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Reports and Findings

Frequency, Burden and Pathogens of Acute Respiratory Illness in Very Preterm Infants During Infancy

To describe the frequency, burden, and pathogen profile of acute respiratory illnesses in very preterm infants during the first year after neonatal intensive care unit discharge.

Adolescent health across Asia Pacific, 2000–23: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

The Asia Pacific region is home to more than half of the world's 1·93 billion adolescents (aged 10-24 years). Addressing adolescent health in this region is of global importance, but to date a systematic analysis of key contributors to disease in ad…

RISE Against RSV

RISE has a clear vision: to reduce the health and economic burden of RSV through effective and equitable immunisation.

Infection Triggered Encephalopathies in Australian Children: A National Multicentre Case Series 2013-2024

Infection Triggered Encephalopathy Syndrome (ITES) is a rare but potentially severe complication of infections in children. ITES is a syndrome of acute encephalopathy that occurs in the context of a febrile illness and hypothesised to result from a…

Lipid metabolism dysregulation in Parkinson's disease: A Mendelian randomization and transcriptomic analysis

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which mechanisms linking metabolic dysregulation to neuronal vulnerability remain incompletely understood. Increasing evidence suggests that dysregulation of lipid metabolism pl…

Airway mucus plugs in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: pathobiology, imaging, and implications for clinical trials

Mucus plugs have been previously recognized as an important pathological feature in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their clinical role in these diseases has not been explored in depth until recently. Mucus plug formatio…

ORIGIN-1 trial: study protocol for an organoid-guided N-of-1 trial evaluating CFTR modulator response in cystic fibrosis with rare non-F508del mutations

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition caused by mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene. Recently licensed modulator therapies target the defective CFTR protein and have transformed the formerly life-limiting trajec…

Characteristics of uniphasic and biphasic anaphylaxis in infants and young toddlers: An analysis of clinical signs, predictors and management

Rates of anaphylaxis in early childhood are rising, yet there remains a paucity of data on age-specific presentations and outcomes. While prompt treatment is essential, symptoms can differ from older children. Observation after stabilization is rout…

Multi-pathogen situational assessment and forecasting of respiratory disease in Aotearoa New Zealand

Real-time analysis of epidemic trends and forecasts can help support public health planning and the response to seasonal respiratory disease. Here, we present two models that were used in a 2025 New Zealand winter situational assessment programme fo…