Professor Kinney’s research is aimed at defining the causes of SIDS. Her team is testing the idea that SIDS, or a subset of SIDS is caused by a developmental brainstem defect in autonomic and/or respiratory control during sleep.
Focusing specifically on the arcuate nucleus in the ventral medulla area of the brainstem (important in the detection of carbon dioxide and other respiratory and blood pressure responses) her team has identified abnormalities that put an infant at risk for sudden death during sleep.
Professor Kinney's studies have led to an expanded hypothesis concerning the role of the developing ventral medulla in SIDS: SIDS, or a subset of SIDS, is due to a developmental abnormality in a ventral network composed of rhombic-lip derived, serotonergic neurons, and that this abnormality results in a failure of protective responses to life-threatening challenges (e.g., asphyxia, hypoxia, hypercapnia) during sleep. She has published over 160 peer reviewed manuscripts from her work, including her seminal 1994 paper on “The Triple Risk Model” which is still used to define our basic understanding of SIDS mechanisms.
Assistant Professor Goldstein is the Director of Robert’s program, a service that provides support to families who have lost a child under the age of three.
There will be opportunities to speak with Hannah and Rick on the day - please contact Rosemary Horne at rosemary.horne@monash.edu if you would like to make a time.
When: Tuesday, March 7 at 12pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 1, Level 2, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton
Cost: Free
Registration is not required for this event.
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