By Associate Professor Tim Moss
Paediatric sleep, infectious diseases, neuroprotection and cystic fibrosis were front-and-centre at the annual Ritchie Centre colloquium, held at the Monash Law Chambers in Melbourne last week.
The Centre’s annual colloquium - a chance to showcase the Institute’s researchers and their research - was organised this year by the Paediatrics research theme led by Prof Rosemary Horne and A/Prof Jim Buttery.
Invited speakers from Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and New Zealand presented updates of major experimental programs and clinical studies. The audience was terrified by tales of rhinovirus and childcare, impressed by low-tech approaches to helthcare provision in Mozambique, and were left awestruck by the research possibilities promised by the Gen V project.
Between invited presentations from our guests and the Ritchie Centre’s own experts, early career researchers were provided with the opportunity to showcase their work. Prizes for best presentations by PhD students were won by Madison Paton (1st), Emily Cohen (2nd) and Aminanth Azhan (3rd); and by postdoctoral scientists Stacey Ellery (1st), Tamara Yawno (2nd) and Beth Allison (3rd).
After the completion of the colloquium, the audience crossed the city to Deakin Edge in Federation Square to join members of the public for an open forum on the topic of vaccination in pregnancy.
The Victorian Government recently established a free pertussis vaccination program for pregnant women and their partners to protect newborns from whooping cough. A panel of national experts discussed the challenges of rolling out the program, and their hopes for better outcomes from its implementation.
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