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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.

Investigating the possible contributors to childhood lung disease by studying the epithelial cells from the nose at birth.

This sub-project aims to fill the gap in knowledge of the effects of climate change on child health and wellbeing in Australia, and to propose data-driven adaptation trials to counter the most serious impacts.

Testosterone and Language in Kids

Testosterone and Language in Kids

The Antenatal Colostrum Expression (ACE) Study aims to determine whether hand expressing of colostrum in the last few weeks of pregnancy can help new mothers to breastfeed.

An experimental study linked to the Mums Minds Matter project, which aims to determine if pregnant women's willingness to engage in online wellbeing programs varies across types.

Auto-immune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis are associated with dysfunction in the microbiome. You need a balance of healthy bugs in your microbiome to keep it on track.

A list of organisations that currently collaborate with ORIGINS.

Research

Early onset Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including obesity, allergies, and mental ill-health in childhood, present a serious and increasing threat to lifelong health and longevity. The ORIGINS Project (ORIGINS) addresses the urgent need for multidisciplinary efforts to understand the detrimental multisystem impacts of modern environments using well-curated large-scale longitudinal biological sample collections.