Some young children stop gaining new skills. They can even lose skills they once had – like language and walking. With funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), GenV and Monash Children’s Hospital/Monash Univ...

Some children are born with rare diseases that are not always obvious at birth. The EpiGNs team are testing a new way of screening for rare diseases in newborn babies to help understand its benefits. This may help to imp...

MedPaLS is looking at how medicines are used during pregnancy and breastfeeding to understand if taking medications has risks or benefits for women and their babies. MedPaLS will first study asthma and how asthma is trea...

Some women would like more information about having vaccinations during pregnancy. The Maternal Vaccine Study will look at the healthy development of babies whose mothers did or did not have COVID-19 and flu vaccines in ...

Some babies are born with a virus called CMV (cytomegalovirus) which can lead to problems with their hearing as they grow. Screen cCMV is testing new technology to improve early screening for this disease to help babies ...

Hip dysplasia, or DDH (developmental dysplasia of the hip), happens when the hip ball-and-socket joint does not develop normally. About 1% of babies have hip dysplasia, but it is easy to miss. Without early treatment, it...