The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has experts
able to provide media comment in the following areas of child
health research.
To arrange an interview, please contact:
Elizabeth Chester
Head of Strategic Communications
08 9489 7965 (office)
0409 988 530 (mobile)
elizabeth.chester@childhealthresearch.org.au
Tammy Gibbs
Public Relations Manager
08 9489 7963 (office)
0408 946 698 (mobile)
tammy.gibbs@childhealthresearch.org.au
If the health condition or area of interest is not listed, please
be sure to contact us anyway. With a team of 500+ researchers, we
are able to provide comment on most topics relating to the health
and wellbeing of children.
Aboriginal health
ADHD
Adolescent health
AEDI (Australian Early Development Index)
Alcohol & drug abuse
Alcohol and pregnancy
ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia)
Allergies
Assisted reproductive technologies (such as IVF and ICSI)
Asthma
Autism spectrum disorders
Behavioural problems
Birth defects
Birth rates
Brain tumours (ependymoma, glioblastoma and medulloblastoma)
Breastfeeding
Bronchiolitis
Child abuse and neglect
Child development
Childhood cancer
Cell and gene therapy
Cerebral palsy
Consumer and Community Participation
Cystic fibrosis
Dengue fever
Developmental disorders
Diabetes
Disability
Down syndrome
Drug discovery
Eating disorders
Ear infections
Environmental impacts on health
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Genetic conditions
Genetic impacts on health
Golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus)
Heart disease
Hib (haemophilus influenza type B)
HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
Hypospadias
Infectious diseases
Influenza (seasonal flu, swine flu, bird flu)
Intellectual disability
Leukaemia
Language & literacy
Lung growth and lung function
Male fertility
Maternal health (including stress, diet and smoking in
pregnancy)
Meningitis
Meningococcal disease
Mental health
NUT midline carcinoma
Nutrition
Obesity
Omega-3
Otitis media
PIV (parainfluenza 3)
Pharmacovigilance
Pneumococcal disease
Pregnancy
Raine Study
Respiratory disease
Rett syndrome
Ross River Virus
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
SLI (Specific Language Impairment)
Social impacts on health
Spina bifida
Suicide prevention
Whooping cough
UV and inflammation
Vaccines & immunisation
Vitamin D
