda, Dr. Jeffrey Craig, Peter Davis
Isolation and characterisation of breast milk stem cells - The Breast Milk Stem Cell Study
Bill Kalionis, Christiane Theda, Peter Davis, Shaun Brennecke, Susan Jacobs, Lisa Amir
Improving child and parent outcomes after preterm birth using a web-based early intervention program - The e-PREM Trial
Karli Treyvaud, Peter Anderson, Lex Doyle, Alicia Spittle, Katherine Lee, Gehan Roberts, Jeanie Cheong, Susan Jacobs, Rupendra Shrestha, Peter Davis, Deborah Schofield, Abbey Eeles, Parool Shah