Friday 27 October 2017 4:00pm
Child health research presentations, from the Otago Spotlight Series forum in Wellington, September 2017, are now available for viewing.
Mihi
Toa Waaka
Mihi by Toa Waaka (followed by introduction from Peter Crampton) (total 14 mins)
Introduction
Professor Peter Crampton
Introduction from Peter Crampton (preceded by mihi by Toa Waaka) (total 14 mins)
Child health research presentations
Professor Stephen Robertson
Genomic Medicine in Paediatrics: Will it Serve All New Zealand's Children Equally Well? (16 mins)
Dr Max Berry
Big data for small babies (12.5 mins)
Dr Stephanie Hughes
Repurposing drugs for rare diseases (12 mins)
Professor Barry Taylor
A Better Start national Science Challenge: An overview (20 mins)
Dr Dorothy Boyd
Prevention of caries and targeting care (19 mins)
Professor Andrew Day
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Crohn's disease (19 mins)
Associate Professor Louise Signal
Professor Gerald Tannock
Sustaining the bowel microbiota of children (27 mins)
Associate Professor Barbara Galland
The importance of sleep for health (20 mins)
Amanda D'Souza
Bernadette Jones and Dr Tristram Ingham
Asthma Health Literacy for Maori Children: He Māramatanga Huango. (This video is not yet released for viewing)
Professor Brian Darlow
Preterm infants—starting better, developing well (18 mins)
Student Poster competition finalists
Congratulations to the 2017 prizewinners of the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research Student Poster Competition held in Wellington, 11 and 12 September.
The finalists presented their work to a large Spotlight Series audience in the Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, for final judging.
A visitor checks out the posters while the forum is in session.
First place
A cost benefit analysis of the use of routine serology in reducing the burden of re-immunisation in children who have undergone chemotherapy for childhood cancer.
Fraser Jeffery1,Tony Walls2, Siobhan Cross3
1 Medical student, University of Otago, Christchurch
2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch
3 Children's Haematology Oncology Centre, Canterbury District Health Board
Second Place – Otago Medical Research Society Prize
Therapeutic targeting of cellular clearance pathways in neurodegenerative Batten disease.
Hannah Best1, Katherine White2, Jill Weimer2, Stephanie Hughes1
1 Department of Biochemistry, Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago
2 Pediatric and Rare Disease Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Highly Commended presentations
Investigating potential NAFLD predisposition in preterm guinea pigs.
Heather Barnes1, Rebecca Dyson1, Clint Gray1, Jane Anderson2, Max Berry1
1 Perinatal and Developmental Physiology group, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Wellington
2 Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Wellington
Intermittent hypoxia in preterm and term infants up to 42 weeks postmenstrual age: Preliminary results of a 1-year longitudinal observational study
Conway Niu1, Angela Campbell2, Peter Larsen3,Dawn Elder1
1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Wellington
2 WellSleep, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington
3 Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Otago, Wellington
Casual photos from the day
Division of Health Sciences Associate Dean (Research), Professor Peter Dearden with Research and Development Manager Dr Michele Coleman.
Presenter Dr Max Berry talks with Cure Kids' Tim Edmonds.
Guests, presenters, researchers, students and organisers network at break time.
Presenter Professor Barry Taylor during a break.
The registration desk keeps track.
Presenters and audience members relax between presentations.
