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ORIGINS welcomes undergraduate, Honours, PhD, Masters, and Doctor of Medicine students, in addition to junior doctors or trainees wishing to undertake a research placement or project as part of their studies.

BENEFIT Trial

Breastfeeding and Eating Nuts and Eggs for Infant Tolerance

AERIAL

Investigating the possible contributors to childhood lung disease by studying the epithelial cells from the nose at birth.

The Cashew Study

Does eating cashew nut spreads in the first year of life reduce the chances a baby will develop a cashew nut food allergy?

COCOON

Assessing the virus transmission, immunity development and wellbeing of families during COVID-19

Caesarean Section, Maternal Stress & Phototherapy

This sub-project is exploring associations with eczema, food allergy and wheeze in children of the ORIGINS cohort.

Maternal Inflamma Types

This study is exploring what role maternal inflammation during pregnancy plays in 'programming' adverse child health outcomes.

Cognition & Neurodevelopment

A child's brain undergoes massive change in the first few years of life, forming millions of new neural connections. They must quickly learn how to function in the world.

ORIGINS reaches new project milestone

Australia’s largest longitudinal birth cohort study of its kind – ORIGINS – has reached a major milestone with the launch of its 8-Year Kids' Checks, marking the study’s transition into the primary school years.

ORIGINS sub-project awarded substantial Channel 7 Telethon Trust grant to support disadvantaged children

STARS for Kids, a sub-project of ORIGINS, received a three-year grant to advance the development of a scalable, online, tiered model of care to better support disadvantaged communities, where 20-25 per cent of children are entering school developmentally vulnerable.