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Comparing how mast cells are “programmed” in allergic and non-allergic children at one year of age.

Investigating the physical impact of Long COVID on ORIGINS families

Does the amount of eggs and peanuts a mother eats during pregnancy and breastfeeding have an influence on whether her baby will develop an egg or peanut food allergy?

Plastics in Pregnancy (Phase One)

Understanding how families engage with screen technologies and how it may influence child development

Reviewing the development and wellbeing of children, prior to them commencing kindergarten

The Happy Parenting Program is investigating new ways to provide support to parents with young children from an early age.

Assessing a dental photographic method as an alternative dental screening method.

Research

Mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers) have become an integral part of many parents’ and children’s lives, with this interaction linked to physical, mental and social outcomes. Despite the known importance of parent-child attachment, evidence on the association between device use and attachment was yet to be reviewed.

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ORIGINS Co-Director, Dr Jackie Davis, collaborated with researchers at The Kids to develop and pilot the Mums Minds Matter study.